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" ... Another source of overhead comes from major weapons contractors. In all, more than half of the Pentagon budget goes to contractors. The top five weapons companies alone received over $150 billion in Pentagon contracts in Fiscal Year 2020, more than one in five dollars spent by the department. Lockheed Martin, by far the largest recipient of government funding, had profits of $8 billion last year. Its CEO made over $20 million, 500 times what a beginning enlistee in the armed forces makes. If we want to save on Pentagon spending, we need to go where the money is. An independent investigation of contractor compensation, profits and overhead would be a useful tool for getting contractor costs under control. ... "