In February, defense contractor Blackwater Worldwide changed its name to the neutral-sounding Xe (pronounced "Zee").
Founded in 1995 by former defense contractor virtual reality pioneers, Zipper employed 80 people.
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The defense contractor has been divesting businesses in an attempt to streamline its operations.
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And a defense contractor ought to know the correct language to approach the Pentagon.
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Raytheon generates about a quarter of its military sales abroad, more than any other first-tier defense contractor.
Lockheed Martin, as the largest defense contractor of the U.S. government, could be severely impacted by these cuts.
Defense contractor L-3 Communications (nyse: LLL - news - people ) also got the boot.
Most hobbyists buy their engines from Las Vegas-based AeroTech Consumer Aerospace, a subsidiary of defense contractor Industrial Solid Propulsion.
"A cyber attack against a government agency or a defense contractor is an attack against our nation, " said Sen.
In civilian life Garner was president of SYColeman, a defense contractor that helped Israel develop its Arrow missile-defense system.
Still, it was an amazing time, even in San Diego, California, then primarily a navy and defense contractor town.
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At that point, Congressman Cunningham was still living happily aboard his houseboat, the Dukester, which a defense contractor had bought for him.
For a defense contractor, says Chao, the long shot is the possibility of exploiting government-funded weapons research for civilian applications.
Nonetheless, the defense contractor will undoubtedly face single-digit percentage point declines in its sales and profits in 2013, compared to 2012.
And this month, the largest U.S. defense contractor, Lockheed, was subject to cyberespionage, apparently by someone using the stolen RSA data.
In 2011 he thinks defense contractor L-3 Communications will go the distance.
Homeland security and defense contractor SAIC joined the Global 2000 after completing its initial public offering in October (see "Beltway Bet: SAIC").
Would Gulfstream serve investors better if it were a pure-play builder of high-end business jets rather than being wrapped in a defense contractor?
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In the U.K., the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has taken up a type of restorative justice in its penalty of defense contractor BAE.
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"This prosecution is one of the largest resolutions of export violations with a major defense contractor in the Justice Department's history, " Fein said.
Benjamin Bishop, a 59-year-old civilian defense contractor who works at Pacific Command, met the woman at a Hawaii conference on military defense issues.
In late November defense contractor Dyncorp International dismissed its general counsel amid an investigation into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Changhong, a former defense contractor that had made screens for military systems, had become the biggest domestic maker of TV sets for local markets.
He stayed there for six years, along the way starting his first company in 1969: Linkabit, a defense contractor that designed software for satellites.
Congress has legislated goals for replacing manned military aircraft with unmanned systems, and every major defense contractor is marketing products that contribute to the trend.
Now an information technology manager at defense contractor Raytheon, Manuel nonetheless still craves the credential he was too busy to pick up along the way.
Best of all for the venerable defense contractor and auto parts maker, it learned a lesson in fashioning swords into plowshares it can now repeat rapidly.
The defense contractor will likely post lower revenues in Q4 due to reduced contract volume and its winding down of certain defense programs like the F-22.
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When Lockheed merged with Martin Marietta to form what would eventually be the biggest defense contractor four years later, it elected to site its headquarters in Maryland.
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As an Army reserve officer and defense contractor, Bishop would have received security briefings on this and understood "how sex may be used for intelligence targeting, " Wortzel said.
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