As the belt tightens on the Pentagon’s budget, it would seem that U.S. defense contractors face tough times over the next 10 years. As the U.S. defense market shrinks, however, significant opportunities are emerging to supply security technology to non-traditional customers — like developing states grappling with transnational threats. Meeting this demand will bolster businesses’ bottom lines and U.S. national security as well as poorer countries’ development aspirations.

Read the full article in Politico here.