Hundreds
of corporations, big and small, comprise the U.S. war industry. Endless war is
the most profitable racket on Earth. Here are the
military contracts issued during October 2020.
FOREIGN
MILITARY SALES (FMS)
– The U.S.
war industry sells to capitalist regimes around the world through direct
commercial sales and foreign military sales (FMS). FMS tend to deal with
big-ticket items or goods and services of a sensitive nature. Through FMS, the
U.S. government procures and transfers industry goods and services to allied
governments and international organizations. In
fiscal year 2020, the war industry sold
$50.8 billion through FMS, and $124.3
billion through direct commercial sales.
L3Harris $44,651,345 for
FMS (unnamed): engineering, procurement, and fabrication for modification,
installation, and testing of an unspecified aircraft mission system. L3Harris
$9,090,496 for
FMS (unnamed): management support services.
Lockheed Martin $9,835,348 for
FMS (unnamed): non-recurring engineering for target designator sets and
electro-optical for Textron AH-1Z helicopters.
Raytheon $239,113,565 for
StormBreaker (SDBII,
GBU-53/B) production lot 6, re: classified FMS.
Lockheed Martin $193,980,348 for
FMS (Greece): four MH-60R aircraft, and three airborne low frequency sonars.
DRS $10,425,596 for
FMS (Kuwait): Direct Support Electrical System Test sets.
Lockheed Martin $13,739,845 for
FMS (Jordan): one UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.
Longbow Ltd. $32,154,552 for
FMS (India, Morocco, Netherlands, and UAE): spare parts kits for AH-64E helicopters.
PKL Services $13,757,191 to
continue providing F-15 maintenance & operations training for Singapore at
Mountain Home AFB, ID.
Boeing $342,120,528 for
FMS (Japan): two more KC-46A aircraft Lockheed
Martin $35,582,832 for
FMS (Japan): Aegis FMS Baseline J7.B development and SPY-7(V) 1 radar
production, integration and test planning support.
Northrop Grumman $158,390,024 for
FMS (South Korea): RQ-4
Global Hawk spares and contractor logistics
support.
UNINHABITED
AIR VEHICLES & CRAFT
Arete Associates $17,976,258 to
provide Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis Block I systems,
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Panama City, FL.
General Atomics $70,706,229 for
engineering and technical services for R&D, integration, test, sustainment,
and operation of General Atomics drones.
CORONAVIRUS
AstraZeneca $60,000,000 to
manufacture AZD7442, a combination antibody product intended to prevent or
treat clinical effects of SARS-CoV-2, for a minimum of 100,000 treatment
courses. AstraZeneca $286,927,159 for
200 million doses of AZD1222 vaccine.
Eli Lilly & Co. $312,500,000 for
monoclonal antibody therapeutic LY-CoV555.
Hologic Inc. $119,285,089 for
SARS-CoV-2 molecular test production and capacity expansion.
InBios
International Inc. $12,670,301 to
expand production capability for COVID-19 rapid test.
Palantir $9,000,000 for
the Palantir Gotham platform for the COVID-19 response at Los Angeles AFB, CA. Gotham
is commercial software to be accessed by the Air Force to help coordinate
decisions in response to the pandemic.
Tecan US $32,862,500 for
expansion of U.S. domestic production capacity for robotic pipette tips by
standing up infrastructure and increasing production capacity with Tecan US
Inc.
Aegis Defense Services $15,974,994 to
security service protection for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Mazar-e Sharif,
Afghanistan.
DynCorp $70,743,464 for
Air Force Central Command War Reserve Materiel (WRM) at Shaw AFB, SC; Kuwait;
Oman; Qatar; and the UAE.
Gulf Warehousing Co. of Qatar, Marine Agency
Co. Ltd of South Korea, and Seaway Agencies Pty Ltd of Australia $1,061,000,000
for
husbanding, management, and integration services consisting of charter & hire,
utilities, force protection, communications, and land transportation to support
maritime forces of DOD, other U.S. government agencies, and other nations participating
in U.S. military or NATO exercises and missions. 32 firms, including many
headquartered outside the U.S., estimated $1,061,000,000 (5 years) to
provide husbanding, management, and integration services consisting of charter
and hire, utilities, force protection, communications and land transportation
services to support maritime forces of DOD, other U.S. government agencies, and
other nations participating in U.S. military or NATO exercises and
missions. Work in thirty geographic regions: UAE (14%); Philippines
(10%); Djibouti (7%); Eastern U.S. and U.S. territories (6%); Southeastern Asia
2 (5%); Indian Ocean (5%); South Korea (5%); South America (5%); Singapore
(4%); Western CA (4%); Southeastern Asia 1 (3%); Bahrain (3%); Oman (3%);
Oceania (2%); China and Russia (2%); U.K./Western Europe (North Sea) (2%);
Italy (2%); Eastern Europe/Black Sea (2%); Western Europe (Mediterranean) (2%);
Northern Atlantic (2%); Panama (2%); North America (2%); Japan (1%); Greece
(1%); Africa (1%); Middle East (1%); Central America (1%); Caribbean and
Bermuda (1%); Eastern U.S. territories (1%); Western U.S. territories
(1%).
EUCOM
For
construction in Latvia and Lithuania, $49,950,000 to 7 firms: 2 from USA (Relyant Global LLC, Tartu Bryan JV); 2 from Lithuania (Infes UAB, Mitnija UAB); SKE
Support Services Gmbh of Goldbach, Germany; Sociedad
Española De Montajes Industriales
of Madrid, Spain; and RCI Gulbene SIA of Gulbene, Latvia.
D Square LLC & AU Authum
KI, Hawk-Niking LLC, MACNAK-BCP JV, Tokunaga Elite JV
LLC $80,000,000 each for
construction projects located primarily within NAVFAC Hawai‘i.
Yahata Marine K.K. of Japan $61,000,000 for
husbanding, management, and integration services consisting of general charter
and hire, utilities, force protection, communications and land transportation
services to support maritime forces of DOD, other U.S. government agencies, and
other nations participating in U.S. military or NATO exercises and missions. Work
in Southeastern Asia 1 (49%); Oceania (26%); Japan (25%).
Arcticom LLC
(subsidiary of Bering Straits Alaskan Native Corporation) $9,950,000 for
contractor-provided non-personal services for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL
(BUD/S) training support.
Barbaricum
LLC, iGov Technologies, NexTech
Solutions $780,000,000 for
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) related equipment and incidental
development and/or other services in the categories of system integration,
hardware & modifications, specialized communications solutions, and
networks and signal processing capabilities.
Trofholz
Technologies Inc. $15,000,000 for
contractor-provided non-personal Integrated Electronic Security System services
in support of Naval Special Warfare Command enterprise requirements.
PAE $12,665,242 for
base operating support services at the forward
operating locations Hato IAP (Curaçao)
and Reina Beatrix IAP (Aruba).
DEFENSE ADVANCED
RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Battelle Memorial Institute $12,899,128, for
development of a novel, nonsurgical, bi-directional brain-computer interface
with high spacio-temporal resolution and low latency
for potential human use.
General Dynamics $7,869,884 for
classified IT services for DARPA, Arlington, VA.
MRIGlobal
$12,674,104 to
develop a flexible detection system consisting of Clustered Regularly
Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-based assays paired with
reconfigurable point-of-need and massively multi-plexed
devices for diagnostics and surveillance.
SecuriGence
LLC $68,745,415 for
multi-network support services: IT services, support, engineering, and
infrastructure necessary to implement DARPA IT operational, mission and
research objectives.
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY (DIA)
Construction Outfitters International, Fluor, Weston
Solutions, Greenway Enterprises, and Amentum $95,000,000
for
facility renovations and repair at DIA defense attaché offices in U.S.
diplomatic facilities worldwide.
JOINT ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE CENTER (JAIC)
Barbaricum
LLC, Cyber Point International LLC, Elder Research Inc., Enterprise Resource
Performance Inc., Redhorse Corp. $100,000,000 to
provide services to DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Missions
Directorate. Services include software development, machine learning, cognitive
and systems engineering, operations research, and user experience design.
ACADEMIA – U.S. academia is part of
the U.S. war industry. Faculty and staff often justify this flagrant 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.
Mississippi State University $11,131,723 for
simulation-based reliability and safety virtual prototyping of autonomy-enabled
ground systems.
University of Washington Applied Physics
Laboratory $101,353,724 for
research, development, engineering, and test & evaluation for programs
throughout DOD within its approved core competency areas, including: (1)
experimental oceanography; (2) acoustic propagation; (3) underwater
instrumentation & equipment; (4) marine corrosion; (5) acoustic & related
systems; (6) simulations & signal processing; (7) mission related and
public service oriented R&D.
JOINT
STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35) – It is an understatement
to call the F-35 a boondoggle. The
Manhattan Project cost about $2 billion in
1945 dollars (roughly $28.4 billion in 2019 dollars). The F-35 burns through that kind of money in
any given season. The lead corporation, Lockheed Martin, does
not intend to address 162 of the jet’s 883 known design flaws.
Lockheed Martin $138,769,282 to
continue developing pilot training device software to “align the F-35 air
system with continued capability development.” Also provides testing and
continuous re-certification activities for dual capable F-35 aircraft “as Block
4 capabilities are developed, matured and fielded.”
Lockheed Martin $12,663,878 for
F-35 lot 11 diminishing manufacturing sources redesign of the Electrical
Optical Targeting System, 270V Battery Cell Separator, and a component for the
Helmet Mounted Display System.
Lockheed Martin $73,844,598 for
continued F-35 development lab infrastructure activities and recurring
administration, maintenance, and preparation of F-35 labs “to test developed
configurations across the F-35 platform.”
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office $27,897,619 for
removal, repair and replacement of V-22 spindle bearings.
Elbit Fort Worth, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Israeli corporation Elbit
Systems, $35,801,006 to
repair line-replaceable units for the V-22.
General Dynamics $24,072,455 for
gas generators for use in the suppression system onboard the V-22 aircraft to
provide explosion/fire suppression capabilities. FMS Japan = 2.4%.
Honeywell $15,851,900 for
V-22 spare parts.
FALCON (F-16)
L3Harris $97,505,000 for
repair and return of line-replaceable unit/standard equipment module assets of
ALQ-211 systems of F-16 Advanced Integrated Defense Electronic Warfare Suite. Involves
FMS: Chile, India, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Turkey, Iraq, Morocco.
HORNET (F-18)
Boeing $28,912,436 for
radomes for F/A-18 E-G aircraft.
AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING
(HAWKEYE & SENTRY)
Northrop Grumman $9,789,348 for
labor to retrofit link 16 crypto-modernization/hybrid-beyond line of sight
capabilities on thirty-four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
NIGHTWATCH
(E-4B)
L3Harris $23,836,458 to
perform survivable super high frequency upgrades to the E-4B.
POSEIDON
(P-8) & ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE
AAR Aircraft Services $67,262,091 for
P-8A Poseidon aircraft depot maintenance, fulfillment of depot in-service
repair/planner and estimator requirements, technical directive incorporation,
airframe modifications, aircraft on ground support, and removal & replacement
of engines for US Navy, Australia, and FMS customers.
Boeing $61,554,305 for
P-8A Poseidon aircraft engine
depot-level maintenance and repair for US Navy, Australia, and FMS.
StandardAero Inc. $46,003,699 for
P-8A Poseidon engine (CFM56-7B27A/3 and CFM56-7B27AE) depot-level maintenance
and repair for USA, Australia, and other FMS.
AIRLIFT
Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility – Stennis
LLC $92,800,000 for
C‐5M sustainment in Waco, TX.
AERIAL
REFUELING
Boeing $149,528,875 for
KC-46 Commercial Common Program consumable parts. (The KC-46 aircraft doesn’t
function properly.)
General Electric $8,091,000 for
logistics services re: durability upgrades to the KC-130J
R391 propeller blade polyurethane and leading-edge guard.
MILITARY
RESEARCH – A recent report from the Government
Accountability Office indicated, “Contractors decide what independent R&D
projects to conduct,” for which DOD pays, and “DOD does not know how
contractors’ independent R&D projects fit into the department’s technology
goals.”
Energetics Technology Center $15,606,996 for
Automated Global Energetics Science and Technology (S&T) Awareness, which
has 3 major components: (1) National energetics study will collect and
analyze information in support of the requirement to develop a plan that
fulfills the request of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
for fiscal 2020, Section 253. (2) Automated global energetics S&T awareness
will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of an approach to enable
machine-assisted energetics S&T global awareness. (3) Energetics
ecosystem will utilize a tool to assist DOD research and development centers
with establishing/enhancing innovation and commercialization ecosystems.
Privoro
$37,100,000 for
prototyping and pilot work to support the establishment of a platform for “secure
mobility that will bring the advantages of commercial mobile technology to
government agencies” for Air Force Research Lab.
Honeywell $11,638,078 for
critical design review re: Space Enterprise Technologies. Experiment, evaluate,
and “perform process development back-end pillar fabrication process” for Air
Force Research Lab.
ARSENALS
– Corporations run what
remains of the U.S. arsenal system.
Calgon Carbon $18,920,000 for
activated, impregnated copper-silver-zinc-molybdenum-triethylenediamine carbon
in support of M49 and M98 filter production at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas.
ABERDEEN
PROVING GROUND
Craig Technical Consulting $49,845,380 to
procure scientific and engineering support services for the Army Aberdeen Test
Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
HELICOPTERS
Lockheed Martin $16,590,126 for
190 spare parts and support for repair & maintenance of the CH-53K aircraft.
Lockheed Martin $550,372,323 for
six CH-53K aircraft, associated aircraft, programmatic and logistics support,
rate tooling, and physical configuration audits.
Raytheon $14,230,773 to
repair the H-60
helicopter turret, sensor-sight. Work in Jacksonville, FL, for NAVSUP.
Raytheon $9,008,686 for
cooler reservoirs used in Air-to-Air Stinger
parts for U.S. Army.
GENERAL
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
Aircraft Readiness Alliance LLC $56,339,955 for
depot level maintenance services on aircraft, aircraft engines, associated
systems, equipment, components and materials for AV-8B, C-130, C-2, E-2, EA-6B,
F/A-18, H-1, H-53, H-60, MQ-8, P-3, P-8, F-35 and V-22 aircraft in support of
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest.
DynCorp
$60,040,851 for
maintenance and logistics support on aircraft, systems, subsystems, aircrew
systems, search and rescue equipment and support equipment for P-3 Orion, C-130
Hercules, F/A-18 Hornet, E/A-18 Growler, AV-8B Harrier II, H-60 Seahawk and
E-2D Hawkeye aircraft in support of the Naval Test Wing Pacific Command.
Lockheed Martin $17,932,332 for
electronic consolidated automated support system (eCASS).
Hydraulics International $377,357,493 for
multiple pieces of hydraulic equipment and hydraulic fluid purification systems
to be used on multiple aviation platforms.
AIRCRAFT
INSTRUMENTATION, PODS & SENSORS
Aeronix
Inc. $8,516,838 for
data interface units for the U.S. Air Force.
L3Harris $21,897,981 for
Data Link Compatibility Module components.
AIRCRAFT
PERSONNEL DEVICES
AMI Industries $700,000,000 for
the delta qualification, production and fielding of a next generation ejection
seat.
FLIGHT PLANNING
BAE Systems $13,365,920 for
time and materials for Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service
(MAFPS) Functional On-Site Support Element. Services include support desk
activities and assistance with MAFPS flight plan requests, data management,
application training, creation/routing/tracking/analysis of customer
requests/trouble tickets (trend analysis) and resulting products to ensure Air
Operations Center mission requirements are met.
LITTORAL
COMBAT SHIP (LCS)
Lockheed Martin $12,078,333 for
Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown (LCS 23).
Lockheed Martin $78,530,376 for
class design services for the Littoral Combat Ship program.
ARLEIGH BURKE-CLASS
DESTROYERS (DDG)
DRS $10,503,852 for
DDG 51-class destroyer program: an engineering change proposal to the Energy
Storage Module that will provide capability to supply power to a directed
energy load and includes design, build and testing for a total of two prototype
units.
SUBMARINES
General Dynamics $327,822,562 for
lead yard support and development studies & design re: Virginia-class
submarines. General Dynamics $25,053,891 for
more development studies and design re: Virginia-class submarines. General
Dynamics $10,186,100 for
planning and execution efforts, in preparation to accomplish the maintenance,
repair, alterations, testing and other work on USS Delaware (SSN 791).
Leidos $149,238,311 for
services and supplies for operation of Naval Array Technical Support Center (NATSC),
Newport, RI. L3Harris has run the facility, servicing towed arrays.
Lockheed Martin $7,659,000 for
AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare system (pdf):
design, prototyping, and qualification testing for the Technical Insertion-20.
SURFACE SHIP
MAINTENANCE
Huntington Ingalls Industries $9,485,744 to
replace the distributed integrated power node centers with Mark C. Pope ADV 180
on Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer DDG
121. Huntington Ingalls Industries $8,202,768 to
replace the distributed integrated power node centers with Mark C. Pope ADV 180
on DDG 123.
Alabama Shipyard $17,902,644 for
a 76-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and
dry-docking of USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11).
Detyens
Shipyard $10,884,056 for
post shakedown availability and dry-docking of the expeditionary fast transport
USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11).
Vigor Marine $17,861,520 to
support USS Chosin (CG 65) extended
dry-docking selected restricted availability in Seattle, WA.
SHIP WEAPONRY
BAE Systems $33,673,319 for
two overhauled/upgraded MK45 Mod 4 gun mounts, and their associated components,
to include Mk63 Mod 1 weather shields, Mod 4 manufacture kits, and Mod 0 gun
barrels.
SAIC $22,614,979 for
First Article testing and production of fuel tank assemblies for the MK 48
heavyweight torpedo, engineering services with associated other direct costs,
and contract data requirements list.
SHIP OPERATION – THIRD
PARTY
Offshore Service Vessels $10,756,185 to
continue U.S. flag Jones Act service support vessel Motor Vessel Alyssa Chouest, utilized to launch and recover Navy submersibles,
divers and small craft.
NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS
COMMAND (NAVSEA)
Northrop Grumman $100,798,804 for
follow-on production of SEWIP
electronic attack systems (block 3) and hardware design modifications for
aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
Q.E.D. Systems Inc. $76,360,281 for
specification development and availability execution support (formerly known as
third party planning services) for guided missile cruiser, guided missile
destroyer, landing helicopter assault, landing helicopter dock landing platform
dock, and dock landing ship class vessels.
Raytheon $9,455,861 for
electronic switches for U.S. Navy.
NAVAL AIR WARFARE
CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD)
BAE Systems $94,022,896 for
airborne capabilities integration, including but not limited to sensors, communications
systems, weapons systems and control technologies for a variety of manned and
unmanned airborne platforms in support of the Airborne Systems Integration
Division, NAWCAD, Patuxent River, MD. BAE
Systems $65,704,035 for
air traffic control platform integration technical and engineering services,
including systems production, development, test, evaluation and improvement;
operational software development and maintenance; field change programs; test
beds; overhaul and restoration; and fleet and supply support in support of the
Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems Division systems and subsystems, NAWCAD,
Patuxent River, MD.
Smartronix LLC $78,281,152 for
airborne capabilities integration support, including development, design,
coding, integration, demonstration and validation of software for embedded
systems, real time operating systems and hardware and software systems.
Technology Security Associates $83,287,546 for
platform security and related support services (including security modeling,
program security management, trusted systems & network, cybersecurity,
anti-tamper, system security engineering, international programs security
support, acquisition security support, communications security support and
physical security, force protection, anti-terrorism, and emergency management
support) for Naval Air System Command and the Naval Air Warfare Centers.
NAVAL
AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION (NAWCWD)
Systems Application & Technologies Inc.
$26,540,541 for
maintenance on both aerial and seaborne assets, including air and sea vehicles
and vessels used for training and test events. Aerial assets include
subsonic and supersonic aerial targets, while seaborne assets include a
combination of target and training support vessels.
Upcavage,
Bauer and Crane Inc. $48,292,758 for
production, test, and delivery of up to 500 Steerable Antenna Systems for
electronic warfare/electronic attack pods AN/ALQ-167, AN/AST-9, AN/DLQ-9, and
sub-scale targets BQM-34, BQM-74, BQM-167 and BQM-177 in support of U.S. weapon
system testing supported by the Airborne Threat Simulation Organization. Also
provides sustainment engineering to include teardown, evaluation and repair and
modification services.
NAVAL
SURFACE WARFARE CENTER (NSWC)
FLIR Surveillance $14,565,377 for
BRITE Star Block II systems, repair actions, data, provision item order,
training and engineering services. Some FMS to Czech Republic ($8,179,077).
TestVonics
Inc. $10,139,475 for
air data calibrator systems to support NAVAIR Metrology & Calibration
Program. The calibrator systems are used at intermediate & depot level
calibration labs (afloat and ashore) to control and measure altitude and
airspeed pressure in automated test applications.
NAVAL
INFORMATION WARFARE CENTER PACIFIC (NAVWAR)
McKean Defense Group $12,228,590 to
provide engineering support for Consolidated Afloat Networks & Enterprise
Services (CANES) to include technical and programmatic services for networking,
communications and computer systems and associated certification and
information assurance for new developments, current operations and planned
upgrades.
Raytheon $12,699,161 for
Cross Domain Maritime Surveillance & Targeting (originally a DARPA project)
for Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic.
SAIC $10,757,780 for
support (includes production management, integration and fabrication and system
and component procurement) Network Integration Engineering Facility production
services, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific.
Serco Inc. $11,478,415 for
support (includes production management, integration and fabrication, and
system and component procurement) of Network Integration Engineering Facility
production services, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific.
NAVAL
SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSUP)
Tekla Research Inc. $24,405,000 for
test & evaluation support services for Commander, Operational Test and
Evaluation Force Expeditionary Warfare Division, Norfolk, VA.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY & THE CLOUD
SAIC, General Dynamics, and NCI Information
Systems $800,000,000 for
engineering related activities in support U.S. Army Information Systems
Engineering Command.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY / CYBER
Dark Wolf Solutions $9,087,314 for
cyber innovation services: software penetration testing and adversarial
assessment at Hill AFB, UT.
ICF Inc. $14,155,272 for
defense cyber operation services in Maryland (Fort Meade, Columbia, Adelphi, and
Aberdeen Proving Ground), Fort Belvoir, VA; San Antonio, TX; Colorado Springs, CO.
COMMUNICATIONS
Bren-Tronics Inc. ($14,817,852)
and Mathews Associates ($9,758,182) for
lithium-ion batteries used in multiple communications platforms.
L3Harris $87,712,000 for
up to 169 Marine Corps Wideband Satellite – Expeditionary systems.
Perspecta
Labs Inc. $17,790,079 for
engineering and telecommunication standards support “to enhance national
security and emergency preparedness services” by enabling Next Generation
Network Priority Services over the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem and
Long Term Evolution networks.
SATELLITES
& SPACE SUPPORT
Boeing $298,369,312 for
the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program: prototype payload, develop
hardware and software.
Boeing $7,176,568 for
engineering support for a hosted payload accommodation effort re: Wideband
Global Satellite Communication, Block II.
SpaceX $149,175,246 for
the Space Development Agency Tracking
Layer Tranche 0, Wide Field of View program. Includes on-time delivery
of space vehicles and optical wide field of view payloads. L3Harris $193,599,342 for
the Space Development Agency Tracking Layer Tranche 0, Wide Field of View
program. Includes on-time delivery of space vehicles and optical wide
field of view payloads.
Lockheed Martin $7,801,213 for
sustain the Meteorological
Data Station. Paid for in part with spectrum
relocation funds.
Perspecta
Engineering $17,890,322 for
overall technical leadership for integrating Space Development Agency’s Tranche
0 elements and executing on-orbit tests and experiments, culminating in a
Capstone event which demonstrates potential capabilities.
Raytheon $7,107,820 for
miniaturized airborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver 2K-M
development.
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
“ballistic missile defense” weaponry. This weaponry is one of the most
lucrative sectors of the U.S. war industry.
a.i.
solutions Inc. $77,728,390 for
quality and mission assurance advisory and assistance services in the National
Capital Region; Dahlgren, VA; Huntsville, AL; Kirtland AFB, NM; Fort Greely, AK;
Orlando, FL; Moorestown, NJ; Tucson, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; Promontory, UT;
Joplin, MO; and other locations as directed.
Lockheed Martin $25,000,000 for
the Atmospheric Early Warning System AN/FPS-117 radar:
contractor logistics support and radar hardware/spares procurement.
Lockheed Martin $724,001,438 for
full development and lifecycle engineering for the Aegis Weapon System fielding
for cruisers, destroyers and Aegis Ashore configurations.
Raytheon $722,400,000 for
management, material, and services (FY2021-29) re: sustaining engineering and
product support of Standard
Missile-3 for USA and FMS.
BALLISTIC
MISSILES / NUCLEAR WEAPONRY
Boeing $59,097,371 to
provide the U.S. and U.K. Trident II (D5)
maintenance, rebuilding and technical services in support of the navigation
subsystem. Lockheed Martin $68,603,033 for
Trident II SSP Shipboard Integration Increment 8 and 16 on U.S. Columbia class
and U.K. Dreadnought class navigation subsystem. Northrop Grumman $29,541,061 for
technical engineering support and integration for Trident II and SSGN: field
services at sites and shipyards in Sunnyvale, CA (52%); Bangor, WA (18%); Kings
Bay, GA (14%); Rocket Center, WV (7%); Cape Canaveral, FL (4%); St. Charles, MO
(3%); Camarillo, CA (2%). Peraton $13,891,979 for
program support services for the Trident II reentry subsystem. Systems
Planning & Analysis Inc. $85,377,546 for
the acquisition of technical services, program support, assessments, special
studies and systems engineering for Trident II.
Raytheon $15,537,424 for
transportable install kit/electronic equipment (IKEE) kits for a global aircrew
strategic network terminal, GASNT,
a nuclear command & control system.
NUCLEAR
MONITORING
Gryphon Technologies $49,503,924 for
processing, analysis, and evaluation of environmental samples and other
associated services in support of the Air Force Technical Applications Center’s
(AFTAC)
mission. Also analyzes calibration samples and conducts studies on
analytical techniques, instrumentation and data handling advancements.
MISSILES,
BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES
Northrop Grumman $75,006,130 for
program management support, sustaining engineering, repairs, consumable parts, and
production of common munition built-in-tester reprogramming equipment (CMBRE)
systems. CMBRE is a portable field tester
and mission programmer for test and reprogramming of guided munitions.
Raytheon $192,000,000 for
AMRAAM system development test activities to include laboratory management,
field-team test support, testing and analysis.
LAND
VEHICLES
BAE Systems $17,290,912 for
two 57mm MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts and associated hardware. Work in Karlskoga, Sweden (93%); Louisville, KY (7%). BAE Systems $8,934,292 for
engineering services, open, inspect and repair services and spare and component
parts in support of the MK 110 MOD 0 gun mount. Work in Louisville, KY
(50%); Karlskoga, Sweden (50%).
General Dynamics $11,949,962 for
Abrams tank systems technical support.
General Dynamics $12,076,618 for
Utility Bus Interface Modules in Tallahassee, FL.
Navistar Defense $44,817,631 for
technical support services on MaxxPro vehicles.
Oshkosh Defense $11,340,637 for
tire and wheel assemblies for U.S. Army.
Ibis Tek Inc. $229,062,184 for
the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles protection kit.
SMALL
ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONRY (SALW)
American Rheinmetall Munition $32,449,901 (from
$59,703,284 to $92,153,184) for
up 1,051,734 additional MK281 MOD 3 40MM high velocity day/night practice
cartridges.
GEAR
& EQUIPMENT
Aurora Industries (Puerto Rico) $49,763,100 for
duffle bags.
National Industries for the Blind $13,676,269 for
advanced combat helmet pad suspension systems for U.S. Army.
CLOTHING
Belleville Shoe Co. $9,939,099 for
temperate weather men’s and women’s coyote boots. Belleville Shoe Co.
$12,462,522 for
hot-weather combat boots for U.S. Army.
Golden Manufacturing $10,629,109 for
various types of trousers and slacks for Navy and Army. Kandor Manufacturing (Puerto Rico) $9,824,940 for
various types of blouses and trousers for Navy and Army.
The National Industries for the Blind
$8,728,339 for
moisture wicking t-shirts for U.S. Army.
Ja Apparel Corp. $9,342,555 for
men’s dress coats for U.S. Army.
Burlington Industries $8,134,668 for
wool, serge, sponged mothproof cloth for U.S. Navy.
TRAINING
– ARMY
Test & Evaluation Services & Technologies
LLC $15,217,605 for
threat systems operation & maintenance integrated support.
TRAINING
– NAVY/USMC
FlightSafety
Services Corp. $13,906,642 for
aircrew training services (instruction, operation, curriculum support) for TH-57B/C
in Whiting Field, FL.
UTILITIES
WGL Energy Services Inc. ($84,270,116), Reliant
Energy Northeast ($48,256,472), AEP Energy ($15,924,871), MP2 Energy NE ($15,124,148),
Dynegy Energy Services (East) LLC ($9,060,198) to
supply and deliver electricity and ancillary/incidental services for the
military, Argonne National Laboratory, Bettis Atomic Power Lab, U.S. National
Arboretum, Naval Research Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Veterans Affairs, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Communication
Support System Group, National Agricultural Library, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, DLA,
Defense Contract Management Agency and other federal civilian agencies.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Altamira Ltd. $11,875,000 for
medical equipment and accessories for the DLA electronic catalog. L1 Enterprises $45,000,000 for
medical equipment and accessories for the DLA electronic catalog.
MEDICAL
CONSTRUCTION
RLF and Sherlock Smith and Adams JV $7,412,091
for
addition & alteration to the ambulatory care center, MCAS Miramar.
FUEL
& ENERGY – The U.S. Armed Forces consume more fossil fuels than any other organization in the
world.
Avfuel
Corp. $9,610,200 for
jet fuel for the Air National Guard. Brad Hall & Associates Inc. ($53,709,214),
American Energy & Fuel System ($53,709,214), Petroleum Traders Corp. ($44,230,576),
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville ($11,383,071), Stonewin
LLC ($10,923,079) for
various types of fuel for DOD and federal civilian agencies.
WGL Energy Services Inc. ($35,243,557), Direct
Energy Business Marketing ($22,671,935), Enspire
Energy ($16,476,727), UGI Energy Services ($12,570,456) for
natural gas.
Wolverine Supply $8,649,500 to
repair the Blackstart Generator at the Eielson AFB
central heat and power plant, AK.
TRANSPORTATION _
USTRANSCOM
Amerijet
International $13,419,759 for
international, commercial, door-to-door, cargo transportation
services. Air Transport International $10,805,358 for
international, commercial, door to door, cargo transportation services.
American President Lines $142,730,774 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. American
Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier LLC $85,444,626 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Farrell
Lines Inc. $63,026,301 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Hapag-Lloyd
USA $56,870,780 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Liberty
Global Logistics LLC $69,533,730 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Maersk
$173,052,625 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Matson
Navigation Co. $72,447,073 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Schuyler
Line Navigation $12,386,038 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. TOTE
Maritime $19,787,662 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. TOTE
Maritime $14,243,656 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services. Waterman
Transport $34,585,142 for
continued international ocean and intermodal distribution services.
Delta Air $28,026,000 for
continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services. National
Air Cargo Group $110,406,000 for
continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services. Sun
Country Airlines $59,112,000 for
international charter airlift services: support the Civil Reserve Air Fleet and
provides international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for DOD.
Phoenix Air Group $7,051,282 for
continued chartered passenger airlift services to the Naval Air Warfare Center,
Point Mugu, San Nicolas Island, and China Lake, CA.
The Federal Express Team (American Airlines, Amerijet International, Atlas Air, FedEx, Polar Air Cargo Worldwide,
Eastern Airlines LLC, Hawaiian Airlines) $1,630,630,000 for
continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for
DOD.
The Patriot Team (ABX Air Inc., Air Transport
International, JetBlue, Kalitta Air, Northern Air
Cargo, Omni Air International LLC, United Air, UPS, Western Global Airlines) $1,447,524,000 for
continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for
DOD.
Tapestry Solutions $8,522,321 for
Global Decision Support System application support services, Scott AFB, IL. InfoReliance LLC $8,183,001 for
Global Air Transportation Execution System application and system support.
TRANSPORTATION _
MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
Schuyler Line Navigation Co. $11,406,250 to
continue to provide one U.S. flagged chemical and oil products tanker MT SLNC
Goodwill in support of DLA Energy for the transportation of clean petroleum
products in the Far East region.
ENVIRONMENTAL
– The
U.S. military is the single greatest institutional polluter in the world (in
terms of carbon pollution, particulates, nuclear waste, runoff, etc.). The
Pentagon hires Corporate America to remediate some of the military’s pollution.
CAPE Environmental Management $90,000,000 for
environmental remedial action at sites within NAVFAC Pacific.
Brockington & Associates, New South
Associates Inc., Southeastern Archaeological Research Inc., Environmental
Solutions & Innovations Inc. $83,000,000 for
multidisciplinary cultural resource-related services for projects undertaken by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District.
FOOD
SERVICES
Dairy Brands Fluid maximum $22,800,000 for
fresh milk and dairy for DOD and NOAA. Senn Brothers
Inc. $225,000,000 for
fresh fruit and vegetables. US Foods $37,260,000 for
full-line food distribution.
EVENT
PLANNING
National Conferencing Inc. $13,492,970 to
provide event planning, coordination and logistical support for training
requirements of Department of the Army, Chief of Chaplains.
BASE
OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (BOSS) - BOSS typically includes some
combination of the following services: custodial, electrical, fire &
emergency services, grounds maintenance, janitorial services, management &
administration, pavement clearance, pest control, public safety, vehicles &
equipment service, waste management, wastewater. Security is sometimes
included. This work
was once done by the troops, prior to the Pentagon’s full adoption of
neoliberal economic policies.
J&J Maintenance Inc. $25,483,823 for
housekeeping services at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston.
Railroad Construction Co. $9,759,564 for
base operations support services at Naval Weapons Station Earle, NJ; and Naval
Support Activity Mechanicsburg, PA: maintenance of railroad switch
turnouts, maintenance of railroad track rights-of way, to include weed control
and tree trimming; ultrasonic testing of railroad track components; maintenance
of railroad crossings; and repair of railroad trackage.
CONSULTING
Cherokee Insights $10,012,035 for
analytic studies to assist senior leaders at the Air Force Medical Readiness
Agency with strategic and operational decision making to ensure a
medically-ready force.
Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc.; Systems
Planning & Analysis Inc., and Metron Inc. $35,478,966
to
provide analytical, engineering, scientific and programming services in support
of the program objective memorandum of the Chief of Naval Operations in the
areas of manpower, fleet readiness and logistics capabilities.
FINANCES
Deloitte & Touche
$52,928,501 for
audit remediation, risk management, financial management & reporting, data
analytics, and related services for deputy chief financial officer within the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Guidehouse LLP $15,697,724 for
audit and data analytics support to the deputy chief financial officer, Office
of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
Ernst & Young LLP $98,142,615 for
audit services for DOD Office of Inspector General audits of DLA financial
statements. Ernst & Young
$263,438,451 for
financial statement audit services for the Navy, Alexandria, VA.
KPMG LLP $224,033,259 for
audit services for DOD Office of Inspector General audits of Army financial
statements.
MAINLAND
INFRASTRUCTURE
American Posts LLC $30,000,000 for
fence posts in various sizes.
Spence Brothers $19,304,000 to
modify the Union Street Dam and a bi-directional fish passage, Traverse City, MI.
PAVING
& AIRFIELD REHABILITATION
Airfield Contracting $9,242,034 to
repair transient parking ramp projects at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA.
MAINLAND 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 construction
workers within the working class, making them feel like they’re on the same
team as the troops. It is a very powerful narcotic.
Bowen Engineering Corp. $83,424,684 for
constructing an underwater launch test facility at Naval Support Activity,
Crane, IN.
Jacobs $8,247,534 for
Hurricane Sally recovery at NAS Pensacola, FL. Jacobs $8,388,171 for
Hurricane Sally recovery at NAS Pensacola, focusing on restoration and clean-up.
KOMAN Construction $20,062,515 for
humidity control, and repair the interior administrative areas of B3 at Tinker AFB,
OK.
7 corporations $140,000,000 for
property maintenance, repair, alteration, and minor construction in San
Antonio, TX.
12 corporations received $247,000,000 for
construction projects at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
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Christian Sorensen (@cp_sorensen) is the author of Understanding
the War Industry and a Senior Fellow at the Eisenhower
Media Network (EMN), an organization of expert critical military veterans and
national security professionals.