Thursday, June 23, 2011

10 firms get 25% of all USG contract money

Yep.


By Neil Gordon
June 21, 2011 | Project On Government Oversight

The federal government awarded $537 billion in contracts to more than 300,000 entities last year. However, as AllGov recently reported, about 25 percent of that amount went to just 10 companies –- Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, United Technologies, L-3 Communications, Oshkosh Corporation, SAIC, and BAE Systems -–the top 10 federal contractors in FY2010. The fact that these companies are primarily defense contractors isn't surprising given that the Department of Defense typically accounts for two-thirds to three-quarters of all contract spending each year.

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