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spy plane, the Black Manta (TR-3A) stealth fighter follow-on to the F-117A, the Pumpkinseed hyper-speed unmanned
aerospace reconnaissance vehicle, anti-gravitational craft, etc. Haystack (Buttes) USAF Laboratory, Edwards AFB,
CA.

DEFENSE CONTRACTORS

A critical component of the RMA military is its revolving door with giant lucrative defense
contractor corporations not answerable to Congress. In fact, of the three components of the term
“military-industrial-intelligence complex,” defense contractors encompass all three.
Transnational defense contractors are almost a synonym for the Intelligence Community. As
Ralph Nader points out in a mind-boggling article how year after year the Pentagon a.k.a.
Department of Defense goes unaudited (“its books are a mess”) and is “beyond anybody’s
control, including that of the Secretaries of Defense, their own internal auditors, the President,
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tons of GAO audits publically [sic] available, and the Congress.” It appears that the military
and its private contractors are indeed “above the law.” In Afghanistan, $150 million villas were
built for corporate contractors, and massive cost overruns are typical but the money keeps
flowing:
In the final analysis, the principal culprits, because they have so much to lose in profits and bonuses, are the giant
defense companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and others that
lobby Congress, Congressional District by Congressional District, for more, more, more military contracts, grants and
subsidies. President Eisenhower sure knew what he was talking about. Remember, he warned not just about taxpayer
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waste, but a Moloch eating away at our liberties and our domestic necessities.” (Emphasis added.)

A final list by no means comprehensive:
United Nuclear Corporation near Gallup NM. Military nuclear applications.
Defense Industry Security Command (DISCO) conducts intelligence operations within and on behalf of the civilian
defense contractor corporations engaged in classified research, development, and production.
Stanford Research Institute, Inc. — intelligence contractor involved in psychotronic, para-psychological and PSY-
WAR research.
RAND Corporation — CIA front involved in Intelligence projects, weapons development, and underground bases
development.
Mitre Corporation / The Jason Group — Elite weapons application scientists developing cutting-edge weapons for
DARPA. The Jason Group operates under the cover of the Mitre Corporation.
Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. (EG&G) / URS Federal Services — NSA/DOE contractor involved in “Star
Wars” weapons development, fusion applications, security for Area 51 and nuclear installations, etc.
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) — black projects information systems contractor
Lockheed Martin — black budget aerospace; purchased Learjet in 2015.
Raytheon — classified projects; purchased Hughes Aircraft in 1997.
Booz Allen Hamilton — purchased by Carlyle Group in 2008.
Boeing Aircraft absorbed McDonnell Douglas in 1997.
General Electric — electronic warfare (EW) weapons systems; nuclear.
Reynolds Electronics Engineering — CIA and DoD contractor Honeywell purchased by AlliedSignal in 1999, which
kept the Honeywell name.
Northrop Grumman purchased TRW in 2002.
Aerojet Rocketdyne (formerly GenCorp) formed in 2013; makes “Star Wars” rocket and missile propulsion systems,
plus satellites for the NRO.
Reynolds Electronics Engineering — CIA and DoD contractor
Walsh Construction — CIA contractor