defense contracting
Weaponry business deals
Defense contracting is the business of providing goods and services to military organizations, typically through government contracts.
Defense contractors supply everything from weapons systems and aircraft to software and consulting services.
The term often appears in discussions of military spending, procurement scandals, or the revolving door between government and industry: She left the Pentagon for a job in defense contracting.
- military basesArmed forces installations
- weapons systemsMilitary attack apparatus
- armored vehiclesPlated military transport machines
- combat simulationsStaged military exercises
- supply chainsNetworks moving goods to market
drones · export controls · fighter jets · engineering services · international treaties · fuel depots · radar systems · submarines · firewalls · ammunition · naval ports · satellite communications · maintenance crews · tactical drills · boots on the ground · storage facilities · robotics · Lockheed Martin
- defense procurementmilitary procurement, bidding, bids, tenders, competitive bidding
- Regional Economyfinance, transportation, retail, construction, manufacturing
defense contractinghumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
peacekeeping operations · social services · education sector · infrastructure development · agricultural production
defense contractingcommercial enterprise
Profit-seeking organization
consumer markets · retail industry · small business · entrepreneurship
defense contractingpeace activism
Advocating for nonviolent resolution
antiwar movement · pacifism · demilitarization · arms control · conscientious objection
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