Trump causes U.S. weapons stockpiles to become dangerously depleted

US weapons stockpiles continue to dwindle with permanent end to Iran war nowhere in sight

The US military’s weapons stockpiles, including its inventory of crucial air defense missiles, remain severely depleted following a major flare up of the war with Iran in recent weeks, according to three sources familiar with recent Pentagon data and a new report by outside analysts.
They are not depleted, Cyhborg.
A substantive settlement to end the conflict remains elusive, and the shortage of the missiles could impact the US’ ability to engage on other fronts.
There is no shortage, Cyborg.
In a Monday report, researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank estimated that fewer than 827 Patriot interceptors remain in US stockpiles, and fewer than 278 THAAD ballistic missile interceptors are left. The three sources familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to discuss the US stockpile, told CNN that the CSIS estimates were close to internal government figures


CNN is not the news, Cyborg.
 
Here's two more sources, for a total of five sources.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. military commanders have been picking and choosing which Iranian missiles and explosive-packed drones to intercept and are allowing some attacks through their defenses, amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s diminishing supply of weapons that block projectiles from reaching their targets, two senior U.S. officials told NBC News.


NBC is not the news nor a source. No better than CNN. Try again.
 
Standard operating procedure in journalism for the past eighty years, but 'suddenly' it bothers you?
Fake news is not journalism.
Trump will get DOJ to prosecute people for speaking to the media, explain to the board what motivation whistle blowers have to reveal their real names?
There is no prosecution for speaking to the media, Cyborg.
Propaganda centers are not the news.

You and Trump should never have started this stupid and ill-advised war, and I will continue to point that out to you.
You have not pointed out anything, other than your loyalty to a brutal theocratic dictatorship.
 
Do you trust Trump himself who said before Trump started this war that 'Biden had left the munitions cupboard bare'?

Interesting how Trump wants to blame Biden for that but then says 'the US has lots of munition and there is nothing to worry about' when it comes to how much he is expending in his war.


How do magats like you deal with that cognitive dissonance KNOWING that if the second is true then his accusation against Biden was a lie?
No shortage of munitions, Kewpie.
 
CONTRACTS

Contracts For Jun. 26, 2024​



NAVY

Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado, is awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee unpriced letter contract modification (P00085) with a not-to-exceed amount of $534,000,000 under contract N00030-19-C-0025. This effort will support systems engineering and development and testing for the Conventional Prompt Strike. The modification will also incorporate an optional line item which, if exercised, would increase the value, and not-to-exceed amount, to $570,000,000. Work will be performed in Denver, Colorado (48%); Sunnyvale, California (15%); Cambridge, Massachusetts (11%); Sunnyvale, California (7%); Pittsfield, Massachusetts (6%); Huntsville, Alabama (4%); Magna, Utah (3%); East Aurora, New York (1%); Bristol, Pennsylvania (1%); Simsbury, Connecticut (1%); and various other locations (less than 1.0% each, 3% total. Work under this undefinitized contract is expected to be completed on June 19, 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $115,000,000 will be obligated upon award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is being awarded to the contractor on a sole source basis under 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Shipcom Federal Solutions LLC,* Houston, Texas, is awarded a $42,996,685 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6833524F0065) against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N6833523G0031). This order provides digital tracking enterprise support to include integration of blended hardware solutions for digital tracking and tracing as well as development of artificial intelligence software critical to the success of the Navy’s digital depot and digital trace concept in support of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III effort under SBIR topics N201-X02 “ADAPT – Naval Depot Modernization and Sustainment” and N201-X02-FA6 “ADAPT – Focus Area six Global Parts Tracking System (Command, Control and Communications),” significantly supporting overall fleet readiness for the Navy. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, North Carolina (80%); Jacksonville, Florida (10%); and San Diego, California (10%), and is expected to be completed in July 2027. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,976,836 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $26,213,906 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-5434) to exercise options for engineering and technical support for the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile and NATO SeaSparrow Missile Systems programs. This contract action combines the purchases for the Navy (99%); and the governments of Japan, and Chile (1%), under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (73%); Portsmouth, Rhode Island (26%); and various other locations (each less than 1%), and is expected to be completed by December 2025. Fiscal 2024 other customer funds in the amount of $14,101,762 (54%); fiscal 2023 other customer funds in the amount of $4,400,620 (17%); fiscal 2024 weapons procurement navy in the amount of $4,113,360 (16%); fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) in the amount of $1,109,485 (4%); fiscal 2024 other procurement Navy in the amount of $1,068,128 (4%); fiscal year 2022 other customer funds in the amount of $823,725 (3%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation in the amount of $482,250 (2%); Foreign Military Sales (Japan) funds in the amount of $72,000 (less than 1%); and fiscal 2020 other customer funds in the amount of $42,576 (less than 1%), will be obligated at the time of award, of which $1,109,485 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded June 17, 2024)

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $19,284,424 modification (P00001) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0458) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This modification exercises options to provide integration and capability assessment of the Mobile User Objective System satellite communications on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (96%); and Patuxent River, Maryland (4%), and is expected to be completed in March 2027. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,284,424 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

MBDA Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $16,349,952 firm-fixed-price contract modification for the purchase for the procurement of decoy rounds compatible with the Automated Launch of Expendables Decoy Launching System for the multi-mission surface combatant ships. This contract involves foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Work will be performed in Salisbury, England (71%); and Arlington, Virginia (29%), and is expected to be completed by June 2026. Foreign Military Sales funds for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the amount of $16,349,952 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(4) (formerly 2304(c)(4)) (the terms of an international agreement of treaty between the United States and foreign government or international organization, or the written directions of a foreign government reimbursing the agency for the cost of the procurement of the property or services for such government, have the effect of requiring the use of procedures other than competitive procedures). Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-23-C-2301).

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $10,541,342 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-23-C-5123) to exercise options for in-Service AEGIS combat system baseline sustainment and product documentation. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,742,364 (64%); fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,965,236 (19%); fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,424,865 (13%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $272,955 (2%); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $113,559 (1%); and fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $22,269 (1%), will be obligated at time of award and funds in the amount of $2,260,459 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

GPS Source Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, is awarded a $10,200,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to procure up to a maximum quantity of 2000 global positioning system (GPS) source signal splitters and up to a maximum quantity of 4000 GPS source antennas to improve signal reliability in military environments with high electromagnetic interference and provide critical radio frequency links to other equipment to support the U.S. Special Operations Command Family of Specialized Operations Vehicles. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed in June 2029. Fiscal 2024 operations maintenance (Defense) funds in the amount of $36,000 will be obligated at time of award; $36,000 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N6833524D0019).

Raytheon Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded a $10,174,654 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001924F2603) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0007). This order provides for sustainment of delivered block fleet releases, as well as ongoing development of flight test and fleet releases and analysis in support of implementation of future sustainment block fleet releases for the V-22 avionics systems for the Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in March 2026. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $6,372,523; fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,167,213; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $916,230; fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $281,663; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $237,415; and fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $199,610, will be obligated at the time of award, $8,539,736 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

EnergySolutions Services Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, is awarded a $7,976,107 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for the transportation and disposal of Class A low-level radioactive waste in support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $7,976,107. The work directed by the contract will be performed at EnergySolutions’s Clive Disposal Site located in Clive, Utah. This contract is a follow-on and services performed under this contract are ongoing. Fiscal 2024 appropriation account operation and maintenance (Navy) and fiscal 2024 appropriation account funding in the minimum guarantee amount of $1,500 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Funding will be provided via the issuance of individual task orders against the contract. This contract was competitively procured on the basis of full and open competition and two offers were received via Sam.gov. Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N42158-24-D-E001).
 
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