All articles
-
Awards
Raytheon books $904.6M Army LTAMDS modification — five units + six spares, work through 2031
April 16, 2026 modification raises cumulative LTAMDS value to ~$5.36B. Andover, MA performance through Aug. 29, 2031. Single bid received via online solicitation; $725.9M FY2026 missile-procurement funds obligated at award.
-
Awards
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lots 18-19 — $12.5B contract finalizes 296 fighters at $24.3B total
DoD modification finalizes Lots 18 and 19 of F-35 production. 296 jets, $24.3B combined value, deliveries through August 2028. Plus a separate April 2026 $177.5M test-aircraft contract.
-
Protests
Court of Federal Claims clears VA's $60.7B T4NG2 IT vehicle — Judge Silfen rules forfeiture defense controls
April 3, 2026 ruling allows VA's 10-year, $60.7B Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 to proceed. 31 protests filed; Taurian, Technatomy, and Peregrine were added before the ruling.
-
Awards
RTX's Pratt & Whitney lands $6.6B F135 engine contract — definitizing the same Lots 18-19
Pratt & Whitney's F135 propulsion contract modification (March 31, 2026) supports F-35 Lots 18 and 19 across CTOL, CV, and STOVL variants. Program supports 66,000 jobs across 47 states.
-
Policy
NDAA Section 875 — DoD COs may withhold up to 5% from incumbents whose protests get tossed
FY2026 NDAA (signed Dec. 18, 2025) §875 directs DoD to amend DFARS so contracting officers may withhold up to 5% of contract payments from incumbents whose GAO protests are dismissed for lacking any reasonable basis. Implementing rules due by June 16, 2026.
-
Policy
CMMC 2.0 Level 2 enforcement goes live — DoD contracts issued after April 2026 must include the clause
DoD has begun inserting the CMMC 2.0 Level 2 certification clause into new contracts covering Controlled Unclassified Information following the December 2024 final rule. Contractors without a completed third-party assessment risk award delays and contract loss.
-
Protests
GAO: oral-presentation recordings sink DIA's $815M GDIT task order — Amentum, SOSi protests sustained
B-423898 et al. (Jan. 27, 2026) — DIA's $814.9M CENTCOM JIOC task order to GDIT vacated. Recordings showed SOSi never said what DIA penalized it for; GAO found unequal scoring favoring GDIT over Amentum.
-
Policy
Trump EO 14398 (anti-DEI clause) hits federal contracts April 24, 2026 — Maryland lawsuit filed within 4 days
EO 14398 (March 26, 2026) requires anti-DEI clauses in federal contracts. New solicitations from April 24, 2026; existing contracts get bilateral modification by July 24, 2026. National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education + others filed Maryland district court challenge April 20, 2026.
-
Enforcement
DOJ recovers record $6.8B in FY25 FCA settlements — Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative settles $51.8M, 233% jump
DOJ's January 16, 2026 announcement: $6.8B total FCA recoveries in FY25 (record). Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative drove $51,849,634 across 8 settlements — a 233% increase over FY24's $15.5M / 4 settlements. 1,297 qui tam suits, the highest ever.
-
Awards
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus — Air Force commits to 75 more aircraft, $101M April 2026 support contract
April 2026: Air Force commits to ordering 75 additional KC-46 tankers to bridge to NGAS in the mid-2030s. Plus a $101.3M parts/support contract April 6 and recent $2.47B Lot 12 award.
-
Enforcement
Health Net / Centene pay $11.25M to settle TRICARE FCA — cybersecurity certs, no breach alleged
DOJ Feb 18, 2025 settlement: Health Net Federal Services + parent Centene pay $11,253,400 over false certifications of cybersecurity compliance under TRICARE 2015-2018. No exfiltration of PHI alleged — the FCA violation was the misrepresentation itself.
-
Protests
GAO sustains ECS protest after Army Corps issued 10 RFQ amendments with 1-hour response windows
Effective Communication Strategies, LLC v. Army Corps (B-423993, B-423993.2, Feb. 18, 2026). Corps issued 10 amendments — including microwave/dehumidifier/refrigerator specs — over weekends with 60-minute response windows. GAO ordered re-solicit and protest-cost reimbursement.
Page 98 of 107
