据美国电子工业协会(EIA) 估计,从现在到1994年,防务采购经费将以每年1.5％的速度下降,但是由于武器系统电子设备复杂性增加,电子设备采购经费将几乎保持不变。 该协会对今后十年防务需求的年度预测表明,国防部1987年的全部采购经费为867亿美元,到1994年将降到759亿美元,然后以 According to the estimates by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA), defense procurement will decline at a rate of 1.5% per annum between now and 1994, but spending on electronic equipment will remain almost unchanged as the complexity of the electronic systems in the weapons system increases. The Association’s annual forecast of defense needs over the next decade shows that the Ministry of National Defense spent a total of 87.6 billion U.S. dollars on procurement in 1987 and 75.9 billion U.S. dollars by 1994