Top Defense Contractors in 2021
The defense industry is an extremely lucrative sector that is thriving as countries ramp up their military spending amid the changing geopolitical situation. The United States tops the list of the world’s biggest military spenders with a military budget of $940 billion. China, India and Russia are some of the other notable companies that spend a fortune every year on defense.
Major countries hire defense contractors for military equipment, services and maintenance of their defense systems. The U.S. Department of Defense has contracts worth billions of dollars with organizations from around the world. The prime contractors of the U.S. Department of Defense include The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HII).
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Army s Top NCO Goes on Twitter to Scold Leaders for Not Testing Units on ACFT
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston visits the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning to observe one station unit training including the 1st 100 Yards, a training event to teach Warrior Ethos and esprit de corps, Oct. 22, 2020. (Patrick A. Albright/U.S. Army)
1 Mar 2021
The U.S. Army s top enlisted leader unleashed a Twitter rant Sunday morning aimed at shaming unit leaders into administering the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT.
Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston told unit leaders in the operational force that they need to make the ACFT a priority so their soldiers scores can be entered into the Digital Training Management System, or DTMS. That will build more data to evaluate the official replacement for the Army Physical Fitness Test, or APFT.