16 Jul 2025
War as business: the real winners of America’s endless conflict
US defence spending is soaring to historic levels, enriching firms with political ties while diplomacy withers.
US Department of Defence arms contracts
3 Apr 2025
Trump’s new arms sales push: when profit trumps morality and what we must do about it
Trump’s proposed executive order to ease arms export rules risks fuelling global armed violence - prioritising defence industry profits over civilian protection.
8 Feb 2025
The arming of atrocity: Trump’s immoral defence of Israel’s war machine
The Trump administration's approval of $7.4 billion in arms sales to Israel amid an alleged genocide in Gaza and the total cutoff of US humanitarian aid highlights its complicity in war crimes and global indifference to Palestinian suffering.
18 Oct 2024
US arms giant Raytheon agrees to pay nearly $1 billion in fines for defrauding DoD and bribing Qatari official
RTX has agreed to pay nearly $1 billion in fines for defrauding the US Department of Defense and bribing a Qatari official, adding to a recent $200 million penalty for unauthorised defence exports.
1 Mar 2023
Report urges comprehensive accountability for US security institutions to prevent harm and uphold democratic governance
The report "Unaccountable: Rethinking US Security Sector Accountability Across the Domestic-International Divide" explores how shortcomings in the accountability practices of US security institutions can enable harm and undermine democratic governance, and recommends a victim-centered, comprehensive approach to accountability to prevent future harm and uphold democratic values.
24 Aug 2016
US Department of Defence spend on guns in ‘War on Terror’ revealed
in 14 years of the 'War on Terror' the US DoD issued over $40 billion worth of contracts on guns and ammo and more than 1.4 million guns sent to arm Iraq and Afghanistan forces.
24 Aug 2016
US government sent over 1.4 million guns to Iraq and Afghanistan
After submitting to the DoD our findings in March 2016, AOAV provided the DoD the opportunity to submit a list of the small arms they believe have been supplied through the US to Iraq and Afghanistan.
24 Aug 2016
US DoD spend on small arms to Afghanistan revealed
US Department of Defence small arms contracts to Afghanistan reviewed
24 Aug 2016
US DoD spend on small arms to Iraq revealed
US DoD spend on small arms to Iraq reviewed.
24 Aug 2016
Major differences found between US Department of Defence and the Federal Procurement Database System contract listings
When researching small arms contracts it became apparent that there were major inconsistencies in the recording of contracts worth millions of US dollars
24 Aug 2016
US Department of Defence contract numbers explained
Some of the complexities of the US Department of Defence contract systems explained
24 Aug 2016
DoD Spend on Small Arms to Iraq Revealed: FPDS Database
An examination of the Federal Procurement Data System and the contracts for small arms to Iraq. Comparison to the DoD contract archives.