Top ten military contractors in the United States....(See Boycot t Thread)

[Flabbergasted]

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=8



Company Profiles

Find more about the top ten military contractors in the United States -- their unsavory histories, deadly products, and the campaign contributions and spin that keep them in business.


Boeing

Aside from 747s, Boeing makes "smart" bombs, F-15 fighters, and Apache helicopters. Boeing has paid tens of millions in fines for selling flawed parts that led to thousands of unnecessary landings and at least one fatal crash and has been plagued by scandals connected to the company’s influence-peddling.


Lockheed Martin

The world's #1 military contractor, responsible for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes, F-16, F/A-22 fighter jet, and Javelin missiles. They've also made millions through insider trading, falsifying accounts, and bribing officials.


Northrop Grumman

Makers of the B-2 stealth bomber, you'd think this company could stay under the radar. But they're dogged by scandals-from bribing Saudi princes to botching the training of the Iraqi National Army to the tune of $48 million. Above board, their job is simply selling death.


General Dynamics

General Dynamics makes traditional F-16 jets, Abrams tanks, and Trident subs. With contracts in the billions, and new markets (read: wars) opening every day, they're not as washed up as some may think.


Raytheon

Raytheon means "light from the gods." Makers of "Bunker Buster" bombs, Tomahawk and Patriot missiles, this company loves big noises and large civilian casualty counts. When a missile killed 62 civilians in a Baghdad market, that was Light from the Gods.


United Technologies

The name sounds like they make light bulbs, but UT, a.k.a. Sikorsky, sells Black Hawk and Comanche helicopters and various missile systems designed to inspire terror in civilians from Palestine to Colombia to Somalia and beyond.


Halliburton

This company truly has a guardian angel: former Halliburton CEO and now Vice President Dick Cheney who looks out for its interests from the White House. The result? $2 billion in contracts “rebuilding” Iraq in 2003.


General Electric

Run until 2001by “Neutron” Jack Welch, who made it a matter of principle to lay off 10% of his workers per year, the world’s biggest company churns out plastics, aircraft engines and nuclear reactors and media spin through NBC, CNBC, Telemundo, and msnbc.com.


Science Applications International Corporation

SAIC, awarded control of the Iraqi Media Network, was not able to spin US propaganda in Iraq and ended up being forced to withdraw from the contract. But their financial prospects remain solid as supplier of surveillance technology to US spy agencies.


CSC/ DynCorp

The world's premier rent-a-cop business runs the security show in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the US-Mexico border. They also run the coca crop-dusting business in Colombia, and occasional sex trafficking sorties in Bosnia. But what can you expect from a bunch of mercenaries?

[mduffy31]

1. Your right

I will cancel my order for my new 747 and that battery of Patriot missles I just ordered.

[Flabbergasted]

2. All Businesses have suppliers who in addition have suppliers....

They also have assets and partners. Since we are not purchasing military weaponry we can look down the "food chain".

[northofdenali]

3. Friend, you KNOW I am with you on this -

I already "Buy Blue" wherever and whenever I can. But my husband's livelihood depends on selling electrical products to big contractors. The bigger the better. He MUST sell GE products, or we starve. He MUST sell to Boing boing (his moniker for it) and Raytheon - or we starve.

In the meantime, we go to places that sell other-than-GE stuff for household use. And when he comes home with a big "win" from selling GE products to boing boing or raytheon, he is in a bad mood.

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

4. Good idea

I wouldn't be at all surprised if these war profiteers are behind a lot of the push to get the US entangled in more and more wars. These are dangerous people. If they profit from military action *and* they have powerful lobbies, then of course, we have a strong push to become embroiled in stupid conflicts.