In this context, the “Department of War” is the U.S. cabinet‑level defense department that provides the nation’s military forces—functionally the same entity commonly known as the Department of Defense, not a separate organization. Its own mission statement describes it as America’s largest government agency whose mission is “to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation’s security,” which is the statutory role of the U.S. defense department.
War.gov is the official public website of the U.S. Department of War (the U.S. defense department). Its “Press Products” section includes daily items such as “Contracts for [date],” which state that that day’s contracts valued at $7.5 million or more are available on War.gov. To access the full contract listing for Dec. 15, 2025, you can open the specific contracts announcement hosted on the Department of War’s contracts page at https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4360555/, or go via War.gov → News → Press Products → Contracts and select the relevant date, which links into the same detailed contracts article.
The Dec. 15, 2025 listing includes a mix of: • Services: ship maintenance, modernization and repair for USS Forrest Sherman; integrated logistics support, sustaining engineering, material management, component overhaul and training for the VH‑92A helicopter; a time‑charter for a cargo ship; aviation maintenance; base operations and facility maintenance; and sustainment of Apache helicopter fire‑control radar. • Supplies/goods: Colt M4A1 carbines and accessories; fresh fruits and vegetables; circuit card assemblies; and military boonie covers. • Minor construction: small construction tasks included within a base operations and facility maintenance contract. This is typical of these daily lists, which aggregate large contracts for services, supplies, construction and long‑term sustainment.
Each entry in the Dec. 15, 2025 announcement identifies the government “contracting activity,” showing which organizations awarded the contracts. They include: • Navy organizations: Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and Military Sealift Command. • Army organizations: Army Contracting Command offices at Detroit Arsenal, Redstone Arsenal, and New Jersey. • Defense agencies: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support (Honolulu and Philadelphia) and DLA Weapons Support (Warren, Michigan). More broadly, these daily contract lists aggregate awards made by the military departments (Army, Navy, etc.) and defense agencies across the Department of War.
Yes. The $7.5 million figure is a minimum threshold for what is routinely included in this daily contracts feed. War.gov’s Press Products section describes these items as “Today’s Department of War contracts valued at $7.5 million or more,” indicating that only contracts (or contract modifications) meeting or exceeding that value are normally summarized in these daily announcements; numerous smaller awards are made but are not listed in this particular feed.
Detailed information for each contract is in the full text of the daily “Contracts for [date]” announcement on the Department of War’s contracts page. For Dec. 15, 2025, the article at https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4360555/ lists, for every award: the contractor’s name and location, the dollar value and contract type (e.g., firm‑fixed‑price), a plain‑language description of what is being bought, where the work will be performed, the expected completion date, which appropriations fund it and how much is obligated, and the government contracting activity. For more technical or comprehensive procurement records, the same contracts can also be researched in the federal acquisition systems accessible via SAM.gov.