About $4.07B to procure 10,000 medium tactical vehicles — one of the few records stating a quantity, added while the price was still unsettled (BAE Systems)

1The rarity of a stated quantity

Searching the descriptions of the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-31, only three state a quantity such as how many vehicles or aircraft. Most records stop at a stage or category — long lead items, advance procurement, production of a given lot — without saying what was bought or how many. This record states 10,000 directly.

Reading the scale of a procurement out of contract data normally leaves only the amount as a handle, with neither unit price nor quantity available while the total is examined.

2Added before the price was settled

The description closes by noting the action was added as an undefinitized contractual action. That is a mechanism for beginning work or procurement before price is fixed, used where waiting would halt production or delivery. Ten thousand vehicles are ordered before the price is settled, leaving a later step to negotiate terms, so the amount at this point is not the final one.

Of the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-08-31, three touch undefinitized actions and two are letter contracts, exceptional handling among 193 ordinary definitive contracts.

3Sixteen years of procurement

The period runs from May 2008 to September 2024, more than sixteen years. Across the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-08-31, 42 have durations of fifteen years or more, a fifth of the total. Equipment procurement rides on annual budgets while actually moving on a timescale exceeding a decade.

That excise tax is written into the description reads as reflecting that at this scale and duration, managing a total including tax becomes part of the contract. How many of the 10,000 were delivered and by when is not part of this record.