U.S. Navy
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Policy
Pentagon's Priciest Weapons Programs Now Take 12+ Years to Deliver, GAO Finds
GAO's 24th annual Weapon Systems Assessment finds DOD's 104 costliest programs, worth $2.4 trillion, now average 12+ years to field capability, with 18 of 40 rapid-pathway programs entering with immature technology below TRL 6.
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Awards
Lockheed Martin Could Collect $1.38B for Navy AEGIS Ship Integration and Testing Across Five U.S. Sites Plus Romania and Poland
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin up to $1,383,266,817 for AEGIS ship integration and test work spanning five U.S. shipyards and two NATO Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland, with an initial obligation of $60.6 million and options running through June 2036.
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Awards
$31.4M Navy Contract Sends USNS William McLean to Alabama Shipyard
Alabama Shipyard won a $31.4M Navy contract to overhaul and dry dock the dry cargo ship USNS William McLean, with three unexercised options that could extend the deal value to $31.6M.
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Awards
$90 Million NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Design Contract Goes to Family-Run Norfolk Firm
NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic awarded a $90M architect-engineer IDIQ to Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors, a roughly 20-person, woman-owned Norfolk firm, beating six other offerors for Navy and Marine Corps design work through 2031.
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Awards
$26.6M Modification Adds Shore Power to Two NOAA Research Ships at Thoma-Sea
The Navy added $26,625,622 to Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors' NOAA shipbuilding contract to add shore-power capability to two nearly complete oceanographic research vessels, Oceanographer and Discoverer.
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Policy
Navy Doubles Anti-Radar Missile Production Target to 600 a Year, Opens Door to Northrop Rival
A July 1 Navy RFI seeks a second source for anti-radar missiles at up to 600 rounds a year, double the February target, as the service pauses Northrop Grumman AARGM-ER buys and looks for an alternative to its sole-source supplier.
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Awards
$99M Sole-Source Bridge Deal Keeps Military Sealift Command's C4 Systems Running
The Navy awarded StratasCorp Technologies a $99M sole-source bridge contract to keep C4 afloat support running for Military Sealift Command's fleet through December 2027 while a longer-term acquisition takes shape.
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Awards
$49.3M Repair Contract Sends USS Wichita Back to Dry Dock Months After Last Overhaul
BAE Systems wins a sole-source $49.3M contract for USS Wichita's FY2026 docking availability, just months after the Freedom-class ship completed a 26-month repair following a 2022 propulsion mishap that nearly led to its early retirement.
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Awards
$180M Navy IDIQ Sends Western Pacific Salvage and Towing Work to SMIT Singapore
NAVSEA awarded SMIT Singapore Pte Ltd. a $180 million IDIQ for salvage-related towing, harbor clearance and ocean engineering across the Western Pacific, beating out other offerors in a five-bid competition running through July 2031.
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Awards
$49.5M Navy IDIQ Puts Generative AI Into Fleet Training Courseware, Sole-Source to Dignitas
Dignitas Technologies won a $49.5 million Navy IDIQ on June 30, 2026 to modernize surface and undersea training systems and bring generative AI into courseware. The sole-source award runs through 2029 and traces to SBIR topic N252-112.
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Awards
$312M Navy Order Puts the SEWIP Block 3 Jammer on an Aircraft Carrier for the First Time
Northrop Grumman received a $312.3M firm-fixed-price option to produce SEWIP Block 3 Hemisphere and Quadrant electronic-attack systems, including the first shipset bound for an aircraft carrier — extending the Navy's soft-kill jammer beyond the destroyers that have carried it so far.
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Awards
$1.1 Billion AIM-9X Lot 26 Order Becomes the Largest Sidewinder Buy on Record
The U.S. Navy exercised Lot 26 production options worth $1.108 billion with Raytheon for 1,989 AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ tactical missiles, the largest single Sidewinder order to date, with work running through 2029.
