Defense contractors

A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a dense department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic system. Services can include logistics, technical support, and training and communications support.

Defense contractors generally do not provide direct support of military operations. Under 1949 Geneva Conventions defense contractors engaged in direct support of military operations may be legitimate targets of military attack.

The following listing of Defense Contractors includes either internal or external links to information.

Also see Military-industrial complex, Prison-industrial complex, Homeland Security contractors, National Missile Defense Contractors, Private Military Corporations and federal contractors.


 * Accenture Ltd.
 * Aerojet / Aerojet
 * Aeromet Inc.
 * Aerospace Center Support
 * Aerospace Corporation
 * Alliant Techsystems
 * Allied-Signal Inc.
 * AM General Corporation / AM General Corporation (Hummer/Humvee)
 * American Petroleum Institute
 * Anteon International Corporation
 * Applied Research Associates Inc.
 * Astronautics Corporation of America
 * ATK / ATK
 * Avondale Industries Inc. / Avondale Industries Inc. (division of Northrup Grumman)
 * BAE Systems (British Aerospace)
 * Ball Aerospace & Technologies Ball Aerospace & Technologies
 * Ball Corporation
 * Bath Holding Corporation
 * Battelle Memorial Institute
 * Bechtel Corporation
 * Bell Helicopter / Bell Helicopter (divison of Textron)
 * BDM Corporation
 * Boeing Company
 * Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team
 * Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc.
 * Brashear (owned by Nextel)
 * British Nuclear Fuels Limited / British Nuclear Fuels Limited
 * CACI International Inc.
 * Carlyle Group
 * Carnegie Mellon University
 * Charles Stark Draper Laboratories
 * CNA Corporation
 * COLSA Corporation
 * Concurrent Technologies Corporation
 * Convergys Corporation
 * Computer Services Corporation / Computer Services Corporation
 * Cubic Corporation
 * Davidson Technologies Inc. / Davidson Technologies
 * Dewberry
 * Digital System Resources Inc.
 * DynCorp
 * Edison Welding Institute
 * EDO
 * Electro Design Manufacturing
 * Electronic Data Systems Corporation
 * Electric Boat (division of General Dynamics)
 * EOIR Technologies / EOIR Technologies
 * Environmental Tectonics Corporation / Environmental Tectonics Corporation
 * Exxon Mobil Corporation
 * F M C Technologies
 * Foster Wheeler Ltd.
 * Foundation Health Systems Inc.
 * General Atomic Technologies Company
 * General Dynamics
 * General Electric Corporation PLC
 * General Electric's Military Jet Engines Division
 * Geo-Centers Inc.
 * GMD Solutions, Inc.
 * Goodrich Corporation
 * GTE
 * Halliburton Company
 * Harris Corporation / Harris Corporation
 * Health Net / Health Net
 * Hewlett-Packard Company
 * Honeywell / Honeywell
 * Hughes Electronics Corporation
 * Humana Inc.
 * Humboldt Trading Corporation
 * IBM
 * IET (Information Extraction & Transport Inc., Rosslyn, VA)
 * Ingalls Shipbuilding / Ingalls Shipbuilding (division of Northrup Grumman)
 * Institute for Defense Analysis / Institute for Defense Analyses
 * Intelsat
 * International Resources Group
 * ITT Industries Inc.
 * ITT Research Institute
 * Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
 * Johns Hopkins University Inc.
 * JPS Communications / JPS Communications (wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon)
 * Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation / Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation
 * Kellogg Brown and Root
 * Kollsman Inc. / Kollsman Inc.
 * Kongsberg Protech
 * L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
 * Litton Industries Inc.
 * Lockheed Martin
 * Longbow Limited Liability Inc.
 * Maersk Line and Patriot Contract Services
 * ManTech International Corporation
 * Marconi Corporation PLC / Marconi Corporation PLC
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * McDonnell Douglas Corporation
 * MEVATEC Corporation
 * Mission Research Corporation
 * MITRE Corporation; also see ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
 * Mitretek Systems Inc.; see MITRE Corporation and ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
 * Mitsubishi
 * Motorola Inc.
 * NASSCO Holdings Inc.
 * Nextel
 * Nichols Research Corporation
 * Newport News Shipbuilding / Newport News Shipbuilding (division of Northrup Grumman)
 * NLX Corportation / NLX Corporation
 * Northrop Grumman Corporation
 * Ocean Shipholdings Inc.
 * Olin Corporation; also see John M. Olin and John M. Olin Foundation
 * OMI Corporation
 * Orbital Sciences Corporation
 * Pennsylvania State University
 * Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
 * Peregrine Systems, Inc.
 * Photon Research Associates / Raytheon Photon Research Associates
 * Pratt & Whitney / Pratt & Whitney (division of United Technologies)
 * Private Military Corporations
 * Private Federal Corporations
 * Quantum3D
 * Raytheon
 * Rockwell Collins / Rockwell Collins
 * Rockwell International / Rockwell International
 * RONCO (de-mining operations Horn of Africa)
 * Saudi Logistics and Technical Support / SALTS
 * Schafer Corporation / Schafer Corporation
 * Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
 * SEI (Systems & Electronics Inc. / SEI)
 * Sequa Corporation
 * Shaw CENTCOM Services, LLC
 * Shaw Group Inc.
 * Shell Oil Company
 * Siemens / Siemens
 * Sikorsky Aircraft Company / Sikorsky Aircraft Company
 * SOS International
 * Sparta Inc.
 * Spectrum Astro
 * SRI International
 * Standard Missile Company LLC
 * Stevedoring Services of America
 * Stewart and Stevenson / Stewart and Stevenson
 * Sverdrup Corporation
 * Talla-Tech
 * TCom
 * Teledyne Brown Engineering
 * Teledyne Technologies Inc.
 * Telos Corporation
 * Texas Instruments Inc.
 * Textron Inc.
 * 3D Research Corporation / 3D Research Corporation
 * The Titan Corporation
 * Tracor Inc.
 * TRW Inc.
 * Tyco International Ltd.
 * University of Texas System
 * Unisys
 * United Defense Industries
 * United Industrial Corporation
 * URS Corporation
 * United Technologies
 * US Counter Intelligence Agency
 * Vanguard Research Inc.
 * Verdian Corporation
 * Verizon Communications
 * Vinnell Corporation
 * Vinnell Brown and Root
 * VSE Corporation
 * Washington Group International
 * Westinghouse Electric Corporation
 * Worldcorp Inc.
 * WVC3 Group, Inc.
 * Wyvern Technologies / Wyvern Technologies, Aerospace & Defense Contractors

Related SourceWatch articles

 * corporate inversion
 * federal contractors
 * Homeland Security contractors
 * Locations of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and TRW
 * Military-industrial complex
 * National Missile Defense Contractors
 * Prison-industrial complex
 * war profiteering

External resources

 * List of Defense Contractors, U.S. Army
 * Top 50 Defense Contractors, U.S. Army, 2002
 * Top 50 Defense Contractors, U.S. Navy, 2002
 * Top 50 Defense Contractors, U.S. Air Force, 2002
 * Top 50 Defense Contractors, Defense Logistics Agency, 2002
 * Top 50 Defense Contractors, Other Agencies, 2002
 * Table of Top 100 Parent Companies, Defense Contractors, 2002
 * Table of Top 100 Parent Companies and Their Subsidiaries, Defense Contractors, 2002
 * Table of Top 100 Companies, Defense Contractors, by Category of Procurement, 2002
 * Top 100 Defense Contractors 1998
 * Lists and Tables for Defense Contractors, 1996 to 2001
 * Contractors and Subcontractors of Selected Major Weapons Systems (1999)
 * Post-war Contractors Ranked By Total Government Earnings 1990-2002
 * Schema-root.org: military industry 38 military industry topics, each with a current news feed
 * Private Security Transnational Enterprises in Colombia José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective

External articles

 * 12 People to Watch in 2003. Defense Contractors, Washington Business Journal, January 6, 2003: The long-expected boom in defense spending should hit its target, now that the war on terrorism is under way and a war in Iraq on the horizon.
 * CEOs at Defense Contractors Earn 45 Percent More, Study Finds. Campaign Contributions Tied to Bigger Contracts, United for a Fair Economy, April 28, 2003.
 * Bechtel lands Qatar airport deal, BBC/UK, January 24, 2004]: "Qatar has signed a contract with US engineering giant Bechtel to build a new airport for its capital Doha. The scheme is expected to cost a total of about $5bn. Passenger handling capacity will be boosted to 12m when the first phase is completed by 2009."
 * "Windfalls of War", Center for Public Integrity, January 25, 2004: "Contracts and Reports."
 * "War means windfall for defense contractors," Think Progress, September 19, 2007.