Current Bellum coverage
Read these coverage figures before interpreting a total
The award-record count describes the synchronized, included source population, not all defense spending or procurement ever conducted. Coverage dates show the earliest and latest included evidence, not a guarantee of a real-time feed. Quarantined records should not be silently added back to headline totals before review. The curated budget subset is not the full Department of Defense budget table.
- Freshness: use the date range shown above for award-related conclusions; check it again before quoting a figure.
- Scope: public financial totals reflect the available Bellum records and that metric’s source definitions.
- Exceptions: a quarantined record awaits evidence or data-quality review; its exclusion is not proof that the underlying award never occurred.
- Budget: a limited, documented set of program rows cannot support claims about every DoD program.
For detailed research steps visit Award Research, Financial Definitions and Source Register.