It's just not true, or I hope to hell it isn't, cause bunches of Defense Contract jobs, some requiring high level security clearances, some not, are about to go into the crapper, with the incoming Congress. The "Peace Dividend" will be used to buy votes, rather than rebuild our overstretched forces.
Even now things aren't what they were in the Reagan years, or even the Bush I years. Clinton raped the R&D budget, along with the rest of the military budget. The Bush II buildup/increases have all been for the war, not for reversing any (or at least very few) of the late Bush I, and Clinton era slashings.
Much of the what's left of the R&D budget is being wasted by constant reductions in funding, even when as often happens, the funding is partially restored later in the fiscal year. You can imagine what that does to progress , with people coming and going from projects. Design work being set aside to re-plan to suit the level of funding, which changes quarterly.