The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form. Italics indicate notes from the editor.
Despite the government shutdown, the Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $14,414,916,043.00 on 183 individual contracts during October 2013. This amount is considerably less than previous months.
- FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
- SALIENT CONTRACTS
- UNMANNED SYSTEMS
- JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
- MISSILES, ROCKETS & BOMBS
- IT, SPACE & CYBER
- GEAR, WEAPONRY & COMMUNICATIONS
- SHIPS & NAVAL HARDWARE
- MILITARY AIRCRAFT
- MILITARY BASE SERVICES
- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
- MILITARY FOOD SERVICES
- MILITARY FUEL
- MILITARY HEALTHCARE & SAFETY
- MILITARY TRANSPORTATION
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