My understanding is that military contracts get awarded as to whether Who is the President. If the President is a Democrat the aircraft manufacture or most of the components most come from a Blue State and be giving tons of money to the Democrat party, if the President is a Republican the aircraft manufacture most come from a Red state and be giving tons of money to the Republican party. I’ve also heard that full bird colonels that become Generals become Generals because they more or less become politicians. This might be all an exaggeration but I think it is closer to the truth then many people want to admit.
My experience was from Lockheed point of view. Democrat admins seemed to favor Boeing while GOP favored Lockheed. Hard to pin down the state because these companies have multiple plants all over. But the state that was going to get the most jobs did affect the mil buyers who reported to congress.