DoD Daily Contracts
Defense Contract Alerts, by Email and Telegram
Every business day around 5pm Eastern, the Department of Defense publishes its official list of contract awards. It names the contractor, the dollar amount and the program, and it lands after the market closes. We read it the moment it posts, match each award to the public company behind it, and put it in your research workspace with the company's context, with an alert by email and Telegram the same evening.
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What gets through
The daily list often runs to dozens of awards, and most of them mean nothing for any stock. An alert has to clear all of this first:
- →An award of $10.0M or more attributed to a single contractor. Shared ceilings split across many vendors never alert, because they are not attributable to any one stock.
- →The contractor resolved to a verified public ticker, including subsidiaries: an award to a shipyard or aircraft division is matched to its listed parent. Private contractors are dropped, not guessed.
- →Judged worth your attention: a routine follow-on to a giant contractor reads differently from an award that is large against the winner's size, and only awards judged likely to matter are sent.
Because the list publishes after the close, reading it the same evening means you have the award and its context before the next trading session.
Recent contract alerts we sent
Defense-contract alerts from the last 90 days, from the same alert log that sends subscriber emails. This is what subscribers actually received, not a curated list.
15
Alerts sent, 90 days
13
Companies
$31.6B
Awards covered
| Company | Alert | Award | Sent |
|---|---|---|---|
| $PEGA | Pegasystems wins Army software contract worth up to $419M | $419.0M | 9d ago |
| $AMTM | Amentum wins $79M Air Force helicopter maintenance order | $79.0M | 37d ago |
| $HII | HII wins $5.1B carrier overhaul contract | $5.1B | 39d ago |
| $AMTM | Amentum wins $572M NORAD support contract | $572.4M | 39d ago |
| $MTUS | Metallus wins $995M five-year military steel deal | $995.0M | 43d ago |
| $LHX | L3Harris wins $876M Navy jammer contract | $876.4M | 45d ago |
| $VVX | DoD contract: V2X Systems LLC awarded $232M | $231.8M | 46d ago |
| $LMT | Lockheed wins $1.2B Precision Strike Missile award | $1.2B | 54d ago |
| $BA | Boeing wins $13.4B F-15 foreign military sales ceiling boost | $13.4B | 56d ago |
| $NOC | Northrop wins $4.8B infrared countermeasure production deal | $4.8B | 60d ago |
| $HII | Huntington Ingalls wins $336M carrier procurement award | $336.1M | 64d ago |
| $GE | GE wins $2.9B Navy F414 engine logistics contract | $2.9B | 67d ago |
| $CAE | CAE wins $42M Moroccan F-16 training-system deal | $42.1M | 67d ago |
| $TLS | Telos wins $38M Air Force cybersecurity contract | $37.8M | 70d ago |
| $RTX | Raytheon wins $603M B-52 radar contract | $603.0M | 73d ago |
Common questions
Where does the data come from?
The Department of Defense publishes its daily contract awards list every business day, covering contracts of $7.5 million and up. It is the primary source: the same page defense reporters and analysts read. We poll it every minute.
How fast do the alerts arrive?
The list usually posts around 5pm Eastern, after the market closes. Alerts normally go out the same evening, which means you see the award before the next session opens.
Why do I get so few alerts?
On purpose. Most awards go to private companies or are routine follow-ons that mean nothing for the stock. We only send awards matched to a verified public company and judged likely to matter.
Do contract awards actually move stocks?
Sometimes. A billion-dollar award to a giant moves almost nothing; a mid-sized award to a small contractor can matter a lot. The pipeline weighs the size of the award against the size of the company, and every alert links to the original DoD announcement so you can judge it yourself. Nothing here is a prediction or advice.
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