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That’s not true. Lockheed makes cargo planes and helicopters.

• gumby 3y ago
  Yes but someone else ( the military) operates them, just as they do trucks and forklifts and whatever. I’m talking about Lockheed contracting with civilian governments to operate welfare systems and such.
  • philwelch 3y ago
    I didn’t know Lockheed did that; do you have any sources? I’ve seen similar things (for instance, defense contractors also make mail trucks for the Postal Service), and the main reason for that is because doing business with the government is a big enough pain in the ass that it becomes a core competency in and of itself. Incidentally Sodexo—the cafeteria company—also has military contracts to run mess halls on military bases. So they are technically also a defense contractor. This isn’t surprising because they run cafeterias in hospitals and schools and prisons so they are also good at doing business with the government.