Defense Business Brief: Exec order fallout; $1B rocket-maker deal; Acquisition changes, and more

Defense giants were most clearly in the crosshairs of President Trump’s recent executive order on defense firms’ stock buybacks and CEO salaries—but smaller firms will be affected as well. “There's a subtle, longer-term impact on all other contractors, including even private companies and maybe even some smaller companies,” Tyler Evans, a partner in the Steptoe law firm’s government contracts group, told Defense One. “Although the EO discusses