How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.6 billion

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How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.6 billion

Yesterday's big winner was Lockheed Martin's Missiles & Fire Control business with two contracts totaling $958 million. The larger contract was non-competitive and will provide for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense items, equipment, training, and personnel.



Below are the contracts awarded by the Defense Department
March 4, 2019
totaling $1,633,323,480

Recent record daily spending: $18 billion on February 1, 2019


Missile Defense Agency - $945,900,000


Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (Dallas, TX) $945,900,000

Navy - $464,274,317


Corvid Technologies (Mooresville, NC) $223,277,038
General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) $76,210,586
General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) $60,000,000
General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) $55,077,981
Serco (Reston, VA) $41,304,910
Gilbane Federal (Concord, CA) $8,403,802

Army - $108,369,594


REEL COH (Mobile, AL), PaR Systems (Shoreview, MN), Knight Construction & Supply (Deer Park, WA), Crane Technologies (Rochester Hills, MN), Garco WEMCO (Spokane, WA) $99,900,000
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (Grand Prairie, TX) $8,469,594

Defense Logistics Agency - $66,672,261


Steris (Mentor, OH) $48,000,000
Aurora Industries (Camuy, PR) $18,672,261

Air Force - $48,107,308


Boeing Defense Space Security (St. Louis, MO) $40,000,000
JASR Systems (La Jolla, CA) $8,107,308

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If only they spend that on homeless veterans instead of "defence"

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