Talk:Defense contractor

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[edit] Merging

i wonder why not merge with private military contractor ? Jabbi 00:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

• Although private military contractors are arguably a subset of "defense contractors," there is a clear distinction which is explained in the intro to the PMC article. Defense contractors provide products and/or services to the military; in general usage, the term refers to manufacturers of weapons, vehicles, etc., and the services those firms supply are usually directly related to their products (training, etc.) On the other hand, PMCs provide armed personnel who directly engage in combat activities - soldiers for hire. Merging the articles doesn't make sense to me. Engineer Bob 06:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Alternatively, how about a merge with defense industry? Right now both of these articles are pretty much just stubs, but combined, there's a decent amount of content. If defense contractor grows enough, it can get split out again into its own page. -- Hongooi 11:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Why does Northrop Grumman show up twice? Sandy of the CSARs (talk) 00:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)