Key Facts
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US military spending vs. Rest of the World
Top 5 US war profiteers (2020–2024): Lockheed Martin | Raytheon (RTX) | Boeing | General Dynamics | Northrup Grumman |
Top 5 US war profiteers (2020–2024): Lockheed Martin | Raytheon (RTX) | Boeing | General Dynamics | Northrup Grumman |
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Note: Some of the spending figures below diverge from those above because they reflect different forms of spending on the US military. Spreading military spending across multiple government budgets helps to hide the true amount of spending on the US military and war.
For the full chart of Senators, visit https://www.stephensemler.com/p/votes-on-military-spending-vs-arms. For House members, see https://www.stephensemler.com/p/ranking-the-top-25-house-members.
Note: Northrup Grumman is #32 on this list ($8.84 million in lobbying). In addition to the longstanding weapons maker behemoths circled, Meta (Facebook), Amazon, and Alphabet (Google) have increasingly pursued and won multi-billion-dollar Pentagon contracts in recent years. Most of the other corporations on this list receive at least some Pentagon contract funds.
