Lockheed Martin is an American arms dealer whose Wikipedia page boasts it is one of the 'world's premier companies in the aerospace, defense, security, and technologies industry,' and the world's largest defense contractor based on revenue for the fiscal year 2014. 78% of Lockheed Martin's revenues come from military sales, and in 2013, it received nearly 10% of the funds paid out by the Pentagon. The corporation is worth billions and grows with each new war.

At the Credit Suisse Third Annual Industrials Conference in Florida on December 2nd, Lockheed Martin's vice President Bruce Tanner was recorded discussing what the arms industry could gain from the US-led Syrian invasion. The recording was posted online by one of the delegates and originally reported by The Intercept.