defense industry
Military manufacturing business
The defense industry comprises companies that develop and manufacture weapons, military equipment, and related technologies for armed forces.
It includes aerospace contractors, shipbuilders, arms manufacturers, and increasingly, cybersecurity firms.
The industry operates largely through government contracts: Defense industry lobbyists pushed for increased military spending.
Also called the defense sector or, critically, the military-industrial complex.
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- Lockheed MartinAerospace and defense corporation
- weaponsTools for fighting
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
military industrial complex · rifles · drones · export regulations · Raytheon · cybersecurity · tanks · aerospace · revolving door · government contracts · no-bid contract · cost overruns · iron triangle · stealth technology · military ethics · military training · shock and awe · international alliances
- Miami ValleyDayton, Montgomery County, Centerville, Oakwood, Moraine
- defensedefending, protecting, protection, security, safety
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- defense industrymilitary contracts, arms production, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon
- defense researchDARPA, weapons labs, military research, weapons testing, naval research
- nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national bank, national railway, public utilities
defense industryautomotive industry
Motor vehicle manufacturing sector
commercial aviation · textile industry · entertainment industry · retail sector · retail industry
defense industrypeace movement
Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
diplomacy · anti-war movement · conflict resolution · anti-war activism · peace advocacy
defense industryhealthcare industry
Businesses providing medical services
construction industry · pharmaceutical industry · environmental restoration · education sector · life sciences
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