Scorpion was developed in conjunction with defense contractor Crye Precision. He is a programmer for British defense contractor BAE Systems. He apparently recruited hit men through contacts from his days as a defense contractor. Professor Seymour Melman partially blamed the use of a longtime defense contractor. Hekmati worked in Kansas for BAE Systems, a multinational defense contractor. He then spent two years working for Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), a defense contractor. Their bidding strategy is to team with a defense contractor to serve as the integrator. After this, he began working as a defense contractor in Afghanistan, beginning in late 2004. In January 2020, Leidos purchased defense contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65 billion. Defense contractor Raytheon has developed a smaller version of the ADS, the Silent Guardian. Although McDonnell was a major defense contractor, its civil aircraft business was almost nonexistent. During and after World War II, Hughes fashioned his company into a major defense contractor.