#defense-contractors — Public Fediverse posts
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Switzerland Says It’s Halting Weapons Exports Licenses to US, Citing Neutrality
The country said it hasn’t issued new weapons licenses to the US since the start of US bombardments on February 28. -
US Dropped $5.6 Billion Worth of Bombs on Iran in First 2 Days of War Alone
Four days into the war, US Central Command said that the US had struck 2,000 targets using more than 2,000 munitions. -
The only ones who truly benefit from the #WarMachine are #Corporations! And this is further proof! My uncle was in the US Army and when he was discharged, he could fix just about anything electro-mechanical! But nooooo... We can't have folks fixing stuff themselves -- just buy new ones and waste #taxpayer money!
Congress Quietly Kills Military “#RightToRepair,” Allowing #Corporations to Cash In on *Fixing* Broken Products
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
by Matt Sledge, December 9 2025
"The idea of a 'right to repair' — a requirement that companies facilitate consumers’ #repairs, #maintenance, and modification of products — is extremely popular, even winning broad, bipartisan support in Congress. That could not, however, save it from the #MilitaryIndustrial complex.
"#Lobbyists succeeded in killing part of the National Defense Authorization Act [#NDAA] that would have given service members the right to fix their equipment in the field without having to worry about military suppliers’ intellectual property.
"The decision to kill the popular proposal was made public Sunday after a closed-door conference of top congressional officials, including defense committee chairs, along with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
"Those meetings were secret, but consumer advocates say they have a pretty good idea of what happened.
" 'It’s pretty clear that defense contractors opposed the right-to-repair provisions, and they pressed hard to have them stripped out of the final bill,' said Isaac Bowers, the federal legislative director at #USPIRG. 'All we can say is that #DefenseContractors have a lot of influence on Capitol Hill.'
"The idea had drawn bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, which each passed their own versions of the proposal.
"Under one version, co-sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mt., defense companies would have been required to supply the information needed for repairs — such as technical data, maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, and lists of replacement parts — as a condition of Pentagon contracts.
"The idea was that no service member would ever be left waiting on a contractor to fly in from Norway to repair a simple part — which once happened — or, in another real-life scenario, told by the manufacturer to buy a new CT scanner in a combat zone because one malfunctioned.
"Instead of worrying about voiding a warranty, military personnel in the field could use a 3D printer or elbow grease to fix a part.
" 'The military is a can-do operation,' Bowers said. 'Service members can and should be able to repair their own equipment, and this will save costs if they can do it upfront and on time and on their schedule.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/09/congress-military-ndaa-right-to-repair/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/54Nro#EndlessWar #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #USInvasions #USPol #ContractorProfiteering #LockheedMartin #Boeing #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct
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Trump Names Saudi Arabia “Major Non-NATO Ally,” With Billions in Arms Deals
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said Ilhan Omar. -
Trump looks to buy stakes in military corps raising concerns about private contractors and war conflicts | The Independent
With a semi-nationalized military-industrial complex, the revolving door won't be needed.
#defenseContractors #nationalization #revolvingDoor #TrumpRegime
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They lost the war - but made billions. This doc uncovers how U.S. defense contractors turned global conflict, from #Afghanistan to #Gaza, into a profit machine.
Investigative journalist Abby Martin helps break down this story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDB3L23UMCQ#WarProfiteers #USMilitary #DefenseContractors
#imperialism #warmongers #industrialmilitarycomplex #capitalism #USA -
Stephen Miller Owns Up to $250,000 in Palantir Stock, Report Finds
Palantir is reportedly building a mega-database of Americans’ personal information for the Trump administration.
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US Military, Defense Contractors Infected with Infostealers: Hudson Rock – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/us-military-defense-contractors-infected-with-infostealers-hudson-rock-source-securityboulevard-com/ #SecurityBoulevard(Original) #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #defensecontractors #RaccoonInfostealer #ThreatIntelligence #CyberSecurityNews #IndustrySpotlight #SecurityBoulevard #stolencredentials #IncidentResponse #Threats&Breaches #Identity&Access #NetworkSecurity #Governance
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#Meta/#Facebook Permits Its #AI Models to Be Used for #US #Military Purposes
Meta makes its A.I. models, called Llama, available to federal agencies and that it was working with #defensecontractors such as #LockheedMartin and #BoozAllen as well as defense-focused tech companies including #Palantir and #Anduril. Llama models are “#opensource,” which means technology can be freely copied and distributed by other developers, companies and governments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/meta-ai-military.html
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"I take companies that should have nailed their cybersecurity for 100!"
Apparently, defense contractors would be the wrong answer.
#cybersecurity #defensecontractors
https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2024/10/americas-defense-contractors-are-failing-basic-cybersecurity-and-china-exploiting-it/400596/?oref=ng-homepage-river -
Cable News Keeps Inviting Defense Industry Shills to Explain the War on Gaza
As Israel mercilessly bombs Gaza, cable news channels are inviting defense officials turned industry consultants onto their shows to explain the war — and usually to justify the unjustifiable. Andrew Perez and Lucy Dean Stockton write.
#gaza #GazaGenocide #media #MSNBC #NBC #CNN #FoxNews #JoeBiden #raytheon #NSOGroup #IsraeliBombings #palestine #israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #IsraeliOccupation #hamas #UnitedStates #DefenseContractors
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/cable-news-gaza-war-us-defense-industry-revolving-door/
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Partnering with the #Israeli Weapons Maker: University of Arizona and Navajo Nation
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News
TUCSON, Arizona -- "A #ProPalestinian rally was canceled after the #UniversityOfArizona's president spoke out against it. The university in Tucson brags about its partnership with local #Raytheon Missiles, now named #RTX Corp., a provider of weapons to Israel. The university not only partners with the weapons maker, but it has a manufacturing plant on the #NavajoNation, where commercial crops are grown.
#Raytheon's missile plant on the Navajo Nation was so censored by Indian Country Today, when I was a staff reporter there, that the editors told me not to even research it. It all happened this way."
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https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/10/partnering-with-israeli-weapons-maker.html -
Congressional Investments in Defense Stocks Raise Ethical Eyebrows Amidst Ongoing Wars - In the midst of ongoing strife in Ukraine and Israel, stocks of publicly listed de... - https://news.bitcoin.com/congressional-investments-in-defense-stocks-raise-ethical-eyebrows-amidst-ongoing-wars/ #defensecontractors #uspolicymakers #warfunding #economics #ukraine #israel #war
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Judd Legum - has an important thread on defense contractors and how the military allows (and to some degree has encouraged) them to make exorbitant profits.
Thread begins here:
https://mstdn.ca/@[email protected]t/110459392707277308
#military #militaryBudget #defenseContractors #militaryIndustrialComplex #militaryIndustrialCongressionalComplex
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Silicon Valley should fight its stigma against military work - Phil Wagner
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Microsoft says China-backed hackers are exploiting Exchange zero-days - Microsoft is warning customers that a new China state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four prev... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9EURANGHu3I/ #federalbureauofinvestigation #nationalsecurityagency #trumpadministration #defensecontractors #computersecurity #internetsecurity #u.s.government #vulnerability #cryptography #cyberwarfare #unitedstates #cyberattack #cybercrime #solarwinds #technology
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Visser, a parts manufacturer for Tesla and SpaceX, confirms data breach - A precision parts maker for space and defense contractors has confirmed a “cybersecurity incident,” ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DYQJJFuPGYc/ #defensecontractors #computersecurity #cryptography #spokesperson #automotive #cybercrime #ransomware #aerospace #security #colorado #emsisoft #spacex #tesla