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Defence industry

Meaning in military & defence, with examples

/dɪˈfens ˌɪndəstri/nounCore term

In military & defence, defence industry means: The companies and organisations that design, develop, produce and support military equipment and services for armed forces.

In Turkish: savunma sanayii

How it is used

American English: defense industry. Common phrases: defence industry company, the national defence industry, the defence and aerospace sector. People work in the defence industry; smaller firms supplying it form its supply chain.

Example sentences

  1. After leaving the navy, he took a job in the defence industry.

  2. The defence industry fair attracted companies from forty countries.

Common collocations

  • defence industry company
  • work in the defence industry
  • national defence industry
  • defence industry fair
  • procurementThe whole process of obtaining equipment, services or works, from defining the need and running a competition to signing and managing the contract.
  • contractorA company or person that signs a contract to supply goods, build something or provide services, for example to a defence ministry.
  • offsetAn arrangement in which a foreign supplier that wins a defence contract agrees to invest in, buy from or share technology with the buying country's industry.
  • prototypeAn early working model of a system or vehicle, built to test and improve the design before full production begins.

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