How much did the military spend yesterday? $31.4 billion
How much?
Yes, yesterday the military spent $31.4 billion, with a "B."
Fifteen companies have been awarded a research and development contract for the Information Analysis Center of the Defense Technical Information Center worth $28 billion. Work is expected to be completed by 2027.
Below are the contracts awarded by the Defense Department
August 14, 2018
totaling $31,429,450,361
Previous recent record daily spending:
$4.7 billion on August 1, 2018
Air Force - $31,012,086,999
Adams Communications & Engineering Technology (Waldorf, MD), Alion Science & Technology (McLean, VA), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services (Rockville, MD), Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH), Booz Allen Hamilton (McLean, Va), CSRA (Washington, DC), Engility (Chantilly, VA), Georgia Tech Applied Research Institute (Atlanta, GA), Leidos (Reston, VA), MacAulay-Brown (Dayton, OH), ManTech International (Fairfax, VA), Raytheon (El Segundo, CA), Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, TX), URS Federal Services (Germantown, MD), Wyle Laboratories (Huntsville, AL) $28,000,000,000
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale, CA) $2,935,545,188
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) $60,469,599
Boeing (Oklahoma City, OK) $16,072,212
Navy - $273,655,770
General Dynamics National Steel & Shipbuilding (San Diego, CA) $147,650,048
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services (Rockville, MD) $68,910,181
Boeing (St. Louis, MO) $40,001,192
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME) $9,587,577
Alpha Marine Services (Galliano, LA) $7,506,772
Army - $124,855,000
Guidon-CMTA JV (Indianapolis, IN), Miller-Remick (Cherry Hill, NJ), M Plus Stone HFG (Sioux City, IA) $45,000,000
Kal Architects (Irvine, CA), Altus Architectural Studios (Omaha, NE), Westeast Design Group (San Antonio, TX) $45,000,000
Archer Western Federal JV (Chicago, IL) $24,955,000
Southeastern Archaeological Research (Newberry, FL) $9,900,000
Defense Logistics Agency - $18,852,592
Bell Helicopter Textron (Ft. Worth, TX) $11,451,501
Seller Instrument & Manufacturing (St. Louis, MO) $7,401,091
Sweet Baby Jesus! I can't even imagine how far that amount could go towards healthcare, education, etc.
That's insane.
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