1.   Gary was an electrical engineer for a defense contractor in the Washington area.

2.   Many members of Congress of both parties serve districts harboring big defense contractors that would be affected.

3.   One benefit, he said, is the closer working relationship between defense contractors and the Navy.

4.   Raytheon is a defense contractor and engineering concern.

5.   ...a major U.S. defense contractor.

6.   Alliant makes weapons ranging from torpedoes to cluster bombs, but like other U.S. defense contractors, it faces declining orders.

7.   Alpha Industries Inc., a former defense contractor in Woburn, Mass., also made a name for itself selling equipment used in mobile communications equipment.

8.   Although the large defense contractor Martin Marietta was not indicted, two former employees of its General Electric Aerospace subsidiary were.

9.   Although the two defense contractors are fierce competitors, they are finding it more profitable to collaborate on certain defense programs he said.

10.   Among defense contractors, two plus three equals one.