Colin Reyes

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• $46M Army Software IDIQ That Drew 99 Bidders Goes to McKinsey — Same Day As a Sole-Source Air Force Award
  Awards · 2026-09-27

  McKinsey won a competed $46M Army IDIQ for a strategic-planning software toolset that drew 99 bids, and a separate sole-source $9.98M Air Force analysis contract, both awarded the …

• Italy Books $4.2B OCCAR Contract for Two DDX Destroyers With Fincantieri-Leonardo JV
  Awards · 2026-09-27

  OCCAR signed a €3.7 billion ($4.2B) contract with Fincantieri-Leonardo venture Orizzonte Sistemi Navali for two next-gen DDX destroyers, delivering in 2033 and 2035, a five-year sl…

• Army Names 30 Finalists in Race for Cheaper Patriot-Compatible Interceptors
  Awards · 2026-09-27

  The Army's xTech|Apex Intercept prize competition named 30 finalists across four technical topics, each earning $25,000 now and eligible for additional prizes up to $1 million (Top…

• Army Taps Vulcan Elements to Supply Rare Earth Magnets for Million-Drone SkyFoundry Program
  Awards · 2026-09-26

  The Army selected Durham, N.C.-based Vulcan Elements to supply rare earth magnets for its SkyFoundry small-drone initiative, targeting a domestic, China-free supply chain for a pro…

• $85M AFRL Contract Aims to Rewire How the Air Force Designs Jets
  Awards · 2026-09-26

  Booz Allen won a 10-year, $85M ceiling IDIQ to build digital design tools linking airframe, propulsion, power and thermal engineering into one integrated process for Air Force airc…

• Navy Books $271.2M to Rebuild Newport's Coast Guard Cutter Pier
  Awards · 2026-09-23

  Skanska will rebuild Naval Station Newport's condemned Pier 1 into a 1,000-foot cutter homeport, funded partly by soon-expiring FY2022 dollars, as Sen. Jack Reed touts the four-ber…

• Hanwha Raises Pine Bluff Arsenal Investment to $2.2 Billion, Opens First U.S. Munitions Campus Building
  Awards · 2026-09-22

  Hanwha Defense USA cut the ribbon on its Pine Bluff Arsenal headquarters and raised its planned munitions campus investment to $2.2 billion and nearly 400 jobs, up sharply from Mar…

• Navy Awards Three Shipyards $280M to Speed Up LCU 1700 Landing Craft Production
  Awards · 2026-09-21

  The Navy awarded $280.5 million in competitive prototype agreements to Conrad Shipyard, Master Boat Builders and Saronic Technologies to build LCU 1700-class landing craft, replaci…

• Army Buys Combat-Tested Ukrainian Raybird Drone in $10.6M Deal With Skyeton
  Awards · 2026-09-21

  The Army awarded Ukrainian drone maker Skyeton $10.6 million for its Raybird reconnaissance UAS, which has flown 350,000+ combat hours for Ukraine since 2022 — one of the first con…

• Pentagon Shifts MQ-9 Reaper Drones From Africa to Southern Command Ahead of Latin America Operations
  Policy · 2026-09-21

  The Pentagon is preparing to move most of AFRICOM's MQ-9 Reaper drones to Southern Command to back counternarcotics operations in Latin America, including Ecuador, as $52 million i…

• $556M Marine Corps Barracks Push Goes to Consigli and Walsh Federal on Expiring O&M Funds
  Awards · 2026-09-19

  NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic awarded Consigli Construction $364.9M and Walsh Federal $191.3M in two days to replace ten barracks at Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune and New River. Both contracts …

• $234M Undefinitized Modification Puts 16 More UH-60M Black Hawks on Army Order
  Awards · 2026-09-18

  The Army added $234.5M to Sikorsky's UH-60M contract for 16 Black Hawks, lifting its value to $356.3M as the 10th multiyear winds down and Sikorsky eyes a roughly 150-aircraft foll…

• $490M CFM56 Core Order Targets P-8A Engine Spares Shortage
  Awards · 2026-09-18

  NAVAIR gave CFM International a $489.7M uncompeted IDIQ for up to 24 CFM56-7B27AE cores for P-8A Poseidons, as Navy notices cite engine spares shortages and time on wing near 6,000…

• $489.7M Navy Deal Locks In New Engines for P-8A Poseidon Fleet
  Awards · 2026-09-17

  NAVAIR awarded CFM International a $489.7M IDIQ for up to 24 P-8A Poseidon core engines and one C-40A engine, with half the P-8A units earmarked for Foreign Military Sales partners…

• Air Force Commits $4.3 Billion to Keep Global Parts Pipeline Running Through 2039
  Awards · 2026-09-17

  The Air Force awarded S&K Aerospace, a tribally owned Montana firm, a $4.3 billion IDIQ for its seventh-generation aircraft parts-ordering system, extending a foreign-military-sale…

• $1.2B Army Deal Arms Lockheed's PrSM Missile to Hit Moving Ships
  Awards · 2026-09-16

  The Army awarded Lockheed Martin $1.2 billion in a sole-source deal to produce the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2, a variant with a multi-mode seeker that can hit moving ship…

• Army Commits $2.5B to Fix the Engine Supply Chain Squeezing Abrams Readiness
  Awards · 2026-09-16

  The Army awarded a $2.5 billion ceiling OTA to National Advanced Mobility Consortium to enhance the AGT 1500 engine, months after officials flagged 166 critical and single-source p…

• $113.5M Space Force Award Rebuilds GPS Ground Control for Next-Gen Satellites
  Awards · 2026-09-14

  Lockheed Martin won $113.5M in Space Force task orders to rebuild GPS ground-system controls and start a three-phase hardware refresh, clearing the way for jam-resistant GPS IIIF s…

• Marine Corps Adds 12 More Rheinmetall Robot Mules for Beach Logistics
  Awards · 2026-09-14

  American Rheinmetall won a $7.28 million Defense Logistics Agency contract for 12 Mission Master SP autonomous ground vehicles and five amphibious kits, extending Marine Corps Warf…

• Army Locks In Olin Winchester for $788 Million Ammunition IDIQ
  Awards · 2026-09-13

  The Army awarded Olin Winchester a $788.4 million IDIQ for 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50-caliber ammunition through 2031 after receiving just one bid, cementing the company's position as …