Western automakers are chasing a defense spending boom as a way to sell more vehicles and make use of underemployed factories, though executives say military work will not make up for slowing car sales and growing Chinese competition

Western automakers are chasing a defense spending boom as a way to sell more vehicles and make use of underemployed factories, though executives say military work will not make up for slowing car sales and growing Chinese competition ↧ From pickups to idle plants: automakers seek lifeline from defence ... Western automakers are chasing a defence spending boom as a way to sell more vehicles and make use of underemployed factories, though executives say military work will not make up ​for slowing car sales and growing Chinese competition.