Hundreds of corporations, big and small, comprise the U.S. war industry.
Endless war is the most profitable racket on Earth. The U.S.
Department of War allocated at least $44,564,315,000 on 206 individual
contracts during January 2019.
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) – Through FMS, the U.S. government procures and transfers materiel to
allied nations and international organizations. FMS contracts during January 2019
totaled roughly $754,772,000.
For production &
delivery of P-8A aircraft for Norway (5
for $694,971,086; 28%) and the U.K. (4 for $506,870,865; 21%).
Lockheed Martin $33,732,110 FMS (Norway): C-130J
long-term sustainment at Gardermoen Air Station,
Norway.
Navistar $8,069,336 for FMS (Iraq): Navistar transport and cargo
vehicles. NIC4 Inc. $28,812,143 for FMS (Iraq): capabilities to operate,
sustain, support and expand IraqÕs Very Small Aperture Terminal network. Sallyport Global $375,000,000 FMS (Iraq): base operations support (BOSS) & security for Lockheed
Martin F-16 program at Balad Air Base.
Space Dynamics Laboratory $18,295,163 for FMS (South Korea): tasking, collecting,
processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) capability supporting the countryÕs
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 program. Provides TCPED
system, spares, equipment, etc.
Kay & Associates Inc. $63,016,210 07 FMS (Kuwait): maintenance and support on F/A-18 C/D and equipment in
Kuwait [Almed Al-Jaber Air
Base (98.38%); Kuwaiti Air Force HQ (6.04%); Air Institute/Air Defense Base
(1.89%); Subhan/Air Defense Base (1.13%)]. Northrop
Grumman $7,666,503 for FMS (Kuwait): Army & Navy vehicle
intercommunication systems. Elkridge, MD.
Tecmotiv (USA) Inc. $19,644,207 for FMS (Egypt): M60 engine overhaul parts
package.
UNINHABITED VEHICLES & CRAFT
B.L. Harbert International $41,832,719 to build an 80,000 square foot
hangar & facility to support research, development, testing, and evaluation
(RDT&E) unmanned carrier-launched aerial surveillance systems at NAS Patuxent
River, Maryland.
General Atomics $37,100,316 for putting new capabilities
onto existing FY2017 aircraft production configuration. General Atomics makes the MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Northrop Grumman $86,200,000 for Starlite
(.pdf) system support. Northrop Grumman $55,062,919 11 for five MQ-8C and two
lightweight fuel cells. Northrop Grumman $19,590,756 for software
design, system integration, qualification testing, cybersecurity,
and engineering services on the MQ-8.
Textron (AAI) $10,839,582 for engineering and
technical services for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) unmanned
surface vehicle platform. UISS will help LCS perform a mine warfare
sweep mission. It is marketed as being able to target acoustic, magnetic, and
magnetic/acoustic combination mine types. The contract announcement repeats
industry claims that the UISS program Òwill satisfy the NavyÕs need for a
rapid, wide-area coverage mine clearance capability, required to neutralize
magnetic/acoustic influence mines.Ó
COUNTER-UAS
Leonardo DRS $74,864,274 for Mobile-Low Slow, Small
Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System (rapid development, production,
deployment, support).
ARTEL $12,253,000 for commercial satellite
communications service supporting Air Force's Central Command network
architecture within the Southwest Asia. ARTEL $93,159,500 for the same
service.
Northrop Grumman $44,428,104 to support four Battlefield
Airborne Communications Node E-11A (.pdf), subsystems, and
equipment out of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Some work in Maryland. Northrop Grumman $149,616,524 for BACN payload
operations and sustainment, not necessarily in Afghanistan.
AECOM $35,162,580 to provide third party logistics
support and hazardous material supplies for USMC in the Pacific and tenant Navy
commands in Okinawa, Japan. The people of
Okinawa have a deep history opposing the U.S.
military presence on the island. The Japanese Prime Minster recently openly resisted the peopleÕs will.
USEUCOM
Vectrus $26,735,291 for non-personal operations and
maintenance supply services in Germany and Italy. This work was once done by the troops, prior to the corporate takeover
of the War Department.
ACC Construction $30,006,388 for a Special Operations
Forces tactical equipment maintenance facility at Fort Bragg, and $21,039,018 for more work on the
project.
CORPORATE CAPTURE OF U.S.
INTELLIGENCE
Fulcrum IT Services $128,003,638 for all-source intelligence
analysis and operational support services to the Joint Intelligence Operations
Center–Korea (JIOC-K), U.S. Forces Korea and six divisions in South
Korea.
ACADEMIA –
U.S. academia has largely supported
the U.S. war industry. Faculty and staff often justify this ethical compromise
by claiming that the funding is too good to turn down and that they, the
academics, are ultimately not the ones determining when, where, or how to use
the weaponry being developed.
Johns Hopkins University $8,565,000 to provide assessments and
alternatives of offensive capabilities within the domains of air, land, sea,
space and cyberspace, missions and warfare areas that asymmetrically mitigate
threat effectiveness, impose cost, and/or create ambiguity in adversary
decision-making. This is a long-running
project with the Pentagon. Previous installments of cash on this contract were
issued 15 March 2017, 22 Sept 2017, 7 Feb 2018, 9 July 2018, and 26 Sept 2018.
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35) – Kenneth R. Possenriede, recently in
charge of Lockheed MartinÕs F-35 finances, was recently promoted to be the war
corporationÕs CEO.
Lockheed Martin $68,933,454 for design, development,
documentation, integration, and test of upgrades to the U.S. Reprogramming
Laboratory to execute the Mission Data (MD) programming and reprogramming
mission for the F-35 Digital Channelized Receiver/Technique Generator and Tuner
Insertion Program (DTIP) and non-DTIP configurations for USAF ($34,466,727;
50%); Navy ($17,233,364; 25%), USMC ($17,233,363; 25%).
Lockheed Martin $542,225,679 for ancillary mission
equipment (AME) and associated AME initial spares in support of Lot 13 F-35
aircraft.
Lockheed Martin $31,335,203 for F-35 sustainment
services (LRIP, lot 10) in Williamtown, Australia.
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office $23,325,145 to support V-22 flight test and
evaluation. Bell-Boeing JPO $143,863,184 for V-22 performance based
logistics and engineering support. Rolls-Royce
$35,672,562 07 for 17 AE1107C engines for
V-22, to include one engine for U.S. Navy ($18,885,474; 53%); Japan
($16,787,088; 47%).
HORNET (F-18)
Nordam Group $7,902,620 for first article testing in
support of flight control surfaces in BoeingÕs F/A-18.
HORNET & GROWLER COMMON AIRFRAME
Integral Aerospace $14,315,721 01 for 114 external fuel tanks in support of the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G. Raytheon
$81,224,627 for 228 configuration
components to complete a retrofit of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G for U.S. Navy ($80,692,484; 99%) and Australia ($532,143;
1%).
ELECTRONIC WARFARE AIRCRAFT (GROWLER & PROWLER)
RQ Construction $41,429,522 for design &
construction of a maintenance hangar in support of EA-18 aircraft at NAS
Whidbey Island, Washington.
AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING (HAWKEYE & SENTRY)
Northrop Grumman $11,278,884 for aerial refueling
envelope expansion and objective tanker qualification testing in support of the
E-2D aircraft. Rolls-Royce $26,332,225 for depot repair of
T56-A-427 engines on E-2 Hawkeye aircraft
POSEIDON (P-8)
& ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE
Boeing $9,276,687 for Air Launch Accessory
(ALA) and shipping container as part of the High Altitude Anti-Submarine
Warfare Weapon Capability of P-8A integration.
Boeing $1,256,865,203
for production &
delivery of ten P-8A aircraft for U.S. Navy. Raytheon
$7,124,695 to repair the
APY-10 radar system used on BoeingÕs P-8A aircraft.
STRATEGIC / TACTICAL AIRLIFT
General Dynamics $18,728,697 for engineering services supporting
C-20 and C-37 fleet.
Honeywell $85,676,969 for hardware and software
support for C-5 aircraft. Some work in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Lockheed Martin
$39,957,226 for C‐5 contractor logistics support services (supply chain
management, repair, technical support). Lockheed Martin
$131,604,450 for C‐5
sustainment.
Rolls-Royce $70,706,540 for C-130J propulsion long
term sustainment in Robins AFB.
OTHER FIXED WING AIRCRAFT
Transaero Inc. $23,237,500 for fixed landing gear.
MILITARY RESEARCH LABS
Defense Research Associates $11,098,274 for R&D of long-duration
multispectral sensor technology.
Multibeam Corp.
$22,900,000 for Electron-Beam Direct
Write subsystems. This is to continue demonstration of the advanced
lithography tool for government integrated circuits developed under the basic contract.
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging $16,448,132 for the Fortress program—to
get the ball rolling in the pursuit of improved medium & long wavelength
infrared HgCdTe based detector
technologies.
REDSTONE ARSENAL – Every
major war corporation has a presence at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,
Alabama.
Torch Technologies $8,802,273 for engineering, integration,
test & analysis, and $9,102,000 for strategic systems
engineering, integration, test & analysis in Huntsville, Alabama.
HELICOPTERS
Elbit Fort
Worth (an Apartheid Israel corporation) $24,360,089 for the Common Helmet
Mounted Display (CHMD).
Lockheed Martin $7,026,164 17 for Automated Logistics
Environment software maintenance operating systems and obsolescence avoidance
in support of the low rate initial production CH-53K aircraft.
L3 $18,721,174 37 for TH-57 contractor
logistics support.
L3 $16,138,920 for 840 technically
refreshed multi-function displays for retrofits and spares in support of
Textron AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft. L3 $12,556,242 for the common data link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 systems (manufacture, test, deliver,
manage, support) for Lockheed MartinÕs MH-60R aircraft. Textron (Bell)
$439,563,841 for 25 lot 16 AH-1Z aircraft
and 25 stores control units.
Vertex Aerospace $9,086,502 for aviation field
maintenance in Fort Rucker, AL.
Timken Aerospace Drive Systems $9,072,000 for rotor link pin
assemblies.
United Technologies $27,095,145 for repair and maintenance
and unscheduled program depot-level maintenance on UH-1N and HH-60 helicopters.
W & G Machine Co. $27,604,800 for aviation flutter
dampeners for U.S. Army.
GENERAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
AKIMA Logistics Services $7,798,197 for full contractor
logistics support of 58 U.S. Air Force Academy aircraft at Colorado Springs,
Peterson AFB, and the U.S. Air Force Academy auxiliary airfield, Colorado.
Copper River ES $8,549,387 for support services and
depot avionics technical repairs operations for the 402nd Electronics
Maintenance Group, Robins AFB, GA.
DynCorp $18,537,068 for aviation field
maintenance services. DynCorp $43,856,375 17 for maintenance and logistics
on Boeing F/A-18 & EA-18G, Lockheed Martin MH-60S and F-16A/B, and Northrop
Grumman E-2C aircraft at Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) in Fallon, Nevada.
19 corporations compete for a rough maximum $12.59 billion for logistics services re: Contracted
Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services (CMMARS). Supports
aviation platforms of various Navy and Air Force type/model/series aircraft,
inter-related systems, subsystems, and services.
INDUSTRIAL BASE – GENERAL
BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, Harris Corp., Lockheed Martin,
Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, United Technologies shared $22,500,000 for the formation of a
collaborative working group of various industry partners to work as single
extended entity to develop via pre-planned product improvement initiatives, as
well as manage and provide configuration control of the open mission systems
and universal command and control interface standards, collectively referred to
as the Open Architecture Standards. Work in the industry facilities in Nashua,
NH; St. Louis, Poway, CA; Westford MA; Clifton NH; Fort Worth, TX; and
Melbourne, FL. This is a continuation of
an earlier contract issued 27 Dec 2018.
United Support Solutions – LMT, Finch Manufacturing &
Technology, Central Metal Fabricators Inc. for $10,000,000 to fabricate
mechanical components and assemblies.
AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION, PODS & SENSORS
Raytheon $32,958,080 02 for engineering and
manufacturing development of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy – Navy.
AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL DEVICES
Avon Protection Systems $92,670,255 for the joint service
aircrew mask, engineering support, special tooling and spare parts.
AEGIS
Lockheed Martin $28,882,337 for AEGIS Baseline 9 integration & delivery,
upgrades, improvements, and engineering. Lockheed Martin
$23,023,786 for engineering &
security, test & site updates, and risk mitigation for the Aegis site in Redzikowo, Poland. Lockheed Martin
$13,113,482 (bringing particular contract total to $2,930,929,600) for installation;
test & training; logistics & material planning; and additional program
planning, technical coordination, and scheduling for Aegis BMD 4.x aboard AEGIS
destroyers. Lockheed Martin $10,930,390 for AEGIS
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 4.0.2 equipment for Shipset
23 and BMD spares.
Raytheon $9,347,391 for engineering services in
support of the Aegis SPY-1 radar and Mk 99 fire control
system.
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS)
Austal USA $16,322,000 for engineering, management,
and production services in support of prefabrication efforts, material
procurement, and work on USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) extended industrial
post-delivery availability (EIPDA). The
U.S. war machine co-opts foreign nations in part through spending money on
their niche war corporations. Austal is an Australian
corporation that the Pentagon contracts for certain Naval products.
Lockheed Martin received an unspecified amount to build one littoral combat
ship. ÒThe specific award for this ship is considered source-selection
sensitive information (see 41 U.S. Code 2101, et seq., FAR (FAR) 2.101 and FAR
3.104) and will not be made public at this time.Ó Recent LCS have cost upwards of $550 million.
LANDING CRAFT, AIR CUSHION (LCAC)
Rolls-Royce $41,967,720 for 20 Marine Turbine (MT7)
engines for LCAC 100 Class. Each LCAC consists of 4 MT7 engines. Includes
delivery to Textron for assembly.
LANDING HELICOPTER ASSAULT (LHA)
Coffin Turbo Pump $15,523,669 for up to 33 main feed pumps
for the shipÕs main propulsion boilers.
ZUMWALT-CLASS DESTROYERS (DDG-1000)
Raytheon $15,850,000 for DDG 1000 class mission systems
equipment interim spares.
NIMITZ-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (CVN)
General Atomics $19,682,252 for Electromagnetic Aircraft
Launch System (EMALS) spare parts
[manufacture, assembly, inspection, integration, test, delivery] in support of
the CVN-78 prior to the Advanced Arresting Gear and EMALS material support
dates.
Huntington Ingalls roughly $15,211,932,000 for work on nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers Enterprise (CVN 80) and unnamed CVN 81.
SUBMARINES
General Dynamics $13,067,576 for sustainment of the U.S.
and U.K SSBN Fire Control System; and
the U.S. SSGN Attack Weapon Control System, incl
training and support equipment and research and development.
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. $27,705,545 to support engineering services and
on-site support services re: submarine air revitalization, monitoring, oxygen generation and ventilation systems on U.S. naval
ships.
Treadwell Corp. $9,381,592 in support of engineering and
in-service engineering services for submarine air revitalization, air
monitoring, oxygen generation and ventilation on U.S. naval ships. Work in
various locations worldwide including New London, CT; Philadelphia, PA;
Norfolk, VA; San Diego, CA; Bremerton, WA; Guam; Diego Garcia; and Pearl
Harbor, HI.
NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION
Bechtel Plant Machinery $95,257,528 for naval nuclear propulsion
components.
Progeny Systems Corp. $14,750,184 for Integrated
Shipboard/Shore-based Maintenance Management Decision Tools (like Nosis) engineering,
and technical services for use on submarines and aircraft carriers.
SURFACE SHIP MAINTENANCE
BAE Systems $9,576,151 for scheduled Surface
Incremental Availability (SIA) on USS Halsey (DDG 97).
Coastal Marine Services and Thermcor shared
$7,142,000 to provide pipe lagging
onboard Navy ships vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, CA.
General Dynamics $91,477,172 for USS George H.W. Bush
(CVN 77) Dry-docking Planned Incremental Availability in Portsmouth, VA. General Dynamics
$9,998,560 for digital voltage
regulator system material, providing five ship sets of material and one ship set
ready for ship installation.
Lyon Shipyard, Inc. $7,994,140 for repair, maintenance and
modernization of USNS Prevail (TSV 1) during the shipÕs docking phased
maintenance availability.
Structural Associates Inc. $10,008,000 for repairs for insulator
shop relocation Building 166 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.
For maintenance (complex, emergent,
continuous) and availabilities on surface combatants (DDG and CG) homeported in San Diego, CA, three war corporations –
BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls, General Dynamics
– received $90,275,086. Ensures continued facilities and resources
capable of completing maintenance & repair on surface combatant ships
assigned to or visiting the port of San Diego, CA.
SHIP WEAPONRY
Global Technical Systems $8,510,970 for 15 Common Processing
System (CPS) Technical Instruction Twelve Hybrid (TI-12H) water-cooled
production units for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) and two CPS TI-12H
air-cooled production units for ship self defense systems.
Lockheed Martin $77,758,481 for NavyÕs AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare System (UWS).
Raytheon $38,140,569 for Dual Band Radar (DBR) Design Agent Technical
Engineering support efforts.
SHIP OPERATION – THIRD PARTY
Ocean Ships $20,800,875 for the operation and
maintenance of Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) vessels.
NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSEA)
Booz Allen Hamilton $36,655,871 for Identity Dominance
System (IDS) technology. This supplies the Pentagon with handheld biometric hardware
devices.
Dakota Creek Industries $26,710,222 for the detail design and
construction (DD&C) of two yard tug 808-class harbor tugboats (YT 812 and
YT 813) and accessory items to include 50-man inflatable buoyant apparatus and
Navy Mk-7 life raft, as well as packaging and delivery to final destination.
Fairbanks Morse Engine $13,552,041 for engineering, logistics
and program management services in support of the Navy diesel engine systems.
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT
DIVISION (NAWCAD)
Boeing $56,755,269 for program management
support as well as engineering and integrated logistics support by the original
equipment manufacturer for the post-production support phase of the T-45
aircraft lifecycle. Includes special tooling and test equipment, data
accessibility and obsolescence identification, and resolution in addition to
field services support that will provide subject matter expertise in the areas
of environmental control systems, cockpit pressurization and On-Board Oxygen Generation
Systems integration.
SPACE & NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND (SPAWAR)
Thales $30,931,029 for continued procurement,
manufacturing, testing and delivery of High Frequency Distribution Amplifier
Group system components and
engineering services for SSC Pacific San Diego, CA.
CYBER, SIGINT & CRYPTOGRAPHY
Odyssey International Inc. $14,000,000 to build a company operations
facility, Fort Gordon, GA.
Syracuse Research Corp. $13,531,249 for the sensor beam program:
research, analyze, technically document, and perform reviews on electromagnetic
systems, events and signatures. Work at JB San Antonio-Lackland,
TX.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & THE CLOUD
CACI $8,582,382 for pre-planned IT product
improvement, life cycle management, business process, and technical integration
support and reengineering services for Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System
(TEWLS) application at Fort Detrick, MD.
Dell $78,141,800 for VMware software license
maintenance. Emergent LLC $7,616,333 for Oracle PeopleSoft
software license renewals.
Microsoft $1.76
billion for Microsoft Enterprise
Services for the Pentagon, Coast Guard, and intelligence community. Includes Microsoft
engineering for government Òsoftware developersÓ and product teams to leverage
a range of proprietary resources and source-code. Includes Microsoft support
for tools, knowledge database, problem resolution assistance, and custom
changes to Microsoft source-code when applicable.
NetCentrics Corp. $268,464,985 to provide Information Technology
(IT) Support Services - Service Delivery, consisting of satisfying Joint
Service Provider (JSP) user needs for secure, accessible, and stable IT
support.
COMMUNICATIONS
BAE Systems $12,157,767 for dynamic networking
adaptation for Mission Optimization Extensible Network Architecture
software/hardware, which are marketed as being able to interconnect
applications and information across multiple legacy and future networks.
General Dynamics $26,767,467 for replenishment spares for
the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical.
SATELLITES & SPACE SUPPORT
The Aerospace Corp. $22,000,000 to run the federally funded research
& development center (FFRDC), Space & Missile
Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB.
Engility Corp. $655,000,000 for services (engineering,
development, integration, sustainment) supporting the Space & Missile
Systems Center Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, Ground Systems &
Space Operations Division at Kirtland AFB, NM.
Harris Corp. $72,261,464 for Combat Mission Systems
Support (CMSS) program to sustain the Space & Missile Systems Center
portfolio of ground-based electronic warfare systems and develop the Counter Communications
System Block 10.3.
Lockheed Martin $52,700,000 for engineering, development
and sustainment on Air Force Multi-Mission Satellite Operation Center.
Northrop Grumman $7,688,550 for Defense Support Program
(DSP) on-orbit satellite and anomaly resolution support in Azusa, CA; Aurora,
CO; and Colorado Springs, CO.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) – After intense lobbying by the U.S.
war industry, the D.C. regime pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
in 2002.
This paved the way for the establishment of the Missile Defense Agency, and
allowed the U.S. war industry to develop, market, and sell Òballistic missile
defenseÓ weaponry. This weaponry is one of the most lucrative sectors of the
U.S. war industry.
Boeing $15,991,141 01 for 79 Harpoon Block II Plus
Tactical Missile upgrade kits for U.S. Navy. Lockheed Martin
$16,089,088 for 4,320 Laser
Guided Training Rounds BDU-59B/B. Raytheon $9,607,811 for Multi-Spectral
Targeting System (MTS) sensor support for MDA. For now
Raytheon is the only designer, developer, and manufacturer of the MTS-class
sensor.
BALLISTIC MISSILES / NUCLEAR WEAPONRY
B.L. Harbert International
$26,644,688 to build a consolidated Nuclear
Air Operations & Support Facility at Whiteman AFB, MO.
Lockheed Martin $559,622,074 for Trident II (D5) missile
production and deployed system support.
MISSILES, BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES
Boeing $13,930,396 for services (engineering,
training, logistics support, installation, etc.) on missiles, like SLAM-ER and Harpoon for U.S. Navy, Brazil,
Chile, Apartheid Israel, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, Turkey, U.K.,
Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE,
Denmark, Germany, India, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Thailand,
Greece, Qatar, and Belgium.
Lockheed Martin $100,690,961 for design changes (design,
development, integration, testing) to the wings/chines on JASSM-ER.
Raytheon $21,000,000 for advanced medium range
air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) system improvement program
software architecture and design risk reduction efforts Òto counter evolving
threats.Ó
Raytheon $16,350,543 for depot level diagnosis,
clean up, repair and maintenance on the corporationÕs PATRIOT system.
ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
Endeavor Robotics $32,400,000 for parts (reset, sustain, maintain,
recap) for Robot Logistics Support Center technicians to support Endeavor robots.
Leidos $9,742,355 for support of Saturn Arch
Aerial Intelligence System for day and night image collection and exploitation
of Improvised Explosive Device Òhot spotÓ areas.
Med-Eng LLC $47,203,546 for Generation II advanced
bomb suit systems.
Northrop Grumman $17,774,920 for full-rate production of the
Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare
Increment One Block One Systems.
Syracuse Research Corp. $108,209,591 for Vehicle Integrated
Defeat System.
LAND VEHICLES
AECOM $9,050,209 for linear demolition charge
systems, spares and data items for the Assault Breacher
vehicle weapon system.
BAE Systems $7,201,316 for the maintenance of M88
recovery vehicles, data package maintenance, and total ownership Òcost
reduction.Ó
BAE Systems $474,084,062 for technical support,
maintenance, field service representatives, management, etc. on the M109.
General Dynamics $7,969,810 for Abrams tank systems
technical support.
General Dynamics $402,163,806 for Stryker system technical
support services.
Ibis Tek Inc. and OÕGara Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company shared $49,500,000 for armor hardware turret
systems, platform integration & hardware kits, and spare parts.
Oshkosh Defense $37,659,687 for spare vehicle
parts. Oshkosh Defense $8,048,749 for test and field service
support for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
Talbert Manufacturing Inc. $360,249,853 for M872A4 semitrailers and
associated items.
Shilog LTD $7,777,536 for Polybutadiene,
Liquid, Hydroxyl-Terminated, Type II.
SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONRY (SALW)
Colt $7,953,750 for bolt
breechÕs. Olin Corp. - Winchester Division $85,131,683 for 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50
caliber ammunition.
GEAR & EQUIPMENT
Alamo Strategic Manufacturing $8,550,000 for knee and elbow pads. Some work in Puerto
Rico, which is where a lot of the
Pentagons uniforms are made.
Central Lake Armor Express $10,432,525 for production of 1,322,654
Plate Carrier Generation III soft armor inserts and data reports. Vertical Protective
Apparel $14,539,807 for production &
integration of 56,710 Plate Carrier Generation III complete systems and 61,729
components and spares.
L3 $68,964,170 for components (test,
inspect and repair) of CSS VSAT AN/TSC-183A system (.pdf).
RANGE FINDER & TARGET LOCATION DEVICES / VISION
Leonardo DRS $67,300,000 for horizontal technology
integration second generation forward looking infrared BKit
components and engineering services.
MORALE, WELFARE & RECREATION (MWR)
CLOTHING – The
Pentagon uses cheap labor in Puerto Rico manufacture military uniforms. It also
uses prison labor,
effective slavery, inside the U.S.
Federal Prison Industries $27,189,820 for extreme cold/wet weather
jackets. McRae Industries
$9,934,688 for hot-weather flame resistant combat boots. Puerto
Rico Apparel Manufacturing (PRAMA) $11,648,229 for coats and
trousers. Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation
Industries $7,229,250 for various types
of caps.
TRAINING
Caddell Construction Co. $143,514,000 for construction of an
airmen training complex dormitory, a dining & classroom facility,
supporting facilities, a free standing equipment building, a weapons cleaning
pavilion, running track, exercise pads and parking lots.
Kapili Services $21,966,450 to provide program manager training
systems delta support.
Loch Harbour Group $7,247,076 for training instructors. Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Ready One Industries $186,375,600 for Joint Service
Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST).
UTILITIES – Privatizing utilities is never a good idea. It prioritizes
profit over the health and wellbeing of the people. Additionally, water is a human right; corporate greed should be
nowhere near it.
American Water Operations & Maintenance $26,589,346 for ownership, operation,
and maintenance of water and wastewater utility systems at Fort Polk, LA.
Base Utilities Inc. $41,055,519 for two water and two
wastewater systems for the Air Force in North Dakota.
Facility Services Management $13,241,456 to plan, manage, and run operations
& maintenance for the Department of Public Works (Fort Huachuca, AZ),
especially facility maintenance, water, fuel, sewage plant, land resource
utilization, family housing, and property maintenance.
Joyce & Associates Construction Inc. $9,058,945 to repair waste water collection
system core areas at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
MEDICAL
J&J Maintenance $42,601,783 for healthcare environmental
services.
Valneva USA
$70,051,600, for the Japanese
Encephalitis Vaccine.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
General Electric $450,000,000 for patient monitoring systems,
accessories and training. ZOLL Medical Corp. $400,000,000 for patient
monitoring and capital equipment systems and accessories.
Kforce Government Solutions $28,000,000 for traumatic amputation
task trainers.
Medical Place Inc. $15,000,000 for hospital equipment and
accessories for the DLA electronic catalog. Planmeca U.S.A. $29,850,000 for medical
equipment and accessories for the DLA electronic catalog.
MEDICAL SERVICES
Donald L. Mooney Enterprises $11,954,435 for licensed vocational
nurses and certified nurse assistants services.
MedTrust LLC $12,939,322 for registered nursing
services.
SeKON Enterprise $32,696,823 to support of the Program
Executive Office (PEO) - Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS) in its
efforts to provide systems engineering processes, cybersecurity
processes, data management and governance, synthetic test data, process and
software tool support, and enterprise solutions architecture for PEO DHMS
programs.
Spectrum Federal Solutions $8,585,466 for Òembedded health care
providersÓ in high-risk units and locations to provide assistance and treatment
for airmen.
DENTAL
Dental Health Products $37,500,000 for dental equipment and
accessories for the DLA electronic catalog.
FUEL & ENERGY
Atlantic Diving Supply, Berger Cummins JV, Caterpillar, Inglett & Stubbs International, Texas Power &
Associates are sharing a $90,000,000 for generators and
associated supplies.
Bren-Tronics Inc. $9,832,972 for storage batteries.
TRANSPORTATION _ COSSETED MILITARY
GENERALS
General Dynamics (Gulfstream) $80,607,877 for C-20/C-37 fleet
sustainment.
TRANSPORTATION _ USTRANSCOM
Competing for $41,441,067
fourteen companies,
regular war abettors like American Airlines, Delta, FedEx, UPS, and Polar Air
Cargo, agreed to provide international air transportation services (including planeloads
of hazardous and perishable materials, life & death, and narcotics).
Schuyler Line Navigation Co. $7,101,934 for ocean liner service
between Jacksonville / Blount Island, FL, and Naval Station Guant‡namo Bay,
Cuba, and elsewhere.
SeaCube
Container Leasing International, Textainer Equipment
Management, and Triton Container International $16,227,246 for leasing and worldwide
transportation of intermodal container equipment.
TRANSPORTATION _ MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
Sealift Inc. $9,106,750 for U.S. flagged vessel MV Black Eagle, for transportation and
prepositioning of cargo (including, but not limited to, hazardous cargo,
explosives, ammunition, vehicular, containers) and military readiness.
SRA International $11,336,940 for command, control,
communications, and computer system afloat operations
and sustainment support for capabilities aboard MSC ships and MSC network
operations centers.
WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION
Global PCCI (JV) $250,000,000 for the Emergency Ship
Salvage Material (ESSM) system.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Four corporations shared $12,000,000 for environmental architect-engineer
services for USACE.
FOOD SERVICES
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency $8,325,934 for food services. Military
Produce Group $146,066,237 for fresh fruits
and vegetables.
CONSULTING, ADMIN & LOGISTICS – A January 2015 report noted that trimming some outsourced
administrative waste (like we see in this category of consulting, admin, and
business logistics) would have saved roughly $125 billion over five years. The
Pentagon leadership (many of whom come from leadership positions in U.S. war
corporations) buried the report, fearing Congress might use it to cut the war
budget.
Advanced Management Strategies Group, Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology,
Emerging Technology Support, Get It Done Solutions LLC, Strategic Ventures
Consulting Group, and Vickers & Nolan Enterprises shared a $43,891,128 for technical, analytical,
and engineering support for the USMC Capabilities Development Directorate.
C4 Planning Solutions $45,488,761 for tactical systems support
and professional engineering services for the USMC Tactical Systems Support
Activity.
MA Federal Inc. $22,238,503 for Small Form Factor suite
production, acquisition, engineering management support, logistics, and
sustainment support for USMC Systems Command, Quantico, VA.
Marton Technologies Inc. $15,962,505 for logistics support
services. Fort Riley, Kansas.
Risk Mitigation Consulting $95,000,000 for mission assurance
assessments of installation / facilities infrastructure and control systems for
NAVFAC Atlantic.
Quantum Spatial Inc., Geographic Information Services, Booz Allen
Hamilton, Woolpert Inc., KFS LLC shared a combined $46,564,206
to provide geospatial tasks and support functions for improved shared
situational awareness and decision making across the various echelons of military
hierarchy. Support may include technical assistance at Headquarters Air Force,
field operating agencies, numbered Air Forces, domestic bases, and forward
operating locations, as well as a surge capability Òto quickly respond to
wartime, contingencies and manmade or natural disasters.Ó
Goodwill Industries of San Antonio $7,886,436 for record processing
services. San Antonio, TX.
BUSINESS & OFFICE SUPPORT
Robbins-Gioia LLC and Synergy
Solutions & Innovations, Arlington $50,000,000 for exploring effective &
efficient ways to support Air Force business operations and refine the Defense
Business System. Supports IT by Òleveraging existing technologies owned by
the Air Force, streamlining and standardizing business processes across the Air
Force, and developing integrated solutions that are achievable in a constrained
fiscal environment.Ó This shall also be used for technical and engineering;
information and data management, process engineering, performance assessment,
change management, facilitation, project management, and scheduling.
Siemens Government Technologies $24,586,803 for reactivation and maintenance
of Teamcenter software, as well as
equipment manufacturer support for the Air Force, Hill AFB, UT.
FINANCES
Diligent Consulting $17,490,000 to better align
capabilities with user needs by realigning the fielding strategy to match the
needs of individual units through the use of agile methods, and incorporate two
financial processes necessary to be compliant with Financial Improvement and
Audit Readiness and the Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual. The
PentagonÕs audit is ongoing. It did not stop at the end of fiscal year 2018.
DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE
AECOM $63,007,995 for infrastructure work at Illinois
River Basin, LaGrange Lock & Dam.
Bauer Foundation Corp., Bencor Global Inc., Treviicos South Inc. share $387,000,000 for Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation
dam cutoff wall.
Inquip
Associates $41,169,021 for levee improvement
construction, Sacramento, CA.
Mississippi Limestone Corp. $18,399,991 for articulated concrete
mattress casting at the Mississippi River.
Pate Construction Company $23,978,896 for a project consisting of
8,100 feet of reinforced concrete lined channel or concrete box culvert for the
existing McKinley ditch, Alamogordo, NM.
ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING SERVICES
Stantec
Consulting Services $20,000,000 for architect-engineer
general design services.
DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION &
ENGINEERING – Endless war requires
endless construction and building repair. An added bonus for the Pentagon and
the U.S. war industry is how this construction activity effectively co-opts the
working class, making them feel like theyÕre on the same team as the troops. It
is a very powerful narcotic.
AECOM Construction Inc. $27,640,890 for example design and
construction of a new bachelor enlisted quarters at Naval Weapons Station
Yorktown, VA.
Bilbro Construction Co. $11,220,661 to remove two existing
absorption chillers and replace them with two steam turbine driven centrifugal
in Building 7 at Naval Medical Center, San Diego.
Barnhart-Reese Construction $7,127,423 to renovate historic Building 158
and demolition of Building 58 at Naval Base Point Loma, CA.
Clark Nexsen Inc. $60,000,000 for multi-discipline
architect-engineering services in NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic AOR.
Harper Construction $17,281,265 for a USMC Reserve Training
Center and a vehicle maintenance facility at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach,
CA.
IICON Construction Group $15,179,720 to build a National Guard
readiness center, Fort Carson, CO.
Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens $49,323,199 for wood pallets.
Six construction firms including Pentagon favorites AECOM, RQ
Construction, and Whiting Turner Contracting $249,000,000 (max.) for construction within
NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Hampton Roads.
Six construction or electricity firms received a shared $249,000,000 for construction,
renovation, and repair of utilities at government installations located in
NAVFAC Southwest – CA, AZ, NV, UT, CO, and NM.
Six construction corporations shared $95,000,000 for design-bid-build construction
work.
Eight corporations shared a $90,000,000 for maintenance, repair, and
construction at Holloman AFB, NM.
DREDGING
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock $14,136,343 for dredging and rock
removal in Chester, PA. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock $7,814,143 to increase cubic yards of
beach fill at Myrtle Beach, SC. Cottrell Contracting Corp. $12,740,080 for maintenance dredging at
Jekyll Island, GA, and Daufuskie Island, SC.