The 2011 defense budget

The 2011 defense budget has been released. With a small increase over 2010′s budget at $708 billion. The cost of the wars in Iraq and Iraq forecast at $159bn

The biggest winners are the military contractors. Here they are in order.
Lockhead Martin $31.3bn
Boeing $20.9bn
Northrop Grumman $16.1bn
General Dynamics $15.9bn
Raytheon $15bn
United Technologies $7.1bn
L3 communications $7.1bn
Bae Systems $6.8bn
Oshkosh $6.4bn
KBR $4.7bn