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[ Value of ALL Contracts Since Tracking Began
on October 30, 2006 ]
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[ Value of Contracts In 2009 ]
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| SO FAR |
since 10/30/06 |
| MilitaryIndustrialComplex.com has recorded a total of 9,054 publicly-reported defense contracts.
To date, that is an average of $2,294 for each member of the US citizenry (306,816,953 - Census.gov - 07/02/09). |
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| RECENT |
updated M-F after 5PM ET |
| There were 7 publicly-reported Defense Contracts listed
[ TODAY ] totaling $574,881,686. |
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| DAY PRIOR |
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| There were 14 publicly-reported Defense Contract listed [ YESTERDAY ] totaling $385,950,106. |
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| THIS WEEK |
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| 73 publicly-reported Defense Contracts are listed This Week totaling $5,021,378,139. |
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| LAST WEEK |
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| 54 publicly-reported Defense Contracts were listed Last Week totaling $1,585,017,270. |
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| THIS MONTH |
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| 21 publicly-reported Defense Contracts are listed This Month totaling $960,831,792. |
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| LAST MONTH |
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| 300 publicly-reported defense contracts were listed in June totaling $15,736,649,065. |
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| MOST CONTRACTS |
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| September 2008 - 722 |
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| BIGGEST WEEK |
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| June 9 - 13, 2008 - $22,358,394,965 |
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| BIGGEST MONTH |
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| September 2008 - $52,503,273,929 |
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| ABOUT |
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| MilitaryIndustrialComplex.com has been collecting publicly-reported US Department of Defense contract information since October 30, 2006. This website is a continued culmination of that collection and seeks to keep the general populace informed about their government's military spending practices when concerning tax payer contributions to the defense of our nation. Information presented on this site is only as accurate as the sources they reflect. Values are updated whenever possible and when the information is made public and available by the US Department of Defense on a Monday-thru-Friday basis, excluding federal holidays in the United States. |
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| IN THE NEWS |
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| 6/8/2009 - More Contracts Terminated - The FY10 President's Budget slashes two more. |
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| 6/2/2009 - Giving it Back - USAF terminates contract with Boeing Company. |
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| 5/29/2009 - Jackpot!: Booz Allen Hamilton strikes MiC gold at the end of the month with five contracts totaling $61,943,887. |
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| 5/5/2009 - Less IS More: Four contracts making up $538,559,370. |
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| 5/4/2009 - More is Less: Eight contracts making up $91,226,294. |
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| 5/1/2009 - May Starts Off With a Bang: 26 contracts worth $804,723,249. |
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| 4/21/2009 - That's more like it: $1,557,379,288 in contract totals today. |
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| 4/17/2009 - Is the MiC well drying up? Say it aint so. Only 9 contracts totaling $106,487,766 from yesterday and today. For the week, that's just 43 contracts for a grand total of $838,194,296 making it the lowest week on file. |
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| 3/31/2009 - 2009 Totals Chart Updated: March totals tallied. |
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| 3/27/2009 - Consider the following: $2,022,106,121 off of 49 contracts spanning the week of 5/16 - 5/20. $1,938,879,027 accrued off of 49 contracts from Friday (3/27) alone. |
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| 3/24/2009 - After a Slow Start: The week picks up with a strong Tuesday report. |
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| 3/24/2009 - Never a Shortage: MiC Companies page updated with new inductees. Among the notables is Equilon Enterprises. |
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| 3/2/2009 - Another Month, Another Few Billion - 2009 Totals Page Updated. |
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2/17/2009 - Turkey Nabs a Piece of the MiC Pie.
View Contract |
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| 2/16/2009 - 30 Days to War: The contracts from January 31st through March 17th that led up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. View List |
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| 2/4/2009 - 2009 Military Pay Scale Chart: A handy chart showing military salaries by rank and years of experience.
[ External Link ] |
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| 12/31/2008 - 2008 Year End Totals Are In: 2008 totals crush those achieved in 2007 with over 3,616 total contracts at a total value of $307,359,619,586. This is against 3,025 contracts at $224,617,853,685 reached in 2007 - our first full year of record keeping. |
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| 12/31/2008 - Out with a Bang: 2008 closes with a final single day total of $2,014,528,525 raising December Totals to a second place finish behind September's totals. View the 2008 totals here. |
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| 12/22/2008 - The Season's Getting Greener! Activity ratchets up a notch in the fabled Year-End Stretch: 119 contracts totaling $31,909,273,877 in the last SEVEN days alone. |
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| 10/4/2008 - Kellogg, Brown and Root Services: Out of the news but still in the game. |
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| 9/26/2008 - Gas prices got you down? Is Your Dollar in Turmoil? Is Foreclosure a Real Threat? Don't worry - your government is making sure that you will never want for Airborne Electronic Attack Kits, Maritime Surveillance Systems, Consolidated Rapid Integration Facilities, Common Digital Transponders, Data Acquisition Computers and Monocular Goggles ever again. Over 526 contracts totaling $44,533,070,047 recorded by the MiC in September alone. |
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| INTEREST |
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Author Chalmers Johnson and his take on the Military-Industrial Complex, American defense spending and the coming fall of the Empire.
6 mins, 37 secs |
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2007 MSNBC Democratic Debate
Senator Gravel's response about the current
enemies of
the United States
44 secs |
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A portion of the "Why We Fight" documentary
5 mins, 55 secs |
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