I know most tools companies make the most from their pharma and biotech customers but how big a hit will they take when the budget cuts get implemented tomorrow? Will they feel the pain immediately or is it going to be a long steady decline in revenues from the academic/government segment?

I don't understand why
I don't understand why everyone is so concerned. It's not like the drone program(s) are being cut.
Don't worry
"At least the democrats want
"At least the democrats want to spend money on something other than blowing shit up."
Brian!...beer!
GEN article on the
GEN article on the subject:
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/researchers-warn-of-seques...
We supposedly got an NSF
We supposedly got an NSF grant but they still haven't told us how much money we're supposed to get.
They probably don't know yet.
California is so in debt from
California is so in debt from helping ILLEGAL aliens get top-notch Ob-Gyn medical care that they they need to tax all the biotech start-ups into oblivion. They clearly don't care if all the biotech leaves for backwards regions like Texas, where the average employee can't spell any words not covered in their prison GED training. Bye bye. Bye bye.
Yeah, I've got an SBIR going
Yeah, I've got an SBIR going into committee next week and expect a very low funding rate this round.
How does this affect grants
How does this affect grants that were supposedly awarded towards the end of last year but have not been given final approval for funding yet?
We supposedly got an NSF grant but they still haven't told us how much money we're supposed to get.
NSF says they plan to reduce
NSF says they plan to reduce the number of grants they award by a thousand
There are no cuts. FY2013
There are no cuts. FY2013 will be bigger than FY2012.
At least the democrats want
At least the democrats want to spend money on something other than blowing shit up.
Don't be ridiculous. It's a
Don't be ridiculous. It's a small budget cut and still leaves more money available than the previous year. All this whining about the "sequester" is just a bunch of Democrats throwing a temper tantrum because they didn't get what they wanted.
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