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HESA
HESA is a government-owned Iranian aerospace manufacturer based in Isfahan that produces military and civilian aircraft and UAVs, and is sanctioned by the US, EU, and UK.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company, also called Hughes Aircraft, was an American aerospace and defense electronics company founded by Howard Hughes in 1932, sold to General Motors in 1985.
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is an American defense company headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, and America's largest shipbuilder, formed in 2011 when Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding business.
Indumil
Indumil (Industria Militar de Colombia) is Colombia's state-owned defense manufacturer, created in 1954, producing weapons, ammunition, and explosives for the Military Forces and National Police.
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is a U.S. Army munitions facility near Middletown, Iowa, established in 1940 and the only American site for high-volume 155 mm shell production.
Iran Electronics Industries
Iran Electronics Industries, also known as SAIRAN, is an Iranian state-owned defense conglomerate founded in 1973 that produces radar, communications, and electronic warfare equipment for Iranian weapons systems.
Kalashnikov Concern (Концерн «Калашников»)
Kalashnikov Concern (Концерн «Калашников»), formerly Izhmash, is a Russian joint-stock company in Izhevsk that makes AK-series rifles, guided munitions, and drones, holding about 95% of Russia's firearms market.
Karman Holdings
Karman Holdings, doing business as Karman Space & Defense, is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer in Huntington Beach, California, supplying missile, hypersonic, and space launch programs.
KNDS France
KNDS France, formerly Nexter Systems, is the French land-defense manufacturer based at Versailles, known for the CAESAR howitzer and Scorpion vehicles and serving as France's combat-vehicle integrator.
Knight's Armament Company
Knight's Armament Company (KAC) is a firearms manufacturer in Titusville, Florida, a leading supplier of sniper rifles, rail systems, and suppressors to US special operations forces.
L3 Technologies
L3 Technologies, formerly L-3 Communications, was an American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1997 from Lockheed Martin divisions and merged with Harris Corporation in 2019 to form L3Harris.
L3Harris
L3Harris Technologies is an American aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, formed in 2019 through the merger of Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a US Department of Energy national laboratory in Livermore, California, founded in 1952 to advance nuclear weapons science and technology.
Leidos
Leidos (Leidos Holdings, Inc.) is an American science and information technology company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Founded as SAIC in 1969, it took its current name in 2013.
Leonardo DRS
Leonardo DRS is an American defense electronics company, founded in 1969 and owned by Italy's Leonardo S.p.A., supplying sensing and power systems to the US military.
Leonardo S.p.A.
Leonardo S.p.A., formerly Finmeccanica, is an Italian aerospace, defense, and security company headquartered in Rome and listed on Euronext Milan, ranked 12th among world arms producers.
LIG Nex1
LIG Nex1 (LIG넥스원) is a South Korean defense company, founded in 1976 as Goldstar Precision, making missiles, radars, avionics, and unmanned systems, and exporting the Cheongung-II air defense system.
List of defense contractors
The list of defense contractors covers companies supplying weapons, equipment, or military services to governments, ranked in the SIPRI Top 100, led in 2024 by Lockheed Martin.
List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
Iran's military equipment is produced by a state defense industry that, since Western arms sales ended after the 1979 revolution, builds drones, missiles, tanks, and submarines.
List of products of Pakistan Ordnance Factories
The list of products of Pakistan Ordnance Factories covers the conventional arms and ammunition made by POF at Wah Cantt, organized into thirteen product families.
List of United States defense contractors
The list of United States defense contractors covers private companies supplying the Department of Defense, led by the Big Five: Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman.
Litton Industries
Litton Industries was an American defense and electronics conglomerate headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, that grew through 1960s acquisitions and was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2001.
Lockheed bribery scandals
The Lockheed bribery scandals, also called the Lockheed affair, were the 1975 and 1976 revelations that Lockheed paid at least $25 million in bribes to foreign officials.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed and Martin Marietta.
Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta Corporation was an American aerospace and defense company formed in 1961 and based in Bethesda, Maryland, known for Titan rockets and Viking Mars landers.
MBDA
MBDA is a European missile manufacturer created in December 2001 by consolidating the missile businesses of Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo, and jointly owned by the three, with its head office in Stevenage, England.
Military–industrial complex
The military–industrial complex, also called the defense-industrial complex, is the network linking a country's armed forces, defense industry, and government, named by Eisenhower in 1961.
Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), established in 2002 as successor to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, develops and deploys US missile defense systems such as THAAD.
Mission Sudarshan Chakra (मिशन सुदर्शन चक्र)
Mission Sudarshan Chakra (मिशन सुदर्शन चक्र) is an Indian defense program announced by Narendra Modi on August 15, 2025, aiming for an indigenous air and missile defense shield.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, also known as Lincoln Lab, is a federally funded research and development center in Lexington, Massachusetts, operated by MIT for the Department of Defense since 1951.