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U S Firms Licensed in Arms Trade Include Giants and Unions
More than 1,083 American companies are licensed to make or export munitions, including 152 of the Fortune 500. Major players listed range from Ford and General Motors to Du Pont and IBM, with aero firms dominating exports. The State Department released documents detailing items from fuzes to jet engines and military electronics, along with associations to CIA-linked entities such as Summa Corp and Air America.
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Washington
State Department
Office of Munitions Control
New York Times
Department
Freedom of Information Office
Lower Manhattan
Pentagon
CIA
Florida
Fortune Magazine
The
Singer Co
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Remington Arms Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Smith & Wesson
Bangor Punta Corp
Firestone Tire and Rubber
Litton Industries
International Harvester
Gulf Oil
Dow Chemical
Western Electric
International Telephone and Telegraph
United States Steel
International Business Machines
Westinghouse
Caterpillar Tractor
RCS Corp
Northrop
McDonnell Douglas
LTV Corp
Textron
United Aircraft
Hughes Aircraft
General Electric
Summa Corp
Hughes Tool Co
Hawaii
Summa
Air America, Inc
Pacific Corp
Air Asia Co
Biane Military Armament Corp
Marietta
Woroe
Quantum Corp
Park Avenue
Newark
Calspan Corp
P.O
Buffalo
N.Y
Cornell University
Syracuse University Research Corp
Federal Cartridge Corp
Minneapolis
Olin Foundation
New York
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
Standard Oil of California
Exxon
Texaco
Mobil Oil