Defense contractor.
Defense contractor. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal non-Federal entity that enters into a contract directly with the DoD to furnish services, supplies, or construction. Foreign governments, representatives of foreign governments, or foreign corporations wholly owned by foreign governments that have entered into contracts with the DoD are not defense contractors.
Source
32 CFR § 158.3
Scoping language
Unless otherwise noted, the following terms and their definitions are for the purposes of this part.