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Army Investment (Procurement plus Research, Development, Test &#038; Evaluation) spending dropped by 9 percent to $6.3 billion, while Air Force Investment gained 5 percent to $16.7 billion. Navy Investment remained flat, dropping $100 million to $14.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Byron Callan, an analyst at Capital Alpha Partners, also calculated what he describes as the market outlays, defined as Investment spending plus 35 percent of O&#038;M. The market percentage changes for the services closely mirrored the Investment changes: down 9 percent for Army; up 4 percent for Air Force; flat for the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These figures don&#8217;t offer a complete picture of the defense industry, he cautioned in a note to investors, because they don&#8217;t include firms&#8217; commercial or international sales. 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