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Colin Reyes
Defense & Technology Correspondent
Colin Reyes covers defense procurement, space programs, and federal cybersecurity contracting. A former Navy program analyst, he supported acquisition program offices and worked alongside contractors on major systems programs before transitioning to independent research and writing. His reporting tracks defense budget cycles, NDAA provisions, major weapons and satellite programs, and the expanding federal market for cybersecurity and zero-trust architecture. He holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering and a graduate certificate in national security studies.
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Articles by Colin Reyes
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GAO Sustains Protest Against Army Corps for Giving Vendors One Hour to Respond to Solicitation Amendment
Protests · 2026-05-14
GAO sustained a bid protest on February 18 against the Army Corps of Engineers for issuing a solicitation amendment with a one-hour response deadline, finding the agency violated F…
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DoD Proposes FOCI Disclosure Requirements for 40,000 Unclassified Defense Contractors
Policy · 2026-05-14
The Defense Department published a proposed DFARS rule on May 7 that would require any contractor or subcontractor holding a DoD contract over $5 million to disclose foreign owners…
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CACI Wins $113M Competitive Award to Sustain Navy Military Sealift Command Business Systems
Awards · 2026-05-14
The Navy awarded CACI Inc.–Federal a $113.8 million firm-fixed-price contract on May 8 to maintain and modernize the Military Sealift Command's integrated business systems through …
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Palantir Wins Army's TITAN Contract: Boosting AI-Enabled Ground Systems and Shaping the Defense AI Landscape
Awards · 2026-05-13
The U.S. Army awarded Palantir a contract for the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) program, advancing the Army's all-domain operations and AI/ML modernization ro…
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Odyssey Systems Gets $49M Space Force Space Domain Awareness Advisory Option Year 4
Awards · 2026-05-12
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group received a $48.9M contract modification on May 8 exercising Option Year Four of its Space Domain Awareness technical acquisition and advisory servi…
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Five Eyes Allies Accelerate AI Warfighting Infrastructure at Combined Digital Leadership Summit
Policy · 2026-05-12
The U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand convened the Combined Digital Leadership Summit 26.1 on May 8–11, agreeing to operationalize Project Arcadia — a shared AI and comm…
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Northrop Grumman Wins $100M Sole-Source Air Force Contract for Stand-in Attack Weapon Seeker Components
Awards · 2026-05-12
Northrop Grumman secured a sole-source Air Force contract worth up to $100M for active seeker components, test and evaluation support, and science and technology development for th…
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DMEA Awards $25.4B ATSP V Microelectronics IDIQ to 10 Companies Led by Northrop, Raytheon, Leidos
Awards · 2026-05-12
The Defense Microelectronics Activity awarded 10 companies — including Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Leidos, L3Harris, Boeing, and Draper Lab — spots on the $25.4B ATSP V IDIQ contra…
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Lockheed Martin RMS Receives $75.6M Modification for Navy and Coast Guard Integrated Combat Systems
Awards · 2026-05-12
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems picked up a $75.6M contract modification on May 8 for systems engineering and software integration supporting integrated combat systems a…
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HII Unmanned Systems Gets $37M Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Contract Modification
Awards · 2026-05-12
HII Unmanned Systems received a $37M firm-fixed-price modification on May 7 for Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle production and support equipment, continuing deliveries to …
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Awarded $66M for Virginia- and Columbia-Class Submarine Data System
Awards · 2026-05-12
General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $66.2M SBIR Phase III IDIQ on May 7 to deliver the Data Acquisition and Retrieval System for Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines, with wo…
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Applied Research Associates Wins $111.5M Naval Research Laboratory High-Performance Computing IDIQ
Awards · 2026-05-12
Applied Research Associates landed a $111.5M IDIQ from the Naval Research Laboratory on May 8 for high-performance computing R&D support, including cryptographic capability develop…
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Raytheon Wins $206M Navy Contract to Integrate M-Code GPS Into Carrier Landing System
Awards · 2026-05-10
NAVAIR awarded Raytheon a $206M cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to upgrade the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System with M-Code GPS — adding jamming resistance to the syste…
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Anduril Lands $100M Space Force Contract Modification to Double SDANet Space Surveillance Mesh
Awards · 2026-05-10
Space Systems Command expanded Anduril's SDANet contract ceiling from $99.7M to $200M, funding the next phase of a Lattice-powered mesh network connecting Space Surveillance Networ…
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General Dynamics Land Systems Wins $716M Sole-Source Army Contract to Sustain Abrams Tank Fleet Through 2031
Awards · 2026-05-10
Army Contracting Command awarded GDLS a $716M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to maintain, field, and train on the M1 Abrams family and combat engineering vehicles — the only proposal…
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Leidos Wins $869M Army Contract to Build AI-Powered Battlefield Decision System
Awards · 2026-05-10
The Army awarded Leidos an $869M five-year contract under the MACRO II program to integrate AI across all warfighting domains, helping commanders process multidomain data faster th…
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Pentagon Expands Scale AI Agreement Fivefold to $500M as Demand Outpaces Original Scope
Awards · 2026-05-09
The DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office raised Scale AI's Other Transaction Authority ceiling from $100M to $500M, citing department-wide demand that exceeded the …
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Viasat's Inmarsat Government Unit Locks Up $307M Marine Corps Satellite Communications Recompete
Awards · 2026-05-09
Space Systems Command awarded Inmarsat Government a $307M firm-fixed-price contract for Marine Corps global satellite connectivity — the only proposal received in the recompete.
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Lockheed Martin Wins $407M to Advance Aegis Guam Missile Defense to Combat-Ready Status
Awards · 2026-05-09
The Missile Defense Agency modified Lockheed Martin's Aegis Guam contract by $407M, pushing the total program value past $1.9B as the Pacific deterrent system moves toward engineer…
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Navy Awards HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding $283M to Start FF(X) Frigate Construction After Constellation-Class Cancellation
Awards · 2026-05-08
Ingalls Shipbuilding secured a $283 million lead yard support contract on April 28 to begin cutting steel and procuring long-lead materials for the FF(X) frigate, which replaces th…