
Primes, Subs, and Tiers: How a Defense Contract Actually Stacks
The five largest US defense contractors book the headlines, but most of the work on any program is performed two and three layers below them.
Asha VenkataswamyIndustry reports on the firms that build military equipment, from prime contractors down to the forges and chip suppliers beneath them. Coverage includes production rates, backlogs, labor shortages and single-source risk. Aimed at suppliers, procurement officers and analysts who need to know whether a schedule can be met.
The contractors behind military hardware: production rates, backlog, workforce, castings, chips and the bottlenecks that push delivery dates to the right.

The five largest US defense contractors book the headlines, but most of the work on any program is performed two and three layers below them.
Asha Venkataswamy