| 2026-03-24 | Palantir and Anduril Developing Core Software for $185 Billion Golden Dome Missile Shield
3 src Palantir · Anduril Industries · SpaceX · Elon Musk · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-14 | U.S. Army Awards Anduril $20 Billion Enterprise Contract for AI-Enabled Lattice Platform
4 src 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
3 src 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
4 src Department of Energy · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-03 | ICE Announces 120% Workforce Increase to 22,000 After Recruiting 12,000 Agents in Under a Year | | |
| 2025-12-01 | Palantir Wins Record £240M UK Ministry of Defence Contract After Hiring Four Ex-MOD Officials
5 src Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-01 | Pentagon Awards Record $620M Loan to Trump Jr.-Backed Vulcan Elements for Rare Earth Magnets
4 src Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · Pentagon · Department of Commerce |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-31 | Anduril's Autonomous Fighter Jet Completes First Flight Test
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · Palmer Luckey |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-25 | Militarization of Immigration Enforcement — Genealogy [CORRECTED from NSPM-7 mis-attribution] | | confirmed |
| 2025-07-17 | Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $260M Round for Hadrian Defense Manufacturing Startup
2 src Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · Lux Capital · Andreessen Horowitz | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-05 | Anduril Raises $2.5 Billion at $30.5 Billion Valuation, Led by Founders Fund
2 src 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
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-14 | Founders Fund Leads $50M Round for Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter; Peter Thiel Joins Board
6 src Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-12 | Anduril Wins $642M Marine Corps Counter-Drone Contract for Base Protection Worldwide
4 src Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-05 | Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril
2 src Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Anduril Industries · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-24 | NSA Waltz Made $92 Million from Defense Contracting While Advocating Forever Wars
4 src National Security Council |
| confirmed |
| 2024-12-06 | Palantir and Anduril Launch AI Defense Consortium, Later Expand to SpaceX, OpenAI, and Scale AI
5 src Palantir Technologies · Anduril Industries · Alex Karp · Palmer Luckey · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-12-04 | OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems
2 src 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
7 src Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2024-08-08 | Anduril Announces Arsenal-1: $1 Billion Weapons Manufacturing Facility in Ohio
2 src Anduril Industries · Palmer Luckey |
| confirmed |
| 2024-04-24 | Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-31 | Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials
3 src 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
6 src Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · In-Q-Tel · U.S. Air Force |
| confirmed |
| 2023-01-01 | SpaceX Wins $1.8 Billion Classified NRO Contract for Hundreds of Spy Satellites
2 src 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
4 src National Reconnaissance Office · BlackSky Technology · U.S. Intelligence Community |
| confirmed |
| 2021-05-28 | Biden Nominates Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary After $702,000 in Northrop Grumman Consulting Fees
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Joe Biden · U.S. Senate |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-08 | Northrop Grumman Wins $13.3 Billion Contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Nuclear ICBMs
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2020-04-03 | Raytheon-United Technologies Merge Creates $135 Billion Defense Giant, Consolidating Industry Power
4 src Raytheon · Greg Hayes · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2018-11-01 | Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-15 | Northrop Grumman Wins $217 Million Cyber Warfare Contract for Unified Platform
3 src Northrop Grumman · 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
3 src Northrop Grumman · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2017-06-16 | Anduril Industries Founded by Palmer Luckey and Former Palantir Executives
2 src Palmer Luckey · Peter Thiel · Trae Stephens · Founders Fund · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2016-12-08 | Former Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh Joins Northrop Grumman Board After B-21 Bomber Contract Award
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-27 | Northrop Grumman Wins $80 Billion B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Contract
3 src 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
3 src James Mattis · General Dynamics |
| confirmed |
| 2013-03-15 | Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Drone Costs Surge to $222 Million Per Aircraft
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office |
| confirmed |
| 2001-05-31 | Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1997-08-01 | Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost
3 src 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
6 src Daniel Ellsberg · New York Times · Washington Post · Richard Nixon · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1969-03-18 | Nixon and Kissinger Launch Secret Illegal Bombing Campaign Against Cambodia - Operation Menu Kills 150,000-500,000 Civilians
3 src Richard Nixon |
| confirmed |
| 1967-01-01 | Vietnam War Defense Contractor Profiteering Reaches Peak as Congressional Investigations Expose Waste and Corruption
3 src Halliburton · Lockheed · Boeing · General Dynamics · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1965-03-01 | McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap"
3 src Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · Lyndon B. Johnson · 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"
2 src U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 1964-08-07 | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passes Based on Fabricated Second Attack Authorizing Vietnam War Escalation
4 src 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
8 src National Association of Manufacturers |
| confirmed |
| 1961-01-17 | President Eisenhower's Farewell Address Warns Against Military-Industrial Complex
6 src Dwight D. Eisenhower | | confirmed |
| 1960-01-18 | Congressional Report Finds 1,400 Retired Military Officers Employed by Top Defense Contractors
2 src House Armed Services Committee · General Dynamics |
| confirmed |
| 1959-01-01 | Congress Holds 25 Hearings on Pentagon Revolving Door, General Bradley Testifies Against Contractor Influence
3 src U.S. Congress · 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
3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · General Motors · Senate Armed Services Committee · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 1951-08-01 | Electric Boat Awarded Contract for First Nuclear Submarine USS Nautilus, Launching General Dynamics
3 src U.S. Navy | | confirmed |
| 1950-09-08 | Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion
3 src Harry Truman · Boeing · Lockheed · General Electric · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1949-08-10 | Louis Johnson Exonerated in B-36 Scandal Despite Convair Board Service and Contract Awards
3 src Louis Johnson · House Armed Services Committee · U.S. Air Force |
| confirmed |
| 1949-04-04 | NATO Established - 12 Nations Form Collective Defense Pact, $1.4 Billion Defense Buildup Begins
3 src Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · North Atlantic Treaty Organization | | confirmed |
| 1948-04-03 | Marshall Plan Begins - $13 Billion Aid Program Benefits American Exporters and Defense Industry
3 src Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1947-09-18 | James Forrestal Becomes First Defense Secretary, Fusing Wall Street Financial Power with Pentagon
3 src Harry Truman · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 1947-07-26 | National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework
5 src 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
3 src Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · Dean Acheson | | confirmed |
| 1946-08-01 | Atomic Energy Act Creates AEC, Establishes Unprecedented Peacetime Secrecy Regime
3 src U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · General Electric |
| confirmed |
| 1945-08-15 | WWII Defense Contractors Convert to Peacetime Economy While Maintaining Pentagon Subsidies and Infrastructure
3 src Boeing · Lockheed · General Dynamics · War Production Board | | confirmed |
| 1941-04-17 | Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant Built with Taxpayer Funds, Private Profits
3 src Ford Motor Company · Henry Ford · U.S. War Department |
| confirmed |
| 1939-11-04 | Neutrality Act Revised to Allow Arms Sales on Cash-and-Carry Basis, Enabling Corporate War Profits
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · France | | confirmed |
| 1934-11-20 | Marine General Smedley Butler Testifies to Congressional Committee About Wall Street Plot to Overthrow FDR
3 src Du Pont family · Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| confirmed |
| 1934-04-12 | Nye Committee Begins Investigation of War Profiteering and Munitions Industry "Merchants of Death"
3 src U.S. Senate | | confirmed |
| 1812-06-18 | War of 1812 Declared, Enabling Widespread Profiteering and Contractor Fraud
3 src James Madison · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |