Weapon systems are banned at GE. It takes an army of contractors in the private sector to keep fighter planes working (any modern military hardware, really). Operate them in a sandpit and they last about one day. Unexpected failures routinely occur and numerous data scientists, data engineers, and aviation engineers get spun up to figure out what happened ASAP.

No, I did not expect to be helping warlords. The US is stuck in a really super-shitty policy with the Saudis right now. Contractors (defense firms) have zero choice in supporting them unless they are sanctioned. Meanwhile the Saudis have been acting unilaterally (bombing whomever without consulting the President) for about fifteen years now.