Sun Microsystems
(Santa Clara, California)
Sun is one of the world's largest electronics companies (ranking #187 on the Fortune 500 list in 2007), it does substantial business with the US military. For example...
Major Defense Acquisition Programs
The
Pentagon’s 2009
Budget Request Summary Justification provides a wishlist for $184 billion
worth of "Major
Weapons Systems." The "highest profile" of these programs, i.e., the
most expensive ones are "designated as Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP)."
Sun Microsystems is one of nine "Secure Canada 2008" exhibitors that are involved in one or more
these top MDAPs. For details, see "The
Role of 'Secure
Canada 2008' Exhibitors in
America's MDAPs."
SM's corporate website is replete with pages referring to its military products and services. Here is a list of 1,150 such webpages in Sun's website:
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This webpage was produced by
the
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
as part of the COAT
campaign to oppose
"Secure Canada 2008"
(Sept.30-Oct.1, 2008)