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Shenyang Aircraft Corporation

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) is a Chinese fighter aircraft manufacturer in Shenyang, Liaoning, founded in 1951. A subsidiary of state-owned AVIC, it built China's first fighter jet.

Skunk Works

Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, is its secret aircraft design unit founded by Kelly Johnson in 1943, known for the U-2, SR-71, and F-117.

Springfield Armory

Springfield Armory, the United States' first federal armory, manufactured small arms for the U.S. military in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1794 until 1968 and pioneered interchangeable-parts manufacturing.

STARK

STARK, also known as STARK Defence GmbH or SKD SE, is a Berlin defense-technology company founded in 2024 that makes AI-enabled unmanned systems, including the Virtus loitering munition.

STM (defence company)

STM is a Turkish defense engineering company headquartered in Ankara, founded in 1991. It is known for the MİLGEM corvette program, the KARGU loitering munition, and cybersecurity.

Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Swedish: Försvarets materielverk, FMV) is a government agency under the Ministry of Defence that procures materiel for the Swedish Armed Forces.

Swedish Defence Research Agency

The Swedish Defence Research Agency (Swedish: Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI) is a Swedish government agency for military and civil defense research, established in 2001 and headquartered in Kista, Stockholm.

Swedish frigate program

Sweden's procurement of four French FDI air-defense frigates from Naval Group, named the Luleå class, signed in 2026 for about $5 billion and delivered 2030 to 2034.

Textron Systems

Textron Systems is the defense, government, and aerospace segment of Textron Inc., known for the RQ-7B Shadow and Aerosonde uncrewed aircraft, armored vehicles, and the Ship-to-Shore Connector landing craft.

Thales Australia

Thales Australia, formerly Australian Defence Industries (ADI), is the Australian subsidiary of the French defense group Thales, formed in 2006 and making the Bushmaster vehicle.

Thales Group

Thales Group (Euronext Paris: HO) is a French defence, aerospace, and cyber/digital group formed from Thomson-CSF in 2000. French state and Dassault Aviation each hold 26.6%; 2025 revenue €22.1bn, backlog €53.3bn, 85,000+ employees; world's 17th-largest arms maker.

Titan Corporation

Titan Corporation was a San Diego defense contractor founded in 1981 that supplied information and communications systems to US defense and intelligence agencies, acquired by L-3 Communications in 2005.

TRW Inc.

TRW Inc., also known as Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, was an American defense and aerospace company that built a third of US satellites before its 2002 acquisition by Northrop Grumman.

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), established in 2004 and headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, delivered technology to soldiers until it became DEVCOM in 2019.

Uralvagonzavod

Uralvagonzavod (Уралвагонзавод) is a Russian heavy machinery complex in Nizhny Tagil that builds railway freight cars and armored fighting vehicles, including the T-72 and T-14 Armata.

V2X, Inc.

V2X, Inc. is an American government services contractor serving defense customers through logistics, aerospace, training, and technology services, formed in 2022 when Vectrus merged with Vertex Aerospace.

Woolwich Arsenal

Woolwich Arsenal, formally the Royal Arsenal, was the British government's principal complex of ordnance factories, stores, and research establishments at Woolwich on the Thames in southeast London, closed in 1994.

Zastava Arms

Zastava Arms (Zastava Oružje, formerly Crvena Zastava) is a Serbian firearms manufacturer based in Kragujevac, founded in 1853 as a gun foundry and known for the M70 rifle.