| A Military weapons manufacturing company with its main offices in Seattle,Washington. It achieved rapid growth during the cold war,in what was a boom time for the arms industry,and became the 2nd largest arms manufacturer in the world.It was involved in the development of the SDI and the rail gun,but when those projects were terminated they suffered an enormous financial loss.Although they led the world in the development of stealth technology,they experienced tremendous economic difficulty as a result of their failure in their bid to produce the USAF's next line of high-tech fighter jets. |