Matanza-Armatek

Matanza-Armatek is a military industrial, security, and private military contracting megacorporation based in the Federation. Comprising of the intertwined companies of Matanza Military Contracting and Armatek International, Matanza-Armatek is one of the Human Sphere's largest arms manufacturers and is also the largest private military force in the Federation.

Born out of a merger between private military corporation Matanza Military Contracting and arms company Armatek International, Matanza-Armatek was formed in 250. Prior to the merger, Armatek was a small, largely obscure company making high-quality specialty weapons, while Matanza was in debt following heavy losses and mismanagement during the Second Hyperpower War. The CEO of Matanza at the time, ex-Federation Marine General Donald "the Don" Chaimongkhon, approached Armatek's Antonio Choi and proposed a mutually beneficial merger.

The first major break for the newly-formed Matanza-Armatek was the Federation Marine Corps's selection of the IWS 15 machine gun as their primary infantry weapon, supposedly with Chaimongkhon leveraging his old contacts within the military. Matanza-Armatek began growing rapidly from there, accepting numerous private military contracts and regaining the historical reputation of Matanza, while boosting Armatek as a reliable source of weapons and equipment. Matanza-Armatek firmly became part of the new generation of corporations building the "New Federation", filling the void left by the decimated corruption-ridden "old guard".

Matanza-Armatek is the largest arms manufacturer in the Federation in terms of revenue purely from the arms industry, though it is the undisputed top private military contractor in the Federation in terms of revenue and brand recognition. Half of the company's annual sales and contracts are to the Federation's Department of Defence, and in 300 it received almost 10% of the funds paid out by the DeDe.

The company is locked in a major rivalry with the two next-largest private military corporations in the Human Sphere, APEX Security Force and the Imperial Arakawa Security Services. Matanza-Armatek viciously defends its position as the top military contractor in the Human Sphere despite both of their rivals having the backing of their immense parent conglomerates, with disputes having escalated to armed conflicts in the past.