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#Defense-Industry

Events indexed under #Defense-Industry — 9 entries in the record.

9 events From Jan 1, 1940 To Aug 1, 2025 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-08-01U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract
U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump
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1947-07-26National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency · +1
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1943-07-01Curtiss-Wright Exposed for Supplying Defective Aircraft Engines to Military
Curtiss-Wright Corporation · Truman Committee · Harry S. Truman · Army Air Force
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1942-12-21Anaconda Wire and Cable Indicted for $6 Million Fraud Selling Defective Equipment
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company · Department of Justice · Truman Committee · Francis Biddle
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1942-04-28Renegotiation Act Enables Limited War Profit Recovery After Corporate Resistance
U.S. Congress · U.S. War Department · Navy Department · Defense contractors · +1
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1942-01-16War Production Board Establishes Corporate-Government Fusion Model
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Donald Nelson · War Production Board · Defense contractors · +1
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1941-04-17Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant Built with Taxpayer Funds, Private Profits
Ford Motor Company · Henry Ford · Charles Sorensen · U.S. War Department · +1
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1941-03-01Truman Committee Established to Investigate War Profiteering
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Senate · Defense contractors
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1940-01-01WWII Corporate Profits Soar 113% as Cost-Plus Contracts Enable Massive War Profiteering
U.S. corporations · General Motors · Steel industry · War Industries Board · +1
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