What about IC contractors? I am considering an internal (so not fee based) role at a company focusing heavily on that.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t defense contractors going to thrive?

no; proposed budget says a $100B cut to defense.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/01/possible-cuts-for-army-dod-civilian-workforce-reduction-under-trump-defense-advisors/

How is this NOT going to cause a recession?

Focus on govt agencies that are critical like defense, DHS CBP, CISA, iCE, DOD non research. The rest are probably wasteful spending and will be cut.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of defense contracts are likely to be hit? Shorter procurement / administrative systems? Long-term aircraft, satellite, or navel ship development?

Very little of the defense industry is actually in the DMV…it’s all over the country in many red states and red areas. Yes, you have Boeing HQ and other HQs.

As an example, there is a PA factory in a deep red area supplying a ton of munitions for the Ukraine. If that plant is closes, it will devastate that area.

Plenty to the engineering happens here in DMV on defense systems even if the weapons or vehicles or ships are built elsewhere.

Yeah…but the raw numbers of employeee are massively skewed elsewhere.

But we’re asking what’s happening with the contracts here that are related to those tbings.

If you want to take another offer, take it. I would check to see how long the new position is funded, but I would have done that anyway. It’s contracting. Things happen.

Yes, the DMV is going to take a hit from major cuts just like in 2007. This may be worse because of the uncertainty and chaos of the Musk Presidency.

We are looking to companies abroad and trying to decide what we can do. If my job and contract are cut, we aren’t staying in the US and waiting to see how bad this gets.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of defense contracts are likely to be hit? Shorter procurement / administrative systems? Long-term aircraft, satellite, or navel ship development?

Very little of the defense industry is actually in the DMV…it’s all over the country in many red states and red areas. Yes, you have Boeing HQ and other HQs.

As an example, there is a PA factory in a deep red area supplying a ton of munitions for the Ukraine. If that plant is closes, it will devastate that area.

Plenty to the engineering happens here in DMV on defense systems even if the weapons or vehicles or ships are built elsewhere.

Yeah…but the raw numbers of employeee are massively skewed elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc economy will be fine so would be the real estate. Money saved from here would be spent somewhere else.

80% of federal employees and contractor are not in the DMV but the DMV is going to get f’ed including house prices. The whole country is going to burn. Between the tariffs and the destruction of the US government we are talking about a direct impact on 45-55% of the GDP. It will take years for this to settle out.

No, it won't. You are exaggerating it because you are in habit of using Govt welfare programs and jobs. Most of these jobs and contractors are literally welfare because the offices are not efficient and agencies just hire, hire, and hire contractors.

Can you elaborate and provide specifics. I am trying to truly understand what is going on, and understand where the massive fraud and abuse is happening. I assumed there was some but not at the scale being discussed as cause for these EOs. General statements without specifics don’t really help.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of defense contracts are likely to be hit? Shorter procurement / administrative systems? Long-term aircraft, satellite, or navel ship development?

Very little of the defense industry is actually in the DMV…it’s all over the country in many red states and red areas. Yes, you have Boeing HQ and other HQs.

As an example, there is a PA factory in a deep red area supplying a ton of munitions for the Ukraine. If that plant is closes, it will devastate that area.

Plenty to the engineering happens here in DMV on defense systems even if the weapons or vehicles or ships are built elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:What kind of defense contracts are likely to be hit? Shorter procurement / administrative systems? Long-term aircraft, satellite, or navel ship development?

Very little of the defense industry is actually in the DMV…it’s all over the country in many red states and red areas. Yes, you have Boeing HQ and other HQs.

As an example, there is a PA factory in a deep red area supplying a ton of munitions for the Ukraine. If that plant is closes, it will devastate that area.

What kind of defense contracts are likely to be hit? Shorter procurement / administrative systems? Long-term aircraft, satellite, or navel ship development?

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t defense contractors going to thrive?

no; proposed budget says a $100B cut to defense.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/01/possible-cuts-for-army-dod-civilian-workforce-reduction-under-trump-defense-advisors/

Aren’t defense contractors going to thrive?

Anonymous wrote:How are people defining contractors? The entire defense industry in the United States is a contractor…are you including Lockheed, Raytheon, et al when you say “contractor”?

Every private company that has a contract with the federal government to carry out Congress's appropriated objectives.

Our contract year ends on Friday. I hope we get a new charge code soon but who knows.

How are people defining contractors? The entire defense industry in the United States is a contractor…are you including Lockheed, Raytheon, et al when you say “contractor”?