The article considers the particular characteristics of functioning of USA defense industry companies in current conditions. These characteristics are marked by continuation of crisis trends in the USA economy and negative changes in the USA defense budget. The latter means not only spending reduction, but also changes in budget balance not in favor of procurement of new weapons systems and R&D. The situation determines the necessity of USA defense industry companies’ business-model structural adjustments. However, the implementation of the structural adjustments remains in question.

No abstract