Yes. In practical terms, the “U.S. Department of War” in this article is the same organization as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). A 2025 executive order by President Trump authorized DoD to use “Department of War” as a secondary title in communications, but it did not change the department’s legal name or structure, which remain the Department of Defense under existing law.
In other words, it’s the same agency, with an added brand/name option.
War.gov is the official public website for the U.S. Department of Defense using its newly authorized branding as the “Department of War.” The site carries DoD/War Department news, press releases, contracts, and other public information.
Technically, it is the same institution that previously used Defense.gov as its main site. Trump’s 2025 executive order allowed the department to use “Department of War” wording and branding (including web domains like war.gov) in non‑statutory communications, while the underlying legal entity is still the Department of Defense.
The full list and details for the Dec. 22, 2025 contracts are in the official daily contract announcement on the Department of War/Defense website. You can read it here:
You can also browse or search all daily contract announcements from the contracts section of the site.
The announcement sets a $7.5 million floor because the Department of Defense/War typically only issues public daily summaries for larger contract actions. DoD’s long‑standing practice is to publicly announce contracts above a set dollar threshold (historically around $7 million), while smaller awards are handled through normal procurement systems without a daily press-style release.
So, contracts under $7.5 million may exist but are usually not listed in these daily public contract announcements.
The timestamp “Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:00:25 GMT” is given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, labeled as GMT in many feeds). It does not automatically correspond to one specific local time zone; local time depends on where you are. For example, 22:00 GMT on that date would be 5:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and 2:00 p.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The named contractors/recipients are the companies and organizations listed in the official Dec. 22, 2025 contract announcement—for example, Raytheon Missiles and Defense; BAE Systems Land and Armaments; The Boeing Co.; Elbit America; General Atomics; Bechtel Plant Machinery; Northrop Grumman; Propper International; Oshkosh Defense; and others.
Their names, locations, contract amounts, and basic work descriptions are published in the Department of War/Defense daily contract notice for that date, which serves as the authoritative public list.
In RSS/Atom feeds, the guid (Globally Unique Identifier) field uniquely identifies an item. When is_perma_link="false" is set, it means the guid value itself should not be treated as a clickable permanent URL—it's just an identifier string.
For accessing or citing the article, you should use the actual link field (https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4366669/), not the guid value, because the permalink for users is the link, while guid is mainly for feed readers to track the item.