BAE Systems CEO Warns Of Combat Vehicle Industrial Base Vulnerability

By Tony Bertuca / November 25, 2013 at 10:02 PM
Linda Hudson, the CEO of BAE Systems, said last week that she is worried the nation's combat vehicle industrial base will become increasingly endangered by sequestration-related budget cuts. Hudson, who spoke at the Atlantic Council in Washington on Nov. 19, said her concerns had nothing to do with her company's bottom line and were driven more by a fear that the U.S. military would put soldiers' lives at risk. "This is truly a concern about fundamental capabilities for the nation's...

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