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July 15, 2014 By AMK

What you need to know about the top federal contractors

In his farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower warned against the economic and political influence of the rising military industrial complex: the relationship between government entities and private government contractors.

Yet almost 60 years later, with the government contracting industry so large that many call it a fourth branch of government, Eisenhower’s warning appears unheeded.

Top Contractors by Dollars Obligated 2014

Proponents of the industry say that contractors keep the nation safe, doing work the government does not have the capability to do. Its critics, on the other hand, assert that contractors have an incentive to perpetuate war—the more weaponry contractors produce, the more profits they make.

Keep reading this article at: http://time.com/2917578/government-contractors-lockheed/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: competition, DoD, military industrial complex, profit, revenue

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