From Shareholder Value to Mission Readiness: What the New Executive Order Means for A&D Leaders

On January 7, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) targeting all contractors of the Department of War to stop them from prioritizing investor returns over production capacity, innovation and on-time delivery. The reason behind the EO, titled “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” is evident in the chart below. Shareholder returns in recent years […]