wa tech giants made billions contracts us armed forces government agencies war affright according report released ahead anniversary big tech trade war report publish thursday three us campaign groups documented explosion government abridge virago facebook google microsoft twitter since tech companies contracts principally federal agency central war terror said report today big technical school corporations seen huge climb federal exact services particularly pentagon section homeland certificate demand us military intelligence agencies cloud computing gps software surged since defense industry grown progressively section defense alone spent billion big tech contracts since suppose report coaction litigate center race economy social justice groups littlesis mpower five agencies big tech contracts central foreign policy established direct result global war terror said amazon microsoft particular pulled ahead recent years amazon signing nearly five times microsoft signing eight times many federal contracts subcontracts compare report report said microsoft benefited leap defense contracts trump administration increment bit deals signed traditional military defense contractor aerospace companies raytheon john howard northrop grumman meanwhile declined recent reach five expectant tech companies comment yet receive report pulled data tech inquiry online tool appropriate users research us government tool includes contracts information publicly available figures given report likely underrepresentation report authors meanwhile criticized revolve door phenomenon big tech u security bureau former senior government officials going take major roles engineering science report cited former state department official jared cohen google example well virago steve pandelides once fbi microsoft joseph rozek facilitate determine section homeland security examples