Lower-tier space suppliers are worried about how expected defense budget cuts could affect their future, the president of the Aerospace Industries Association said today. Second- and third-tier suppliers will have "nowhere to go" if the Defense Department's space budget is cut back significantly, Marion Blakey said today during a press briefing at the National Press Club. DOD is facing hundreds of billions in budget cuts, with more possible if a supercommittee of 12 lawmakers cannot agree to a set level...
