11.   And that may just be the point, analysts and officials in the defense industry outside France said.

12.   And the engineers who run defense industries, after being pampered in the Soviet era, now find themselves waiting months for meager paychecks.

13.   Another push came, ironically, from the demise of the defense industry in Israel, which forced employees of government-run firms into the commercial market.

14.   As a result, by necessity, the defense industry has grown civilianized.

15.   As a result, Cellucci says, the economy is more diversified, relying less on the defense industry often targeted for cuts by the federal government.

16.   As a result, the sources said, Picard is leaning toward choosing a successor who has commercial experience rather than one steeped in the defense industry.

17.   As often happens in the shrinking defense industry, Raytheon and Sanders were sometimes rivals for work and, at other times, partners.

18.   As the defense industry consolidated around it in a series of megamergers, Litton contented itself with a string of small acquisitions.

19.   As the defense industry contracts, bigger companies like Litton are buying smaller ones.

20.   As the defense industry consolidates, Litton becomes a smaller provider of information services to the military.