Back in 1981 the industry in which I planned my entire engineering career (agriculture) was plummeting with half of the major North American manufacturers going bankrupt. My company was bought by a German firm but the future wasn't rosy so I started job hunting. My headhunter arranged an interview with a defense company. During my interview I was told that these were what in the future would be termed "The Good Old Days". Reagan had opened the purse strings wide to anything military. My job would to be see that the company got their piece of the action. It would be working with other companies on concepts that would never get beyond early prototype stage. The company is now part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments. I was shown some very futuristic designs that I never saw beyond the concept stage. As the US military has now once again been given a blank check, deficit be damned, people will again see visions attracting company's piece of the action.