1.   Analysts have said Alcatel was favored over Matra, the defense arm of the French media and armaments company Lagardere SCA.

2.   Ceridian said its defense electronics arm, Computing Devices International, also did well.

3.   He single-handedly prevented agreement on a timetable for creating a full-fledged defense arm separate from NATO for the European Union.

4.   Its defense arm was under attack by the Pentagon and Congress over testing procedures on chips.

5.   Matra is the defense arm of Lagardere SCA, a media and defense company.

6.   Matra is the defense arm of Lagardere SCA, the defense and media company led by Jean-Luc Lagardere.

7.   Thomson CSF, the defense arm of the company, will be put up on the auction block early next year.

8.   Among the wounded were peacekeepers from the regional defense force ECOMOG, the defense arm of the Economic Community of West African States.

9.   Among the wounded were soldiers from the regional defense force ECOMOG, the defense arm of the Economic Community of West African States.

10.   At the same time, European Union leaders are seeking to create their own defense arm.