defense contractor
Military industrial supplier
A defense contractor is a company that provides military equipment, weapons systems, or services to a government's armed forces.
The term usually refers to large corporations like Lockheed Martin or Raytheon that build aircraft, missiles, or naval vessels, though smaller firms providing specialized technology or support services also qualify.
The defense contractor won a billion-dollar Pentagon contract.
- missile systemsGuided explosive delivery platforms
- stealth technologySensor-evading military engineering
- spy satellitesOrbiting surveillance platforms
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- military transportVehicle moving armed forces
supply depots · reconnaissance drones · ammunition · tanks · warships · electronic warfare · artificial intelligence · arms race · radar systems · combat aircraft · Lockheed Martin · military industrial complex · cost overruns · black budget · classified projects · energy systems · satellite communications · drones
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- Defense PolicyPentagon, military budget, military spending, armed forces, Joint Chiefs
- Doublespeakcollateral damage, enhanced interrogation, friendly fire, regime change, neutralize
- national securityCIA, FBI, NSA, Pentagon, DHS
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
defense contractoranti-war activist
One opposing military conflict
peace activist · humanitarian organization · peace corps · peace negotiator · Greenpeace
defense, contractor, defence, defend, defender, defends, defended, defending, defensible