Defense Budget Slimming Hits Contractor Revenues

SALES SLUMP: Leaner U.S. defense budgets are beginning to bite the Pentagon’s leading contractors. Second-quarter revenues were down 8% at Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security unit compared with the same period a year ago and 2% at Raytheon. A 12% sales decline in General Dynamics’ Combat Systems...

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