Yet marketing combat-derived weapons to civilians is a risky business, particularly now.
In recent years, an explosion of biologic response modifiers has entered the market to combat a variety of immune-mediated diseases.
"High oil prices are keeping this a growth market for combat aircraft," said Richard Aboulafia, analyst at Teal Group, an aerospace consulting firm based in Fairfax, Virginia.
The idea was that the combined entity would be better positioned in the digital market to combat companies like Amazon, whose aggressive pricing was putting pressure on big publishers.
Individually, Europe's nations are too small to be an effective market for combat drones.
There are a number of vaccines on the market to combat coronaviruses in chickens and cattle, as well as pigs, cats and dogs.
The business targets three sections – ball sports such as rugby, stick sports like hockey and lacrosse and the fast-growing market of combat sports including UFC.
Also, it doesn't hurt for Microsoft to have lower-cost units in the market to combat Chromebooks, which are attacking the low-cost computing realm.
As the data linking meat consumption to negative effects on the environment continues to pile up, lab-grown meat could make its way into the mass market to combat these concerns.
Thalidomide is a drug originally marketed to combat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
The drugs will be marketed to combat degenerative diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's, by boosting brain function, says Kennedy.
