Stocking Stuffers
Santa Claus came early (and often) to those in the business of building warships. Although we have limited sources of information, we were able to find October “Defense” Department’s contract awards of $ 2,444,276,312 (see Art. 11 in this Volume) – and November “Defense” Department’s contract awards of $ 1,076,000,000 (see Art. 24). Chicken feed. Here’s what the “Defense” Department put in the Navy’s stocking during December’s Christmas shopping season:
Dec. 3 – $ 265,000,000 to GE, Lynn, MA
– $ 13,897,265 to Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, WI
– $ 11,110,646 to BAE Systems, Norfolk, VA
– $ 7,168,813 to Raytheon Technical Services, Norfolk, VA
Dec. 4 – $ 71,192,115 to ERAPSCO, Columbus City, IN
– $ 70,491,915 to Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
– $ 6,525,434 to The Hana Group, Inc. Honolulu, HI
Dec. 5 – $ 18,271,464 to DLT Solutions L.L.C., Herndon, VA
– $ 12,932,304 to L-3 Services Inc., Mount Laurel, NJ
Dec. 6 – $ 386,694,924 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 50,000,000 to CCI Solutions Inc. et al, Augusta, ME
– $ 127,582,035 to Kellogg Brown and Root, Inc., Arlington, VA
– $ 35,129,214 to Raytheon Technical Services Co., Indianapolis, IN
– $ 10,985,800 to Exelis, Inc., Roanoke, VA
Dec. 7 – $ 54,485,474 to Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS
– $ 27,473,565 to L-3 KEO, Northampton, MA
– $ 13,994,111 to Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, VA
Dec. 10 – $ 121,420,517 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, VA
– $ 26,528,810 to Bell-Boeing Joint Project, Amarillo, TX
– $ 19,152,900 to BAE Systems, Nashua, NH
Dec. 11 – $ 175,500,000 to The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA
– $ 20,000,000 to G2RJ Inc., San Diego, CA
– $ 17,878,748 to ERAPSCO, Columbus City, IN
Dec. 12 – $ 90,489,915 to DZSP 21 L.L.C., Philadelphia, PA
– $ 65,484,809 to Maritime Helicopter Support Co., Trevose, PA
– $ 42,095,007 to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, TX
– $ 22,669,024 to Progeny Systems Corp., Manassas, VA
– $ 9,589,689 to United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, CT
Dec. 13 – $ 13,867,093 to IAP World Services Inc., Cape Canaveral, FL
– $ 7,478,863 to Kellstrom Defense Aerospace Inc., Miramar, FL
– $ 6,506,292 to Alliant Techsystems Operations L.L.C., Clearwater, FL
Dec. 14 – $ 127,740,214 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 41,052,753 to Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT
– $ 29,665,144 to EMCOR Government Services, Inc., Arlington, VA
– $ 28,315,099 to Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
– $ 28,194,504 to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc., Pittsfield, MA
– $ 21,130,682 to Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
– $ 98,764,531 to Altron Inc. et al, Mt. Pleasant, SC
– $ 12,313,750 to Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ
– $ 12,267,000 to Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ
Dec. 17 – $ 254,627,806 to Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ
– $ 50,810,844 to BAE Systems, Nashua, NH
– $ 47,660,176 to Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT
– $ 29,051,451 to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, CT
– $ 16,082,606 to The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA
– $ 15,714,232 to Excelis, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 18 – $ 179,908,687 to AMBEC L.L.C. et al, Virginia Beach, VA
– $ 49,567,126 to Frontier Electronics Systems Corp., Stillwater, OK
– $ 44,975,784 to Raytheon Missile Systems Corp., Tucson, AZ
– $ 18,356,242 to Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX
– $ 18,337,407 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 17,288,960 to Raytheon Technical Services Co. L.L.C., Indianapolis, IN
– $ 12,770,380 to ViaSat, Carlsbad, CA
– $ 12,766,950 to Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA
– $ 9,251,390 to Alloy Surfaces Co., Inc., Aston, PA
– $ 7,224,945 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, NY
Dec. 19 – $ 26,700,000 to Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX
– $ 23,299,975 to Textron, Inc., New Orleans, LA
– $ 17,499,485 to General Electric Aviation, Lynn, MA
– $ 16,506,804 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 15,996,455 to Raytheon Co., San Diego, CA
– $ 8,881,910 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 8,366,154 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 7,900,098 to Raytheon Defense Systems, Portsmouth, RI
– $ 7,289,150 to The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA
Dec. 20 – $ 166,881,824 to Austal USA, Mobile, AL
– $ 164,000,000 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 158,571,809 to Raytheon Defense Systems, Portsmouth, RI
– $ 145,000,000 to The Boeing Co., Wichita, KS
– $ 101,862,000 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 249,951,000 to Barling Bay L.L.C. et al, North Charleston, SC
– $ 45,585,516 to Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ
– $ 277,661,982 to General Dynamics C4 Systems, Scottsdale, AZ
– $ 33,734,943 to Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, VA
– $ 33,270,000 to Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA
– $ 29,000,000 to Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX
– $ 20,735,747 to Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ
– $ 19,502,065 to METAG Construction USA, Virginia Beach, VA
– $ 19,166,627 to Northrop Grumman Systems, San Diego, CA
– $ 15,307,118 to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, TX
– $ 12,279,986 to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 12,239,714 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 12,056,601 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD
– $ 8,057,541 to Austal USA L.L.C., Mobile, AL
Dec. 21 – $ 1,848,606,051 to Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT
– $ 592,204,426 to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, CA
– $ 57,336,086 to Lockheed Martin Mission Systems Co., Moorestown, NJ
– $ 25,945,419 to G4S-SJC L.L.C., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 19,719,000 to Raytheon Co., Sudbury, MA
– $ 19,632,135 to Bell-Boeing Joint Project, Amarillo, TX
– $ 9,736,031 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, CA
– $ 8,605,843 to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, MD
Dec. 26 – $ 89,335,116 to Raytheon Co., Goleta, CA
– $ 13,499,140 to Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
– $ 7,221,956 to Rockwell Collins Network, Poway, CA
Dec. 27 – $ 418,851,869 to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 228,802,451 to Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ
– $ 140,000,000 to Raytheon Co., Tucson, AZ
– $ 26,628,000 to Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, MA
– $ 22,068,962 to IMECO Inc., Iron Mountain, MI
– $ 14,000,000 to Woodcrest Ace Hardware, Riverside, CA
– $ 8,658,743 to Straub-Martin Harris, Fallbrook, CA
Dec. 28 – $ 3,677,916,910 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 1,405,744,559 to Bell-Boeing Joint Project, Amarillo, TX
– $ 753,420,000 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 374,495,232 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 307,878,000 to Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT
– $ 169,011,085 to Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, MA
– $ 81,749,570 to The Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO
– $ 67,141,518 to General Electric Co., Lynn, MA
– $ 48,000,000 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 34,263,096 to Northrop Grumman Corp., Bethpage, NY
– $ 33,555,001 to Bell-Boeing Joint Project, Amarillo, TX
– $ 23,298,409 to Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, Stratford, CT
– $ 19,990,044 to Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego, CA
– $ 17,106,385 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, TX
– $ 16,920,823 to L-3 Communications Systems, West Salt Lake City, UT
– $ 15,613,852 to Motorola Solutions Inc., Columbia, MD
– $ 13,891,272 to ECC, Marlborough, MA
– $ 12,166,247 to Lockheed Martin Corp., Riviera Beach, FL
– $ 7,190,928 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL
December’s monthly give-away – just to the Navy, mind you – came to $ 15,292,944,072. But not a dime’s worth of profit comes back to “Santa Claus” (us taxpayers). Darn it all! We could have built at least three hundred profit-generating, job-creating container ships with that kind of money!