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Prime vendors decreased 36% since fiscal 2011 Joint Chiefs warn Pentagon supply chain is weak March 8, 2021 6:02 AM By Travis J. Tritten and Paul Murphy The number of companies winning Pentagon prime contracts has plummeted over the past decade, underlying growing concerns over the health of the defense industrial base. Prime vendors fell by 36% since fiscal 2011 even as defense spending climbed 18% over the same time, a new Bloomberg Government analysis shows. That means an ever-smaller pool of contractors won bigger pieces of a growing defense budget. The figures illustrate a decline in the size of the military’s vast industrial base, which comprises more than 300,000 companies spread across every state. The shrinking number of prime contractors inking deals with the military, as well as a contraction in the vast network of subcontractors that supply them parts and services, has set off alarm bells among the highest echelons of the Pentagon and on Capitol Hil

United statesCapitol hillDistrict of columbiaKathleen hicksTravisj trittenAnna yukhananovJohn hytenRobin meszolyPaul murphyJohn kirbyBryan clarkJohne hytenHouse armed services committeeUnited technologies corpHudson instituteNorthrop grumman corp