Competition Policy, Rivalries, and Defense Industry Consolidation
提出一个分析框架，用于识别国防承包商的核心能力、评估细分市场竞争态势，并判断并购等整合行为的竞争效应，以帮助反垄断监管和国防部决策，确保国家安全所需先进武器的供应来源。
Declining outlays for new weapons programs have triggered a process of consolidation that promises to shrink the U.S. defense industry drastically. Consolidation in the defense industry raises complex competition policy issues that are not amenable to conventional antitrust merger analysis. This paper presents a framework for identifying important contractor competencies, assessing rivalries in defense industry segments, and evaluating the competitive effects of mergers and other consolidation events. As applied to antitrust oversight and to Department of Defense funding, program, and acquisition strategy decisions, this framework can help preserve supply alternatives for developing state-of-the-art weapons needed to satisfy national security requirements.