u/DefMetrix

Data drives the future of national security. Today, we are excited to launch our newest feature tracking the 50 largest publicly traded U.S. defense contractors.

In defense, winning tomorrow requires investing today. As the administration pushes for a more resilient, high-tech, and modernized industrial base, the critical question is: Which companies are actually building the future?

Our new tool lets you cut through the noise. You can now track, isolate, and compare the top 50 defense firms across the metrics that matter most for long-term growth:
▪️ R&D Spending: See who is pioneering next-gen tech
▪️ CapEx (Capital Expenditures): Track real investments in infrastructure
▪️ Financial Health: Compare margins, revenue, and backlogs

Whether you are an investor, policymaker, or industry analyst, this dashboard gives you the hard data to see who is putting their money where their mouth is.

Try the Public Companies Tool today on DefMetrix its free!

https://defmetrix.com/tools/public_financials

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Hey everybody, I just wanted to provide another update on defmetrix and our progress. We have continued to expand our offerings to serve the defense industry.

We now have developed the Defense Atlas, which includes 3 tools (more to come).

1. System Atlas. A complete searchable filterable database, of current US military systems, it includes year fielded, prime contractor, and estimated unit cost. Aircraft, missiles, radars. etc we have it.

2. Organization Atlas. A DoD Organizational hierachy. We have never seen a tool that breaks down the organizational hierarchy tree of the DoD, so we built it. Its a heavy tool.

3. Installation Atlas. A database/tool of DoD Installations and capabilities. The DoD is so big that its impossible to know what all exists. We are trying to change that. You can view the US Map of bases, forts, arsenals, depots, etc. You can also search for specific capabilities such as launch sites, wind tunnels, etc.

We also continue to build out the Toolkit, which includes free tools and calculators. We currently have 19 calculators, planners, and document builders for pricing, scheduling, capture, and execution. Plus a full set of proposal document generators. Everything runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.

Please take some time to check out our offerings, if you work in the industry, you will find something useful! Let us know what else we can build to help you! We are here to help.

In my spare time I’ve been building tools mainly around the defense community. My ultimate goal is to build a platform that rivals some of the paid tools, like govtrive or highergov, and keep it free. I’m definitely not there yet though. You can check out my progress at defmetrix.com. My latest idea was to build a cost estimator that would include subs, materials, travel etc that would be helpful for estimating projects or SBIR proposals. Would anyone find this useful? I know most established companies already have these, but maybe it would save time for someone going after their first SBIR.

If you have other ideas you want me to build, let me know! I want to help.

Recently I was interested to know how often protests are successful and was surprised to find out that it’s extremely low, 3%! Check it out at defmetrix.com for free!

Next time you think about protesting an award. Look at the stats and see if it’s worth your time and money.

I’ve been building a defense industry platform called DefMetrix that aggregates publicly available data from sources like: USAspending, SEC filings, Executive compensation disclosures, Lobbying records, budget documents, University research awards, Contract awards and modifications

The original goal was to make it easier to connect information that’s usually fragmented across dozens of government sites and PDFs.

I’m still actively building it out, but I’d genuinely like feedback from people in govcon, defense BD, investing, acquisition.

What datasets or features would actually be useful to you?

Happy to answer questions about the data sources or methodology too.

Defmetrix.com