Someone said the “shutdown” was a scam – a setup – and it may be true. The $ 13,435,026,705 shown below reflects just the contracts awarded for warships – we’re not including the staggering amounts awarded to the Army, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, and a few other agencies. It’s clear that the pentagon knew about the “shutdown” in advance because in the last week it unhesitatingly handed out much, much more than the figure shown above.

Sept. 3rd Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ $ 48,817,610
Hensel Phelps Constr. Co., Chantilly, VA $ 30,516,000
R.A. Burch Constr. Co., Ramona, CA $ 14,688,088

Sept. 4th Science Applications Internat’l, San Diego, CA $ 49,412,941
Data Link Solutions, Cedar Rapids, IA $ 13,362,375
C.E.R., Inc., Baltimore, MD $ 11,699,000
Alion Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. $ 7,524,597

Sept. 5th Wartsila Defense Industries, Chesapeake, VA $ 65,000,000
Orbital Sciences Corp., Chandler, AZ $ 29,862,025
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Greenbelt, MD $ 41,282,437
Mitchell Industrial Contractors, Madison, AL $ 27,561,720
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX $ 10,000,000
Keystone Prepositioning Services, Bala Cynwyd, PA $ 7,343,538
Environmental Management, Lawrence, KS $ 6,975,538

Sept. 6th Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, CA $ 9,981,663
Asphalt Roads & Materials, Virginia Beach, VA $ 47,417,650
Progeny Systems Corp., Manassas, VA $ 8,257,426

Sept. 9th Mects Services, New Town, ND $ 47,974,289
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH $ 16,649,854
Lockheed Martin, Ottawa, Canada $ 10,157,112
Helber Hastert & Fee Planners, Honolulu, HI $ 10,000,000

Sept. 10th Raytheon Company, Tucson, AZ $ 231,000,000
FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, OR $ 49,900,000
Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ $ 18,254,540
Navatek Ltd., Honolulu, HI $ 7,328,471

Sept. 11th The Whiting-Turner Contr. Co., Greenbelt, MD $ 36,635,704
Tutor Perini Corp., Sylmar, CA $ 23,813,707
International Marine, St. Augustine, FL $ 27,181,444
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, FL $ 38,574,075
Northrop Grumman Corp., Linthicum Heights, MD $ 10,761,825
MOOG Inc., Aurora, NY $ 9,920,000

Sept. 12th Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX $ 149,041,442
Bristol Gen’l Contractors, LLC, et al, Anchorage, AK $ 99,000,000
AMEC Environment, et al, Plymouth Meeting, PA $ 430,000,000
GE Aviation Systems, Santa Ana, CA $ 20,243,772
Bell Helicopter, Hurst, TX $ 18,760,539
Progeny Systems Corp., Manassas, VA $ 60,651,435
Aviation Systems Eng. Co., Lexington Park, MD $ 23,138,286
J.K. Hill & Assoc., Virginia Beach, VA $ 49,249,937
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, IN $ 6,672,061

Sept. 13th Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX $ 75,726,105
Armstrong Marine Inc., Port Angeles, WA $ 38,362,181
3PSC LLC, Norfolk, VA $ 34,171,340
BAE Systems, Louisville, KY $ 31,822,583
Sundit Constr. Inc., Tempe, AZ $ 25,861,140
Scientific Applications, McLean, VA $ 21,111,264
Hardin Constr. Co., et al, Atlanta, GA $ 15,435,000
Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA $ 15,200,000
Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Reston, VA $ 13,082,644
Solpac Constr. Inc., San Diego, CCA $ 11,870,000
Watts-Healy Tibbitts, Honolulu, HI $ 10,024,207
NASSCO, Norfolk, VA $ 6,576,776

Sept. 16th Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA $ 300,000,000
Hydroid, Inc. Pocasset, MA $ 36,323,734
Environmental Management, Lawrence, KS $ 11,444,076
World Wide Technology, Maryland Heights, MD $ 9,967,138
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, NY $ 7,037,522

Sept. 17th Northrop Grumman, Bethpage, NY $ 11,655,626
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA $ 7,264,250

Sept. 18th The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA $ 172,322,906
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX $ 99,010,000
RQ-DPR Constr. JV, Carlsbad, CA $ 53,875,166
General Dynamics, Orlando, FL $ 26,897,122
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 16,497,835
Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ $ 10,300,806

Sept. 19th Maritime Internat’l, Inc., Broussard, LA $ 47,502,090
Charles Stark Draper Labs., Cambridge, MA $ 15,582,635
XTRA Aerospace, Miramar, FL $ 15,958,369
TCOM L.P., Columbia, MD $ 14,926,978

Sept. 20th General Dynamics, Fairfax, VA $ 48,759,323
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX $ 77,254,189
DPR Constr. Co., JV, Atlanta, GA $ 20,195,000
CNMS JV, Honolulu, HI $ 18,066,075
General Dynamics, Duluth, GA $ 15,093,132
A&D GC, Inc., Santee, CA $ 14,353,278
Northrop Grumman Systems, Bethpage, NY $ 10,865,042
Precon Marine Inc., Chesapeake, VA $ 10,525,934
Watts Constr., LLC, Honolulu, HI $ 9,995,652
GeoNorth, LLC, Anchorage, AK $ 9,833,832
CCI Solutions, LLC, Augusta, ME $ 6,927,561
Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, FL $ 34,666,690

Sept. 23rd United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, CT $ 282,134,089
Lockheed Martin Systems, Owego, NY $ 98,399,462
Manu Kai LLC, Honolulu, HI $ 72,850, 583
FLIR Systems Inc., Blllerica, MA $ 49,852,526
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, CA $ 39,000,000
LBI Inc., Groton, CT $ 27,661,389
Harper Constr. Co., Inc., San Diego, CA $ 27,063,290
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 37,446,713
DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, PA $ 22,008,022
BAE Ship Repair, San Diego, CA $ 20,691,196
Federal Cartridge Co., Anoka, MN $ 17,104,003
Rolls Royce Engine Services, Oakland, CA $ 17,010,320
AAR Airlift Group Inc., Palm Bay, FL $ 15,556,522
Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, VA $ 12,524,245
Schuyler Line Navigation Co., Annapolis, MD $ 42,383,372
MAS Zengrange Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand $ 9,387,300
Conscious Security Inc., Stafford, VA $ 8,903,818
Sealift, Inc., Oyster Bay, NY $ 8,799,785
Philadelphia Ship Repair, Philadelphia, PA $ 8,476,483
Evergreen Helicopters Inc., McMinnville, OR $ 17,090,828
Baltimore Gas & Electric, Baltimore, MD $ 7,289,025
Vigor Shipyards, Seattle, WA $ 7,260,245
Tote Services Inc., Moorestown, NJ $ 6,938,148
Alpha marine Services LLC, Galliano, LA $ 6,681,778

Sept. 24th The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA $ 225,000,000
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT $ 152,448,187
B.L. Harbert Internat’l LLC, Birmingham, AL $ 156,809,541
Caddell Constr, Co. Inc., Montgomery, AL $ 39,484,500
ITSI Gilbane Co., Walnut Creek, CA $ 16,635,737
Wyle Laboratories Inc., Huntsville, AL $ 16,608,029
InterSystems Corp., Cambridge, MA $ 20,969,265
Leebcor Services LLC, Williamsburg, VA $ 11,057,524
Weston Solutions, Inc., West Chester, PA $ 8,735,799
BAE Systems, Rockville, MD $ 8,592,390
P&S Construction Inc., North Chelmsford, MA $ 7,576,740
Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX $ 48,789,388
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 6,929,905
Shaw Environmental, Dallas, TX $ 6,700,000
Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc., Anchorage, AK $ 6,557,101

Sept. 25th Alliant Technologies LLC, Woodland Hills, CA $ 102,426,881
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 99,234,035
Rolls Royce, Indianapolis, IN $ 50,728,950
Omega Aerial Refueling, Alexandria, VA $ 30,560,840
Bell-Boeing Joint Project, Amarillo, TX $ 30,039,995
Bae Systems, Norfolk, VA $ 18,227,633
Rolls Royce, Oakland, CA $ 17,010,320
Science Applications, Virginia Beach, VA $ 14,448,532
Kellogg, Brown & Root, Houston, TX $ 14,232,049
Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX $ 14,000,000
BAE Systems, Rockville, MD $ 13,561,479
TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA $ 11,697,231
L-3 Communications, Madison, MS $ 19,227,656
Superior Communications, Rockville, MD $ 10,740,530
Harry Pepper & Assoc., Jacksonville, FL $ 10,284,372
ITSI Gilbane, Walnut Creek, CA $ 13,247,873
The Boeing Co. St. Louis, MO $ 9,707,984
L-3 Communications, Newport News, VA $ 8,850,576
ABS, Houston, TX $ 8,500,000
Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, NY $ 8,899,077
Triton Marine, Honolulu, HI $ 6,574,768

Sept. 26th Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA $ 66,400,000
Stronghold Engineering Inc., Riverside, CA $ 46,557,217
EMCOR Government Services, Arlington, VA $ 147,734,176
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, CA $ 34,642,125
Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX $ 34,313,824
W.M. Jordan Co. Inc., Newport News, VA $ 30,580,750
Del-Jen Inc., Clarksville, TN $ 171,418,002
General Dynamics, Groton, CT $ 25,668,778
Roy Anderson Corp., Gulfport, MS $ 21,444,000
L-3 Communications, San Carlos, CA $ 21,147,601
Alutiq-Mele, LLC, Anchorage, AK $ 93,622,921
KIG Technical Services, LLC, Sterling, VA $ 16,068,275
Marvin Eng. Co., Inglewood, CA $ 15,724,071
Thales Communications Inc., Clarksville, MD $ 15,125,500
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, NY $ 22,181,075
L-3 Unidyne, Inc., Norfolk, VA $ 13,704,209
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME $ 13,312,764
Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, VA $ 12,190,635
Contech Engineering Inc., Honolulu, HI $ 9,474,334
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 9,244,672
TEAM Construction, LLC, Jacksonville, NC $ 9,086,654
Offshore Service Vessels, Inc., Cut Off, LA $ 8,484,060
GHD-Gerwick JV, San Diego, CA $ 7,500,000
Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ $ 6,796,441

Sept. 27th Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX $ 4,148,084,729
Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ $ 255,927,514
Northrop Grumman Systems, Bethpage, NY $ 226,702,989
Barnhill Contracting Co. et al, Jacksonville, NC $ 95,000,000
Kenmar-Gaskins, et al, JV, Jacksonville, FL $ 95,000,000
The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA $ 69,790,447
L-3 Communications Systems, Madison, MS $ 55,627,456
Adira Construction Inc., et al, Chesapeake, VA $ 50,000,000
BAE Systems, Norfolk, VA $ 40,371,916
American Petroleum Tankers, New York, NY $ 39,055,000
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA $ 49,450,000
Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, VA $ 50,495,410
Gulf Coast Architectural Group, Pensacola, FL $ 30,000,000
Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, NY $ 27,548,897
Absher Construction Co., Puyallup, WA $ 25,116,000
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO $ 24,000,000
Hourigan Construction Corp., Virginia beach, VA $ 27,352,004
Bell Helicopter, Hurst, TX $ 23,050,581
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, CA $ 20,018,361
MultiMAC Joint Venture, San Diego, CA $ 20,000,000
Wyle laboratories, Huntsville, AL $ 17,808,792
Northrop Grumman Systems, San Diego, CA $ 17,481,180
DRS Power & Control, Parsippany, NY $ 17,164,637
Anthony and Gordon Constr. Co., Knoxville, TN $ 15,340,000
Ocean Ships, Inc., Houston, TX $ 13,906,064
Colonna Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, VA $ 13,789,200
Honeywell Technologies, Jacksonville, FL $ 13,480,175
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, WI $ 12,335,766
AOC Support Services, LLC, Chantilly, VA $ 69,373,027
Baldi Brothers, Inc., Beaumont, CA $ 12,052,640
C.E.R. Inc., Baltimore, MD $ 9,899,000
Mesa Energy Systems, Inc., $ 9,593,970
Shaw Environmental, San Diego, CA $ 9,308,492
P & I General Contractors, Inc., Oak Harbor, WA $ 9,019,821
Systems Planning & Analysis, Alexandria, VA $ 8,069,861
Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, VA $ 7,883,584
Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, WI $ 7,748,662
Peckham Vocational Industries, Lansing, MI $ 7,653,881
Northrop Grumman Systems, Woodland hills, CA $ 7,319,039
Mark Dunning Industries, Dothan, AL $ 20,328,874
Resolution Consultants JV, Los Angeles, CA $ 6,926,917
TOTE Services, Inc., Moorestown, NJ $ 6,811,097

Sept. 30th Lockheed Martin Systems, Syracuse, NY $ 95,727,501
Nova Shimmick, JV, Napa, CA $ 66,377,631
L-3 Communications, Madison, MI $ 64,982,586
Lockheed Martin Systems, Liverpool, NY $ 199,123,412
Nammo Talley, Mesa, AZ $ 40,000,000
EJB Facilities Services, Arlington, VA $ 537,520,789
Triton Marine Constr. Corp., Bremerton, WA $ 35,484,250
Ocean Ships, Inc. Houston, TX $ 32,383,461
Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX $ 29,531,677
Hensel Phelps Constr, Co., Irvine, CA $ 27,885,160
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, FL $ 49,791,479
Phoenix Internat’l Holdings, Inc., Largo, MD $ 18,132,000
BAE Systems, Santa Clara, CA $ 15,361,368
Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego, CA $ 34,849,206
RQ Construction Co., Carlsbad, CA $ 13,986,000
Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, VA $ 13,619,216
Cubic Defense Applications, San Diego, CA $ 12,575,953
W.F. Magann Corp., Portsmouth, VA $ 12,275,675
A&D GC, Inc., Santee, CA $ 19,660,275
Job Options, Inc., San Diego, CA $ 138,445,000
Diversified Service Contracting, Inc., Dunn, NC $ 26,161,752
Kaydon Corp., Muskegon, MI $ 8,460,098
I.E Pacific, Inc., San Diego, CA $ 8,077,000
Soltek Pacific Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, CA $ 7,894,300
BAE Systems, San Diego, CA $ 10,353,692
G-W Management, LLC, Rockville, MD $ 15,233,000
Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, MA $ 7,203,307
R.E. Staite Engineering, Inc., San Diego, CA $ 6,863,494
Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, VA $ 6,638,440

The Defense Department’s expenditures for just this past month of September could have – should have – created jobs for every one of the nation’s 40 million unemployed.

Our elected “leaders” are despicable.