Though overall defense spending has remained steady, R&D has not




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Summary: The last few years of increases to the Defense budget have been, in general, good news for contractors. But even though contract spending is way up, it’s an uneven picture. In particular, Pentagon spending on research and development still hasn’t fully recovered, according to a new analysis of DoD contracts. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices