The 1990s were bad for defense companies all over the world.

"We will not be defense companies doing different kinds of business," says one chief executive.

"It's no longer possible to be a $2 billion defense company and call that critical mass."

The agenda wasn't a plane or an historic defense company.

The focus is on export opportunities for Italian defense companies.

"Pretty much all the performance for the defense companies in the third quarter happened in the last two weeks."

The enterprise grew to nearly 500 employees building electronic components for local defense companies.

The company is also working with defense companies to explore potential military applications for Sphero.

"Is continued transnationalism a realistic future option for defense companies in light of current events?"

No defense company performs anything like that, and Wall Street certainly likes what it has seen.

"Historically, the defense company stocks have performed fairly well in a period of weak economic growth," he said.

In recent years, like many other defense companies, Titan diversified through a series of acquisitions, 10 since 2000 alone.

Defense companies, union officials and Congressional proponents of the sale have mounted a major lobbying effort.

Ducommun - aerospace and defense company based in California.

The incident led to a review of the regulations governing overseas competition between Israeli defense companies.

It detailed his free movement between roles as a paid advocate for defense companies, media analyst and a retired officer.

Shortly after its launch, Magnavox became a major consumer electronics and defense company.

At one time, Lynch also worked as Controller for a division of a major defense company where he was manager over several people.

Cutler is threatened by a shady representative of the defense company, but brings the matter up in court anyway.

Other defense companies have felt the crunch.

Business literature is full of the failed attempts of mainly defense companies to enter commercial ventures.

Without the unusual charge, the defense company's earnings would have increased by 13 percent, better than expected by industry analysts, as sales rose.

The officers also violated bans against business dealings with American defense companies within two years of retiring, the sources said.

Mark Udall secured $19 million in research and development funding for Colorado defense companies.

He continued to serve as technical advisor to several U.S. defense companies during this period.