Too Big to Fail: Lockheed Martin's "Got Their Fingers Everywhere", Says Author

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They are the work horse for the Government.

China launches aircraft carrier.

Have any of you ever tried to make a modern fighter jet? How about a combat ship, or a satellite? Do you think there are any hostile countries that might want to hurt us? What would you do if they put carriers off the coast and unloaded thousands of soldiers into the US? Its very easy to scoff at a price if you have never had to design and build something that worked better than any other product in the world. Any child can complain about the cost of a space craft. If you hate the protection you get, maybe you should leave? How about Somalia? Its probably cheap there, you could save 260 bucks a year?

Shut 'em down!.....Corruption is too obvious..and we don't need defense....unless we are hated...and why would that be the case?????

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Tech Ticker: Good clip! Keep up the good work! Aspects of corporate lobbying and legislation favoring such lobbies are mentioned here-- I love the content in this clip. Such corporations are a necessary evil/good to maintain a strategic advantage over military opponents and support/entice alliances with friendly nations. An excellent business model, in my opinion. There should be more such "protected" industries to permit full employment in the U.S by nationalizing (classifying them as "secret"-- cannot outsource) certain technologies as vital to economic security.

This clip is a great plug for the author's book.

Pres Eisenhower was correct about the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) when he commented on it in 1961. However I would argue that it is much less applicable now. In the Semiconductor biz for example, in rhe 1960's, Government related programs accounted for the majority of demand for these devices. Today with the advent of portable computing applications, cell phones and a wide array of consumer applications , Military useage accounts for <1% off world wide demand for semiconductors. The industry (and we the consumer) actually benefited from the Military's involvement and investment in this industry, as it drove R&D when the industry was in its infancy and we all benefited from it as consumers later on. The other thing to keep in mind is before the end of the Cold War there were exponetially more defense contractors than there are now. (Remember Martin Marietta, McDonald/Douglas, Ford Aerospace , Unisys and Motorola (to name a few) . These companies either exited the Defense biz altogher or were aquired into bigger defense entities because defense spending was correctly reduced in the 90s after the cold war, and the market for defense related products could not support the Cold War supplier base. There is a much smaller footprint of large defense contractors now. Lockheed is successful here partly because it is good at serving its number 1 customer. If you have ever done biz with the US govt its not a easy chore. There is a host of compliancy issues from spec compliance to certified pricing justification (many of these a ordinary business doesnt have to deal with and dont want to deal with) . Lockheed has buildings full of people that are experts at such contract compliance. (One might argue that the govt should not be so difficult to do business with , but that is just the reality that Lockheed has to deal with ) . On the corruption issue, Lockheed hasnt been the most visible one of late, the most notorious one has been Boeing, they hired a high ranking Air Force procurement officer upon her retirement and it was revealed that Boeing had provided her with a implied job offer before she left the Ahr Force. The recent Tanker award to Boeing was scuttled a few years ago due to corrupt practices. Lockheed isnt perfect, but as the beneficary of a mostly peaceful world, Im glad there are contractors that are willing to put up with the US Govt's @#$% on a large scale to support our defense industry .

this is just a question, can another country purchase some of these planes or weapons.

To people who hate the Space Shuttle or other NASA programs:

Dumb! We get all the benefits of R&D on space programs, light weight materials, advanced electronics in computers/phones/cars, etc...you have no idea what you are saying...the benefits of the space shuttle outweigh most defense contractor programs 100 fold.