U.S. Air Force
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Enforcement
DOJ Forces TransDigm to Abandon $960M Stellant Systems Buy Over Aegis, F-16 Radar Monopoly Fears
DOJ threatened suit over radar-component overlap on Aegis and F-16 programs, and TransDigm withdrew its $960M bid for Stellant Systems rather than fight the block in court.
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Enforcement
$3.1M False Claims Act Deal Resolves Phantom-Employee and Size-Fraud Claims Across 49 Federal Contracts
Sanford Federal, Inc. and owner Joseph Mandour agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the firm faked employee credentials and misrepresented its size to win set-aside work spanning 49 contracts and multiple agencies, DOJ said.
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Enforcement
B-52 Crash at Edwards Kills 8—Including Two Boeing Employees—During AN/APQ-188 Radar Test
A B-52H crashed June 15, 2026 at Edwards AFB, killing all eight aboard—including two Boeing employees—during an AN/APQ-188 AESA radar test. The aircraft was the first in the fleet to receive the upgrade under the B-52J modernization program, which had already slipped three years.
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Enforcement
U.S. Air Force Awards $400M Construction IDIQ to Seven Firms at Morón Air Base
The Air Force awarded a $400 million, ten-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract to seven firms for construction services at Morón Air Base in Spain, a critical U.S. Air Forces in Europe installation supporting the European and African commands.
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Enforcement
Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids on Nellis and Moody Air Force Projects
Scott G. Srodes, 65, of Las Vegas pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids and defraud the U.S. on more than $1.8M in Air Force facility projects at Nellis and Moody AFB. It is the second plea in an ongoing PCSF bid-rigging investigation into military-facility procurement.
