defense contractor
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- noun
- /dɪˈfɛns ˈkɒntræktər/
- Specialized
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contratista de defensa
- Therefore, the DoD should consider extending the deadline for contractors to comply, especially for small- to mid-sized defense contractors and subcontractors.
- military defense contractors
- large defense contractors
- U.S. defense contractors
He ran a defense contractor called Innsgroup down in Irvine, CA.
- He ran a defense contractor called Innsgroup down in Irvine, CA.
- Short term profits for defense contractors is what now drives our military policy.
- But there are are politicians who are beholden to the big defense contractors who are making billions and trillions of dollars.
- And you know, the Pentagon is a huge, huge place and they move from the Pentagon to the defense contractors.
- And then this two guys that blocked it were the two guys from Ohio that were heavily lobbied by those defense contractors.
- Post military career defense contractor for.
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As of 2002, the top three defense contractors were Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman.
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It's also one of the largest defense contractors in the US.
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It's in the hands of the defense contractors at this point, it really is.
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And let's not forget all these wars that keep the defense contractors in business.
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And there is a politician and a defense contractor who smile on the way to the bank.
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The current crop of defense contractors is gambling that the War on Terror will last at least as long.
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Liu worked for a US defense contractor who provides navigation, intelligence, and surveillance technologies.
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Monks is also the largest defense contractor in the United States, has Starlink and Neuralink coming up.
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Private defense contractors have been researching genetic soldier enhancement for decades, and everything down here is genetically brand-new.
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Lockheed Martin is a well-known defense contractor that develops advanced military technology.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a contractor who provides defense-related systems or services' is directly derivable from the constituents 'defense' (protection/military) and 'contractor' (a company or person hired to do work). This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following common compositional patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely understand the MWE.
Etymology
Defense contractor comes from the simple idea of a contractor, a company or person who signs a contract to make or supply defense goods and services to a government. So, it means 'a company or person that builds military systems, equipment, or services for a government'.