Links for highlights of the Second to None campaign in the press.
The campaign has been covered by the Financial Times, Defense Daily, DoDBuzz.com, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Associated Press, The Hill and more.
An economic impact analysis projects more than one million American jobs could be lost as a result of defense budget cuts if the deficit reduction select committee fails to reach agreement on alternative balanced budget solutions and total cuts to defense reach $1 trillion.
More than 300 local employees gathered at BAE Systems’ facility in York, Pa., November 21 for the first Second to None rally supporting the aerospace and defense industry.
In the shadow of the budget supercommittee’s failure to reach an agreement to avoid sequestration cuts, events like these to draw attention to our industry’s contribution to our national and economic security are even more important.
Watch recent television clips covering the important issues driving the Second to None campaign.
Most recently, AIA members Aurora Flight Sciences and RTI International Metals opened their manufacturing lines to TV crews to get a first-hand look at the U.S. manufacturing that would be hurt by sequestration.
Recently, Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress unveiled their choices to head the so-called “super committee” entrusted with forging a long-term agreement to reduce the nation’s deficit. The stakes are high for the Department of Defense. Should the super committee fail to propose legislation, or a divided Congress fail to pass a compromise, the deal [...]
Regarding “The delusion of missile defense” (Views, Sept. 21), Yousaf Butt claims, erroneously, that the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System depends on “essentially rigged tests, where the intercept team knew the precise timing and trajectory of the incoming missile.” He ignores the fact that such tests must occur within a certain “window” due to air [...]
Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration. As unimaginable as it seems, we have now come full circle and ceded our leadership role in space back to the same country — albeit by a different name — that spurred our challenge five decades ago.
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In 1970 defense took up almost 40 percent of the federal budget; today it makes up less than 16 percent of federal spending.
Aerospace and defense helps balance the books – it is a the leading US manufacturing exporter and adds more than $50 billion to our trade balance each year.
Enemy air defenses are getting better and better – according to DOD, in future conflicts we will face “integrated air defenses of far greater sophistication and lethality” that surpass anything we have ever fought against.
Join us and act now to preserve American leadership in Aerospace and Defense.
