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Pentagon Awards Dell $9.7B Microsoft Enterprise Software Agreement to Consolidate DoD Licenses Across Military, Intelligence Community, and Coast Guard
The Navy awarded Dell Federal Systems a $9.69 billion, five-year blanket purchase agreement consolidating Microsoft 365 licenses and cloud subscriptions across DoD, the Intelligence Community, and the Coast Guard, projecting $422 million in annual savings.
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GAO: DCSA Completing Less Than Half of Required Security Inspections at Cleared Contractor Facilities, 815 Violations Documented in FY2025
A GAO report finds DCSA completed under 40% of required security assessments at cleared contractor facilities in FY2025, leaving 1,032 open vulnerabilities across 12,500+ facilities on a $160 million annual budget while personnel vetting received $1.3 billion.
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House Armed Services Committee Releases $1.15 Trillion FY2027 NDAA Chairman's Mark, Markup Set for June 4
The House Armed Services Committee released its $1.15 trillion FY2027 NDAA chairman's mark on May 26, 2026, authorizing multiyear procurements for F-35s, destroyers, and amphibious vessels while requiring a second solid rocket motor manufacturer.
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SOCOM and SOFWERX Seek Industry Partners to Build All-Domain Autonomous Systems Proving Ground at Stennis Space Center
U.S. Special Operations Command's Joint Acquisition Task Force and SOFWERX announced May 27, 2026, an industry solicitation to develop a permanent all-domain autonomous systems proving ground at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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Booz Allen Posts $11.2B FY2026 Revenue as Civil Segment Falls 23% — Defense Backlog Holds at Record $38 Billion
Booz Allen Hamilton closed FY2026 with $11.2B in revenue, down 6.4% year-over-year, as its civil segment dropped 23% amid slower federal procurement. Defense and national security work held firm, and a $38 billion backlog with a 1.1x book-to-bill signals the firm expects stabilization in FY2027.
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NASA Awards ~$1B in Moon Base Rover and Lander Contracts to Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, and Firefly
NASA has awarded approximately $1 billion in contracts to four companies — Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, Blue Origin, and Firefly Aerospace — for lunar rovers, cargo landers, and drone spacecraft to support Moon Base I, targeting a fall 2026 or later launch and sustained human presence near the lunar South Pole.
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OMB M-26-14 Scraps Biden-Era Cyber Logging Mandate, Shifts Federal Agencies to Risk-Based Prioritized Approach
OMB Director Russ Vought issued M-26-14, rescinding Biden-era M-21-31 logging requirements. The new memo shifts agencies to continuous event monitoring and threat-hunting frameworks, with CISA given 90 days to publish a Logging Reference Architecture and compliance deadlines stretching to 320 days.
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Army Awards Raytheon $1.02B Single-Bid Contract for NASAMS Air Defense Fire Units Under Kuwait Foreign Military Sales
The Army awarded Raytheon Co. a $1.02 billion firm-fixed-price single-bid contract for NASAMS air defense fire units under a Kuwait Foreign Military Sales case. The full amount was obligated at award. Work is set for completion by May 2031, with the contract managed out of Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal.
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SpaceX Wins $2.29B Space Force Contract to Build Starshield-Based Space Data Network Backbone
Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX a $2.29B Other Transaction Agreement to build the Space Data Network Backbone, a militarized Starshield LEO constellation delivering worldwide tactical communications and broadband, with a fully operational prototype required by end of 2027.
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FedRAMP Releases CR26 Preview: New Certification Classes, Machine-Readable Requirements, and 30-Month Stability Window
FedRAMP's CR26 public preview, launched May 4, 2026, replaces narrative guidance with declarative MUST/MUST NOT statements, swaps Low/Moderate/High labels for tiered Classes A–D, and publishes requirements as a machine-readable GitHub API, with final release expected July 1, 2026.
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NASA Releases Draft RFP for Landsat 10 Spacecraft With 2031 Launch Target and Full-and-Open Competition
NASA Goddard has released a draft RFP for the Landsat 10 spacecraft bus, targeting a 2031 launch with a ~5.5-year performance period. The full-and-open competition uses FFP and T&M contract types, with presolicitation responses due June 2, 2026.
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Navy Selects 7 Unmanned Surface Vessel Designs for Prototype Trials Under 47-Ship Autonomous Fleet Expansion
The U.S. Navy has selected seven Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel designs to enter a prototype evaluation phase as part of a broader $3.11B program to field 47 autonomous ships through FY2031.
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