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[ Value of ALL Contracts Since Tracking Began
on October 30, 2006 ]
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[ Value of Contracts In 2008 ]
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| SO FAR |
since 10/30/06 |
| MilitaryIndustrialComplex.com has recorded a total of 5,053 publicly-reported defense contracts.
To date, that is an average of $1,281 for every member of the US citizenry. |
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| TODAY |
updated M-F after 5PM ET |
| There were 28 publicly-reported Defense Contracts listed
[ TODAY ] totaling $3,624,345,623. |
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| YESTERDAY |
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| There were 25 publicly-reported Defense Contract listed Yesterday totaling $762,957,851. |
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| THIS WEEK |
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| 80 publicly-reported Defense Contracts are listed This Week totaling $8,148,660,001. |
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| LAST WEEK |
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| 71 publicly-reported Defense Contracts were listed Last Week totaling $6,141,124,194. |
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| THIS MONTH |
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| 53 publicly-reported Defense Contracts are listed This Month totaling $4,387,303,474. |
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| LAST MONTH |
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| 277 publicly-reported defense contracts were listed in June totaling $22,859,352,196. |
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| SITE NEWS |
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| 6/3/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 4/16/2008 - Never a shortage of new inductees, the Companies page has been updated once again. |
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| 3/31/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 3/11/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 2/29/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 2/5/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 1/31/2008 - Companies page updated. |
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| 1/25/2008 - Something to Think About: Added YouTube clip of Chalmers Johnson "Speaking Freely". |
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| 1/3/2008 - 2007 Year End Totals are in! View the breakdown of the reported contracts from January 1st 2007 through December 31st 2007. |
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| 1/3/2008 - Companies page updated with new inductees. |
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12/20/2007 - Fixed a handful of bad links on the Companies page. |
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| 11/30/2007 - Companies page updated with new Military Industrial Complex inductees. |
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| 10/30/2007 - MilitaryIndustrialComplex.com celebrates it's one year anniversary - 365 days and counting and over $250,000,000,000 spent on defense. |
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| 10/24/2007 - We've recently upgraded some behind-the-scenes stuff which should make MiC faster and more efficient. If you've been here before, you'll notice some changes throughout. Otherwise, just sit back, relax and believe the binary. |
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| IN THE NEWS |
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| 6/6/2008 - H2O Biggest Threat to $1.4 Billion Stealth Bomber: Moisture distorts sensors during pre-flight check and downs Northrop's advanced flying wing. CNN.com reports. [ External Link ] |
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| 3/27/2008 - Used and Abused: Miami firm AEY, Incorporated suspended for providing Afghan Army with outdated Chinese-made ammunition. CNN.com reports. [ External Link ] |
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3/25/2008 - Navy/Raytheon write off ERGM after $600,000,000 spent on testing. Oh well, it's just $600,000,000. MurdocOnline.net reports.
[ External Link ] |
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3/11/2008 - The Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for your review as made publicly available by the US DoD.
[ External Link ] |
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| 3/10/2008 - Not Made In the USA: How foolish of you to think that the Military-Industrial Complex was only being served by American-based corporations. Bahrain Maritime and Merchantile International nets $2,801,334,120. |
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3/9/2008 - The Sky's the Limit: War costs expected to reach $12 billion MONTHLY. CNN.com reports.
[ External Link ] |
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3/8/2008 - The Price of Invasion: American tax payers fork over the bill to cover Iraq reconstruction despite Iraq's own oil revenue. CNN.com Video reports.
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2/19/2008 - The Search for More Money: Aging military aircraft becoming too expensive to maintain so USAF wants additional funding for acquisition of newer, more expensive aircraft. CNN.com reports.
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2/15/2008 - "Spinning the Defense Budget". When trying to fund two wars gets tricky. TIME.com reports.
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2/5/2008 - Where Will All That Money Go? CNN.com breaks down the President's new budget.
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1/30/2008 - Steps taken towards permanent military bases in Iraq. The Boston Globe reports.
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1/14/2007 - U.S. State Dept announces $11.5 BILLION arms deal to Middle East allies, EarthTimes.org reports.
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| 12/19/2007 - Let it Flow: House approves $70 Billion for wars. CNN.com reports.
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| 01/09/2007 - US Army Shuns Proven Israeli-Made RPG-Defense System in Favor of Raytheon Product Still in Development: [ External Link ] |
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| CONTRACTS HoF |
contracts hall of fame |
| Bell Boeing Joint Project Off. |
$10,399,123,179 - VIEW |
| Science Applications Corp. |
$6,200,000,000 - VIEW |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
$5,049,743,121 - VIEW |
| Thales Communications, Inc. |
$3,510,000,000 - VIEW |
| Hawker Beechcraft Corp. |
$3,000,000,000 - VIEW |
| Public Warehousing Co. PSC. |
$2,801,334,120 - VIEW |
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| MOST CONTRACTS |
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| September 2007 - 459 |
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| BIGGEST DAY |
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| December 28, 2007 - $15,054,059,246 |
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| BIGGEST WEEK |
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| December 24-28, 2007 - $17,559,121,397 |
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| BIGGEST MONTH |
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| December 2007 - $33,609,569,167 |
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| LEADERBOARD |
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A running tally on the top five biggest names in the industry - Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Raytheon and Boeing.
[ VIEW THE LIST HERE ] |
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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.
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| OUR PICKS |
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Author Chalmers Johnson takes a hard look at the history of the American Empire and it's reach - and how much further it is willing to go. |
| 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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