21.   Aside from the entertainment and defense industries, a computer company also cut jobs this week.

22.   As part of a plan to restructure its defense industry, the French government has said it would sell Thomson by year end.

23.   At the same time, the defense industry is consolidating, with companies such as Lockheed Martin Corp. gobbling up competitors.

24.   At the time, Nassau was struck by the double whammy of the national recession and federal cuts in the local defense industry.

25.   Because of the consolidation of the defense industry, companies such as McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin and others had shut down major facilities.

26.   Because of the recent consolidation of the U.S. defense industry, Boeing and Lockheed Martin are the only remaining makers of fighter planes in this country.

27.   Both companies had viewed the corporate marriage as an ideal opportunity to adapt to the post-Cold War era and other changes in the defense industry.

28.   Both states remain heavily dependent on the shrinking defense industry, analysts said.

29.   A former U.S. Air Force pilot, Dornan is a long-time supporter of the U.S. military and the defense industry.

30.   A round of consolidation in the defense industry in recent years was supposed to produce big cost savings and profits for the survivors.