<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:09:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/defensespending/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[**Why is this important?**]]></title><description><![CDATA[#Ukraine #Tariffs #Subsidies #EnergySector #DefenseSpending #Military #SocialProtection #TaxpayerMoney #EconomicDevelopment #CostLevel #Populism #VulnerableGroups #Electricity #Gas #GovernmentExpenditure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ukraine/@tomberuk1337/why-is-this-important</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ukraine/@tomberuk1337/why-is-this-important</guid><category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomberuk1337]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVcEb5FW6gkpEpQTjgM5pPqHVYgSgKTjb2xWjfZdxCtPun4KCP3D5va9tDRm3t3QCjqHbA8ZVXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $549 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over halfway through October and the only company on our watchlist to not receive any awards from the Pentagon is Booz Allen Hamilton. General Dynamics tops the list with over $430 million on the month.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd549-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd549-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $192 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Note: there were no contract awards on Monday due to the holiday.) The only company on our watchlist to procure a contract yesterday was Lockheed Martin, owner of Sikorsky Aircraft. They received a $7.8]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd192-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd192-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:43:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $566 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest contract awarded yesterday was not procured competitively because the government has regulations that allow it to pick winners and losers in what should be competitive markets. General Dynamics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd566-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd566-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $2.2 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, it's the start of a new fiscal quarter and none of the seven companies on our watchlist received contracts yesterday. Even so, the defense department still managed to spend $2 billion. Yesterday's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4tnr33-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-2-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4tnr33-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-2-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[September's highest paid defense contractor: Northrop Grumman ($5.1 billion)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of the seven companies contracting for the defense department that we're watching in this series, September's big winner was Northrop Grumman with awards of $5.1 billion for the month. Nine years ago,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/september-s-highest-paid-defense-contractor-northrop-grumman-usd5-1-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/september-s-highest-paid-defense-contractor-northrop-grumman-usd5-1-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGLGMfvig9QShSZU5pqHX1YYALSbGqJBWXyN6qzEo6WTsMXcajdV8xyUgw9TGaa16f5WDDVfcCMQXG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $9.8 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another huge list of contracts and modifications yesterday; definitely the end of a spending quarter. Lockheed Martin walked away with another $640 million to end the month at $2.2 billion. Four other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd9-8-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd9-8-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $10.3 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[There were certainly a lot of contracts and modifications yesterday; you'd think it was nearing the end of a spending quarter! Boeing topped the list with a $2.6 billion modification (increase) to an existing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd10-3-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd10-3-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $4.9 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boeing finally hit the $1 billion mark for September awards yesterday, but even bigger than that was Northrop Grumman's $1.3 billion modification (increase) to a previously awarded contract having to do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd4-9-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd4-9-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $4.5 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday BAE blew past its recent $1 billion mark for September with a $2.6 billion contract for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II. The company's total awards for September are now approaching]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/7eg6np-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd4-5-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/7eg6np-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd4-5-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:04:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $800 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a slow spending day for the Defense Department: only $800 million in several small awards. But three companies on our watchlist racked up more of our tax dollars: BAE, Boeing, and Booz Allen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd800-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd800-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:59:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $2.2 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Raytheon received four awards from the Defense Department, one of which was worth half a billion dollars. This award was a modification, an increase to a two-year-old contract originally worth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/5sv7ga-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-2-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/5sv7ga-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-2-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $3.4 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday Northrop Grumman and Raytheon both broke the billion dollar barrier for September. Orbital Sciences Corporation, which received a $1.1 billion Missile Defense Agency contract, is a wholly-owned]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/41maxb-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd3-4-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/41maxb-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd3-4-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $2.4 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[BAE has hit the billion dollar mark for September. A little bit about them: BAE is a British aerospace, arms, and IT company. I did a write-up on them last year, including the venn diagram below. The most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/2s1ebw-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-4-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/2s1ebw-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-4-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.5 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) was one of eight companies to receive a multiple award for analytical and technical services for the Secretary of the Air Force's Concepts, Development, and Management Office.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/6lir42-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-5-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/6lir42-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-5-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.9 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aside from the 8 awards given to three of the companies on our watchlist (see below), of note in yesterday's defense spending was a $1 billion modification (increase) to a previous contract awarded to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4zuj2c-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-9-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4zuj2c-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-9-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.3 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two instances of multiple-award contracts from yesterday's spending list. One involves a contract award to four companies, including General Dynamics and Booz Allen Hamilton, so I'm listing one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/5znei8-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-3-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/5znei8-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-3-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.4 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman is back on the board for September with two awards; surely they were starting to get worried! One is modification (increase) to an existing contract for engineering support services; the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4qvcv5-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-4-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/4qvcv5-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-4-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $2.5 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because one of the contracts yesterday was a joint award to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin as a joint venture, the amount of the contract was divided in two with each company below receiving half. Notice]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/6exa7d-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-5-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/6exa7d-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd2-5-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:45:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $103 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the anniversary of 9/11, was a slow spending day for the Defense Department and only one company on our watchlist was able to benefit: Boeing with a $45 million contract for P-8A upgrades for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd103-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd103-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:32:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>