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Defence contract data sources

DefenceContractors reads defence contract data only from official public sources in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and NATO, and keeps the source link and publication date on every record. The table below is generated from our own ingest log.

Defence contract data sources
6,399
opportunities in the database
4,590
contract awards

Figures counted from our database.

Sources we read and when we last read them

Public data sources
MarketSourceWhat we takeRecordsReadLast successful read
US SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Daily public extract of US federal notices, filtered to defence agencies and defence classification codes. 20,701 opportunities Daily 20 Oct 2026, 05:48 UTC
US USAspending.gov Department of Defense prime awards and subawards with values, periods of performance and end dates. 14 awards Daily 20 Oct 2026, 04:44 UTC
EU TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) Defence and security notices from every EU member state, including Directive 2009/81/EC procedures and awards. 754 notices and awards Hourly 21 Oct 2026, 03:44 UTC
UK Find a Tender UK above-threshold notices from MOD, DE&S, DIO and other defence buyers, read as open contracting data. 178 notices and awards Hourly 21 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
UK Contracts Finder UK lower-value defence opportunities and awards that never reach Find a Tender. 43 notices and awards Hourly 21 Oct 2026, 03:07 UTC
NATO NATO agencies Procurement notices and bidder lists of NSPA and NCIA, plus defence notices of European NATO members via TED. n/a notices Daily 15 Oct 2026, 01:41 UTC
ALL DefenceContractors recompete tracker Our own data set: awards whose period of performance ends within 60 months, turned into future opportunities. 289 recompetes Daily 20 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

Rules every record follows

source + date

Cited

Source name, link, publication date and the time we fetched it are stored with each record and shown next to it.

public only

Public

No classified material, no export-controlled technical data, no weapon specifications and nothing behind portal logins.

one schema

Normalised

Buyers and contractors are merged into one entity list, values get a USD equivalent and codes are mapped across CPV, NAICS and PSC.

GDPR

People

The People section holds only business roles named in official notices, government announcements and company websites. We never store private contact details. Anyone listed can ask for removal or correction on the data request page.

Questions about our data

Where does defence contract data come from?
From official public sources: SAM.gov and USAspending.gov in the United States, TED for the European Union, Find a Tender and Contracts Finder in the United Kingdom, NATO agency procurement pages and national ministries of defence. Every record links to its source.
Do you use data from behind portal logins?
No. We read only what a buyer publishes openly. Nothing comes from registered-supplier areas, and no classified or export-controlled technical data is stored.
How do you handle people in the data?
Only business roles named in public sources, with the source and date shown. Anyone can ask for removal or correction on the data request page.
Why do values differ from the original notice?
We keep the original value and currency and add a USD equivalent at a reference exchange rate, so contracts can be compared across markets.
Defence contracts database API The same data as JSON
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Security What we never hold

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  • Source and publication date on every record
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