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August 25, 2008

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Contracts for Weapons
(FY 2008)

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Summary


Fiscal Year: 2008 3Q * Partial year help link
Total dollars: $1,726,543,521
The amount for this search is 0.7% of all awarded dollars for the fiscal year.
Total number of contractors: 871
Total number of transactions: 4,248
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Extent of Competition Competition categories help link

Pie chart: in table form below
Available for everyone for competition$246,967,133
Everyone could compete, but only one bid or offer was recieved$41,523,775
Competition within a limited pool$468,945,021
Actions necessary to continue existing competitive contracts for continuity (until the next one could be competed)$14,779,876
Available only for groups such as disabled persons, prisoners, and regulated utilities$53,917,811
Not competed for an allowable reason$896,131,792
Not identified, soon to be addressed$4,278,113

Top 5 Known Congressional Districts where Work is Performed Known congressional district help link

Invalid district: ZZ99$493,545,737
Minnesota 5 (Martin Olav Sabo / Keith Ellison)$262,942,850
South Carolina 2 (Joe Wilson)$165,749,862
Connecticut 1 (John B. Larson)$99,873,098
Michigan 10 (Candice S. Miller)$71,698,507

Top 5 Products or Services Sold

Guns, through 30 mm$586,062,460
Guns, over 150 mm through 200 mm$469,952,694
Guns, over 125 mm through 150 mm$265,101,073
Miscellaneous Weapons$260,621,851
Camouflage and Deception Equipment$59,743,440

Top 5 Contracting Agencies Purchasing from Contractor(s)

ARMY, Department of the (except Corps of Engineers Civil Program Financing)$1,177,062,408
NAVY, Department of the$325,255,840
AIR FORCE, Department of the (Headquarters, USAF)$144,576,756
Defense Logistics Agency$63,725,863
U.S. Special Operations Command$3,509,274

Top 10 Contractors

BAE SYSTEMS PLC$733,395,023
SOCIET, HERSTALIENNE POUR LA FINANCE, L'INDUSTRIELLE ET LE COMMERCE SA$167,776,074
THE BOEING COMPANY$112,193,201
COLT DEFENSE HOLDING LLC$100,395,233
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION$90,654,679
RAYTHEON COMPANY$74,632,636
GMA COVER CORP$54,176,388
U.S. ORDNANCE, INC$15,248,680
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC$14,128,766
AGILITY$13,445,304

Trend

Bar chart: in table form below

2000$1,264,727,079
2001$1,246,230,461
2002$1,147,952,197
2003$1,637,416,024
2004$2,191,748,773
2005$2,639,067,269
2006$2,500,895,741
2007$2,688,342,913
2008 3Q * Partial year help link$1,726,543,521
*Note: FY 2008 only includes data up to second and part of third quarter.


*END OF REPORT*

This search was done on September 21, 2008.

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