Shouldering the Burden.

The article discusses how the 2013 U.S. federal government's sequestration fiscal policy and budget cuts affect the funding of independent research and development by defense contractors, as noted by a study by the Fairmont Consulting Group. It focuses on the differences between commercial and government defense sources of funding, and notes that the U.S. Defense Department's spending budget is expected to be lower in 2017 that it was in 1948, as adjusted for constant fiscal dollars in 2013.