In the crosshairs of the consortium, theres Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing.

There is little question that the legacy brands do well bidding on defense work.

In 2021,71% of all of Lockheed Martins revenuecame from contracts with the US government.

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Butthisparticular collection of tech firms as the hammer to bash the oligopoly?

Its not clear that this is an improvement upon the status quo.

Palantir has carved itself out a niche as the Defense Departments go-to for AI systems.

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The companystechnology has also been central to Israels ongoing seigein Gaza that haskilled over 45,000 people.

And on top of all that, Its Peter Thiel all the way down, baby.

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