Big 5 Defense Contractors Not Hurt by Their Multiple Cases of Misconduct

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http://www.allgov.com/Where_is_the_Money_Going/ViewNews/Big_5_Defense_Contractors_Not_Hurt_by_Their_Multiple_Cases_of_Misconduct_110608

Getting into trouble has not put a damper on business for the nation’s largest defense contractors.

According to the Department of Defense’s rankings for 2010, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon continued to make more money than all other companies receiving contracts from the military.

The Sunlight Foundation, a government watchdog group, noted that the Big 5 defense firms all have multiple instances of defense-related misconduct cases—79 in all. This would indicate the Pentagon hasn’t felt the need to redirect business away from the companies, even though some of the misconduct included breaking federal law.