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Moog Inc.
Moog Inc. is an American precision motion and fluid controls manufacturer in East Aurora, New York, founded in 1951 and serving aerospace, defense, industrial, and medical markets.
Nammo
Nammo AS, the Nordic Ammunition Company, is an aerospace and defense company headquartered in Raufoss, Norway, founded in 1998 and owned equally by the Norwegian state and Finland's Patria.
National Security Authority (Norway)
The National Security Authority (Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet, NSM) is Norway's government directorate for preventive security, established in 2003, supervising civilian and military sectors under the Security Act.
National University of Defense Technology
National University of Defense Technology (NUDT, 国防科技大学) is a People's Liberation Army research university in Changsha, Hunan, China, founded in 1953 and known for the Tianhe supercomputers and BeiDou contributions.
NATO Stock Number
The NATO Stock Number, called a National Stock Number in the United States, is a 13-digit code identifying standardized supply items across NATO and partner forces.
Naval Group
Naval Group, formerly DCNS and DCN, is a French state-majority-owned company headquartered in Paris that builds submarines and surface ships, prime contractor for France's nuclear deterrence fleet and a major submarine exporter.
Nexter Munitions
Nexter Munitions, renamed KNDS Ammo France, is the French subsidiary of KNDS and France's only manufacturer of medium and large caliber cannon ammunition, based near Bourges.
Nobel Sport
Nobel Sport is a French ammunition manufacturer headquartered in Paris, known for hunting shotshells and powders produced at its Pont-de-Buis plant in Brittany, part of Sofisport.
Nordic Combat Uniform
The Nordic Combat Uniform (NCU) is a layered combat uniform system procured jointly by Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden through NORDEFCO, signed with supplier Oskar Pedersen AS in 2022.
Norinco
Norinco (中国北方工业公司, China North Industries Corporation) is the trading and manufacturing name of China's state-owned ordnance industry, its biggest producer of tanks, artillery, and other land systems.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an American aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, formed in 1994 and ranked third among world arms producers.
Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, also known as Forsvarsmateriell, is the government agency that procures and manages materiel for the Norwegian Armed Forces, established in 2016.
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt or FFI, is Norway's defense research institute at Kjeller, founded in 1946 and known for the HUGIN underwater vehicle.
Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is the science and technology organization of the U.S. Department of the Navy, established in 1946 to fund basic and applied research.
Offset agreements
Offset agreements are contracts in which a defense exporter gives the purchasing country industrial benefits, like co-production or technology transfer, as a condition of the arms sale.
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is Pakistan's state-owned aircraft manufacturer at Kamra, Attock District, near Islamabad, producing trainer aircraft and target drones and co-producing the JF-17 Thunder fighter with China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.
Pakistan Ordnance Factories
Pakistan Ordnance Factories is Pakistan's state-owned arms and ammunition manufacturer at Wah Cantt, Punjab, established in 1951 and supplying the Pakistani Armed Forces and law enforcement.
Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny Arsenal is a U.S. Army installation in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, leading research, development, and acquisition of guns and ammunition for all U.S. military branches.
Qinetiq
QinetiQ Group is a British defense and security company headquartered in Farnborough, England, created in 2001 from the privatization of most of the UK Ministry of Defence's DERA.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, founded in Israel in 1948, is a state-owned arms company best known for the Iron Dome missile defense system and Trophy active protection.
Raytheon
Raytheon is an American defense technology company founded in 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for the Patriot missile system, radars, and inventing the microwave oven; it merged with United Technologies in 2020.
Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall AG, also known as Rheinmetall, is a German defense technology group in Düsseldorf that supplies armed forces with vehicles, weapons, ammunition, and air defense systems.
Roketsan
Roketsan, formally Roketsan Roket Sanayi, is a Turkish rocket and missile manufacturer founded in 1988 and headquartered in Ankara, serving as Türkiye's national missile system house.
Rosoboronexport
Rosoboronexport (Рособоронэкспорт) is Russia's state-owned arms export monopoly, created in 2000 by merging Rosvooruzheniye and Promexport and handling about 90 percent of Russian arms exports.
Rostec (Ростех)
Rostec (Ростех), also known as Rostekhnologii, is a Russian state corporation holding much of the country's defense and high-tech industry, created by law signed by Vladimir Putin in 2007.
RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies, is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, formed by the 2020 merger of United Technologies and Raytheon Company.
Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects
The Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects, officially the Foundation for Advanced Research, is a Russian state agency funding high-risk defense research, created in 2012 as Russia's DARPA counterpart.
Saab AB
Saab AB, also known as Svenska Aeroplan AB, is a Swedish defense and security company founded in 1937 to build combat aircraft, best known for Gripen fighters, GlobalEye radar aircraft, and Carl-Gustaf weapons.
SC Group
SC Group, formally SC Group-Global Limited, is a British holding company in Devon overseeing Supacat, maker of the British Army's Jackal and Coyote high-mobility vehicles.
Science Applications International Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is an American technology integrator serving United States government defense, intelligence, space, and civilian customers, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with about 24,000 employees.