Military Contractor https://militarycontractor.com Military Contractor explains how defense companies are built, financed, contracted, scaled, and judged. en-us Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Inside Palantir’s Army Business: From Bid Protest to a $10 Billion Ceiling https://militarycontractor.com/articles/palantir-army-business-contracts/ https://militarycontractor.com/articles/palantir-army-business-contracts/ Court records, award notices, and SEC filings trace how a commercial-software challenge preceded Palantir’s expanding Army business, and why the Army’s $10 billion ceiling is not revenue. Military Contractor Editorial Companies Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sentinel’s $140.9 Billion Cost Is Not Northrop Grumman’s Contract https://militarycontractor.com/articles/sentinel-140-billion-cost-vs-northrop-contract/ https://militarycontractor.com/articles/sentinel-140-billion-cost-vs-northrop-contract/ The public record contains several different Sentinel money stories: program estimate, prime award, obligations, budget requests, backlog, and sales. Treating them as one number obscures what the Air Force has actually committed. Military Contractor Editorial Contracts Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why Federal Award Origin Fields Cannot Map the Defense Supply Chain https://militarycontractor.com/articles/defense-supply-chain-visibility-gap/ https://militarycontractor.com/articles/defense-supply-chain-visibility-gap/ Federal award records classify end-product manufacture and origin under domestic-sourcing rules. They do not map the lower-tier suppliers, materials, and equipment behind the finished item. Military Contractor Editorial Manufacturing Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT