How much did the military spend yesterday? $156 million

in #news5 years ago

The big winner on Friday (sorry I missed posting this yesterday) was Iridium Satellite with a $44 million modification (increase) to an existing airtime contract. Overall, though, it was low spending day for the Defense Department.



Below are the contracts awarded by the Defense Department
October 12, 2018
totaling $156,171,063

Recent record daily spending: $30.1 billion on September 7, 2018


Defense Logistics Agency - $55,524,500


Creighton AB (Reidsville, NC) $35,000,000
Simmonds Precision Products (Vergennes, VT) $11,024,500
Transaero (Melville, NY) $9,500,000

Defense Information Systems Agency - $44,000,000


Iridium Satellite (Tempe, AZ) $44,000,000

Navy - $24,656,603


Complete Parachute Solutions (Deland, FL) $9,270,000
FlightSafety Services (Centennial, CO) $8,354,866
Huntington INgalls (Newport News, VA) $7,031,737

Army - $19,978,985


Medvolt (Colorado Springs, CO) $19,978,985

Air Force - $12,010,975


Rockwell Collins (Richardson, TX) $12,010,975

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I wonder how often the U.S. government breaks it’s spending records. Someone should look into it. I have a hunch the Guinness Book of World Records is behind it.

In both August and September there was one day that topped $30 billion.

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