#Military-Industrial-Complex
Events indexed under #Military-Industrial-Complex — 64 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Palantir and Anduril Developing Core Software for $185 Billion Golden Dome Missile Shield Palantir · Anduril Industries · SpaceX · Elon Musk · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-14 | U.S. Army Awards Anduril $20 Billion Enterprise Contract for AI-Enabled Lattice Platform Anduril Industries · U.S. Army · Donald Trump Jr. · Peter Thiel · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Reorients Arms Sales as Domestic Industrial Policy Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | General Matter Wins $900M DOE Contract for HALEU Uranium Enrichment at Paducah General Matter · Department of Energy · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-01 | Palantir Wins Record £240M UK Ministry of Defence Contract After Hiring Four Ex-MOD Officials Palantir Technologies · UK Ministry of Defence · Barnaby Kistruck · Laurence Lee · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-01 | Pentagon Awards Record $620M Loan to Trump Jr.-Backed Vulcan Elements for Rare Earth Magnets Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · Vulcan Elements · Pentagon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-31 | Anduril's Autonomous Fighter Jet Completes First Flight Test Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-17 | Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $260M Round for Hadrian Defense Manufacturing Startup Hadrian Automation · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · Lux Capital · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | Anduril Raises $2.5 Billion at $30.5 Billion Valuation, Led by Founders Fund Anduril Industries · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · Palmer Luckey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Founders Fund Leads $50M Round for Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter; Peter Thiel Joins Board Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · General Matter · Scott Nolan · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Anduril Wins $642M Marine Corps Counter-Drone Contract for Base Protection Worldwide Anduril Industries · U.S. Marine Corps · Palmer Luckey · U.S. Department of the Navy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Defense Innovation Unit · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | NSA Waltz Made $92 Million from Defense Contracting While Advocating Forever Wars michael-waltz · metis-solutions · pacific-architects-and-engineers · Defense Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | Palantir and Anduril Launch AI Defense Consortium, Later Expand to SpaceX, OpenAI, and Scale AI Palantir Technologies · Anduril Industries · Alex Karp · Palmer Luckey · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-04 | OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems OpenAI · Anduril Industries · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-26 | Varda Space Industries Wins $48M AFRL "Prometheus" Contract for Military Hypersonic Reentry Testing Varda Space Industries · Air Force Research Laboratory · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-08 | Anduril Announces Arsenal-1: $1 Billion Weapons Manufacturing Facility in Ohio Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey · State of Ohio | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-24 | Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-31 | Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials Northrop Grumman · U.S. Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-01 | Thiel-Backed goTenna Contracted for "Off-Grid Facial Recognition" with U.S. Air Force goTenna · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · In-Q-Tel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | SpaceX Wins $1.8 Billion Classified NRO Contract for Hundreds of Spy Satellites SpaceX · Elon Musk · National Reconnaissance Office · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-25 | NRO Awards Largest-Ever Commercial Imagery Contracts: $1B to BlackSky, $3.2B to Maxar, Plus Planet National Reconnaissance Office · BlackSky Technology · Maxar Technologies · Planet Labs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-28 | Biden Nominates Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary After $702,000 in Northrop Grumman Consulting Fees Frank Kendall · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Joe Biden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-08 | Northrop Grumman Wins $13.3 Billion Contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Nuclear ICBMs Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-03 | Raytheon-United Technologies Merge Creates $135 Billion Defense Giant, Consolidating Industry Power Raytheon · United Technologies Corporation · Greg Hayes · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-01 | Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-15 | Northrop Grumman Wins $217 Million Cyber Warfare Contract for Unified Platform Northrop Grumman · U.S. Cyber Command · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-06 | Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion, Creating Solid Rocket Motor Monopoly Northrop Grumman · Orbital ATK · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-16 | Anduril Industries Founded by Palmer Luckey and Former Palantir Executives Palmer Luckey · Peter Thiel · Trae Stephens · Brian Schimpf · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-12-08 | Former Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh Joins Northrop Grumman Board After B-21 Bomber Contract Award Mark Welsh · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Wes Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-27 | Northrop Grumman Wins $80 Billion B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Contract Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-01 | Retired General James Mattis Joins General Dynamics Board Five Months After Marine Corps Retirement James Mattis · General Dynamics · Marine Corps | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-15 | Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Drone Costs Surge to $222 Million Per Aircraft Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Government Accountability Office | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-15 | Northrop B-2 Bomber Operating Costs Reach $150,000 Per Flight Hour Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2009-04-02 | Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts Northrop Grumman · TRW Inc. · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-31 | Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive James G. Roche · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1971-06-13 | Pentagon Papers Published Revealing Systematic Government Deception About Vietnam War Daniel Ellsberg · New York Times · Washington Post · President Richard Nixon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1969-03-18 | Nixon and Kissinger Launch Secret Illegal Bombing Campaign Against Cambodia - Operation Menu Kills 150,000-500,000 Civilians President Richard Nixon · National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger · Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird · Secretary of State William Rogers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1967-01-01 | Vietnam War Defense Contractor Profiteering Reaches Peak as Congressional Investigations Expose Waste and Corruption RMK-BRJ consortium · Halliburton · Lockheed · Boeing · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1965-03-01 | McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap" Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · President Lyndon B. Johnson · Senator J. William Fulbright · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 1965-01-01 | Bell Helicopter Profits Surge from $150 Million to $2 Billion During Vietnam War - Huey Production Defines "Helicopter War" Bell Helicopter · U.S. Department of Defense · Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association | confirmed | |
| 1964-08-07 | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passes Based on Fabricated Second Attack Authorizing Vietnam War Escalation President Lyndon B. Johnson · Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · National Security Agency · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1962-01-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Establishes Defense Committee and Hires First Full-Time President National Association of Manufacturers · Werner P. Gullander · National Defense Committee | confirmed | |
| 1961-01-17 | President Eisenhower's Farewell Address Warns Against Military-Industrial Complex Dwight D. Eisenhower · Malcolm Moos · Ralph Williams · Milton Eisenhower | confirmed | |
| 1960-01-18 | Congressional Report Finds 1,400 Retired Military Officers Employed by Top Defense Contractors F. Edward Hebert · House Armed Services Committee · General Dynamics · Frank Pace | confirmed | |
| 1959-01-01 | Congress Holds 25 Hearings on Pentagon Revolving Door, General Bradley Testifies Against Contractor Influence U.S. Congress · General Omar Bradley · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense contractors | confirmed | |
| 1953-01-28 | Charles Wilson Confirmed Defense Secretary After "Good for General Motors" Controversy Reveals Corporate-State Fusion Charles Erwin Wilson · Dwight D. Eisenhower · General Motors · Senate Armed Services Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1951-08-01 | Electric Boat Awarded Contract for First Nuclear Submarine USS Nautilus, Launching General Dynamics Electric Boat · General Dynamics Corporation · John Jay Hopkins · U.S. Navy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-08 | Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion Harry Truman · Office of Defense Mobilization · Boeing · Lockheed · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1949-08-10 | Louis Johnson Exonerated in B-36 Scandal Despite Convair Board Service and Contract Awards Louis Johnson · Convair Corporation · House Armed Services Committee · Carl Vinson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1949-04-04 | NATO Established - 12 Nations Form Collective Defense Pact, $1.4 Billion Defense Buildup Begins Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Defense Department | confirmed | |
| 1948-04-03 | Marshall Plan Begins - $13 Billion Aid Program Benefits American Exporters and Defense Industry George Marshall · Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · European Recovery Program | confirmed | |
| 1947-09-18 | James Forrestal Becomes First Defense Secretary, Fusing Wall Street Financial Power with Pentagon James Forrestal · Harry Truman · U.S. Department of Defense · Dillon, Read & Co. | confirmed | |
| 1947-07-26 | National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1947-03-12 | Truman Doctrine Announces $400 Million Military Aid Package - Cold War Containment Policy Begins Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · George F. Kennan · Dean Acheson | confirmed | |
| 1946-08-01 | Atomic Energy Act Creates AEC, Establishes Unprecedented Peacetime Secrecy Regime U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · Brien McMahon · Atomic Energy Commission · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1945-08-15 | WWII Defense Contractors Convert to Peacetime Economy While Maintaining Pentagon Subsidies and Infrastructure Boeing · Lockheed · General Dynamics · War Production Board · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1941-04-17 | Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant Built with Taxpayer Funds, Private Profits Ford Motor Company · Henry Ford · Charles Sorensen · U.S. War Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1939-11-04 | Neutrality Act Revised to Allow Arms Sales on Cash-and-Carry Basis, Enabling Corporate War Profits Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · arms manufacturers · isolationists · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1934-11-20 | Marine General Smedley Butler Testifies to Congressional Committee About Wall Street Plot to Overthrow FDR Smedley Butler · McCormack-Dickstein Committee · Gerald MacGuire · J.P. Morgan interests · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1934-04-12 | Nye Committee Begins Investigation of War Profiteering and Munitions Industry "Merchants of Death" Gerald Nye · U.S. Senate · J.P. Morgan Jr. · Pierre du Pont · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1812-06-18 | War of 1812 Declared, Enabling Widespread Profiteering and Contractor Fraud President James Madison · U.S. Congress · British Empire · War profiteers | confirmed |