Marcus Webb

Latest from the contracts & acquisitions desk

• $21M Army IBCS Order Swaps Command Tent for Northrop Expandable Van
  Awards · 2026-10-14

  Army taps Northrop Grumman for a $21M IBCS variant that swaps the command tent for a protected expandable van; two manufacturing prototypes with six operator and four staff station…

• F-35 Block 4 Electronic Warfare for Lots 20-22 Goes to BAE Under Lockheed Subcontract
  Awards · 2026-10-12

  Lockheed Martin picked BAE Systems to build AN/ASQ-239 Block 4 electronic warfare systems for F-35 Lots 20-22 and to retrofit older jets. BAE declined to disclose the value; prior …

• Pentagon's $281M No-Bid OTA Sends Consulting Work to Alvarez & Marsal Federal, Firm Tied to BOND Chief
  Awards · 2026-10-12

  The Pentagon signed a $281 million no-bid OTA with Alvarez & Marsal Federal to advise BOND, an office led by George Kollitides II, a longtime partner at affiliate A&M Capital. With…

• $6.3B SM-3 Block IB Deal Sets Up Multiyear Interceptor Restock at Raytheon
  Awards · 2026-10-10

  The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon an undefinitized SM-3 Block IB contract with a $4.4 billion base and a ceiling of up to $6.3 billion, aimed at replenishing interceptors…

• $159M Genesis Mission Phase II Awards Go to Commonwealth Fusion, Oak Ridge and 10 Others
  Awards · 2026-10-09

  DOE moved 12 Genesis Mission teams into Phase II with $159M in awards led by Commonwealth Fusion Systems, seven universities and four national labs, timed to a White House summit w…

• Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital Offers Wolfspeed a Conditional $1.5B Loan for SiC and GaN Chips
  Awards · 2026-10-09

  The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital issued Wolfspeed a conditional commitment for up to $1.5 billion in 30-year, senior secured delayed-draw financing to expand U.S…

• $1.8B Army NGC2 Contract Moves Anduril Data Layer From Division Prototype to I Corps Fielding
  Awards · 2026-10-08

  Article fact-checked against GovConWire and Defence Blog. Defense Daily was paywalled, so I removed it and its two quotes and the Oct. 5 date. Inference about the June-to-October f…

• $672.5M TSA Checkpoint Equipment Deployment Recompete Stays With Leidos
  Awards · 2026-10-08

  TSA kept Leidos as sole deployer of airport checkpoint screening equipment under a single-award IDIQ worth up to $672.5M over eight years, up from the $470.7M 2021 contract. Three …

• $14.7B Lockheed Order Lets Boeing Triple PAC-3 MSE Seeker Output
  Awards · 2026-10-08

  Lockheed Martin awarded Boeing an undefinitized contract action worth about $14.7 billion to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production under a seven-year Pentagon framework, backing the P…

• $237.6M USAccess 2.0 PIV Credentialing Contract Goes to XTec After Two Protests
  Awards · 2026-10-08

  GSA finalized XTec's $237.6M ceiling award to rebuild USAccess, the PIV badge service for 100+ agencies, after protests by IDEMIA and incumbent Peraton. The deal shifts the program…

• $1.7B Ceiling on Navy SEWIP Block II Order Keeps Lockheed Building SLQ-32(V)6
  Awards · 2026-10-08

  Navy gave Lockheed Martin a $209M firm-fixed-price modification to build AN/SLQ-32(V)6 SEWIP Block II electronic warfare systems through 2029, with options to about $1.71B, ahead o…

• $903M Sole-Source DLA Cloud IDIQ Puts ERP Hosting With SAP NS2
  Awards · 2026-10-07

  DLA awarded SAP National Security Services a sole-source IDIQ worth up to $903 million over seven years to host its SAP-based ERP environment, covering RISE private cloud, multiten…

• GSA's Final LLM Data Clause Takes Effect Oct. 19: What Changed and What Contractors Still Owe
  Policy · 2026-10-07

  GSA's final LLM data clause takes effect Oct. 19 with self-deleting carve-outs and limited flowdown, but contractors selling LLM tools still face 72-hour violation notices, 120-day…

• EPA's $67M START VII Superfund Contract Stays With Weston After Incumbent Tetra Tech Loses Key-Personnel Fight
  Protests · 2026-10-06

  GAO denied in part and dismissed in part incumbent Tetra Tech's protest of EPA's START VII Superfund award to Weston Solutions. One of eight environmental technicians missed the mi…

• DISA Takes Second Shot at Adding Combatant Commands to Leidos' $11.5B Enclave Contract
  Protests · 2026-10-02

  After GDIT's protest forced corrective action, DISA ran market research with 24 respondents and again concluded only Leidos can migrate the combatant commands to DoDNet by the Sept…

• Federal Awards Still Skip Beneficial-Ownership Checks, Leaving Hundreds of Billions Open to Shell-Company Fraud
  Enforcement · 2026-10-02

  A GAO report finds federal awards generally do not require beneficial-ownership disclosure, leaving hundreds of billions exposed to shell-company and pass-through fraud while the S…

• NASA Splits $1.4B Enterprise Logistics Work Among 16 OASIS+ Holders
  Awards · 2026-10-02

  NASA selected 16 companies, seven of them Alaska Native or tribal subsidiaries, for $1.4 billion in Enterprise Logistics Support Services BPAs placed on GSA's OASIS+, covering prop…

• DHS Watchdog Finds Nearly $10B in ICE Detention-Space Deals Lacked Needs Assessments and Oversight
  Enforcement · 2026-10-02

  DHS OIG report OIG-26-37 found ICE never assessed its overall detention needs before awarding 46 procurements worth about $9.7B, and that justification files, on-site monitoring an…

• SAIC Wins $742M CBP Traveler and Cargo Security Systems Recompete Task Order Under Alliant 2
  Awards · 2026-10-01

  SAIC won a $742 million, five-year Alliant 2 recompete task order to support CBP systems that assess security risk from travelers and cargo, running Sept. 15, 2026 through Sept. 14…

• $5.1B Truman Carrier Overhaul Goes to HII Without Competition
  Awards · 2026-10-01

  The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls a $5.1 billion fixed-ceiling incentive contract to refuel and overhaul USS Harry S. Truman at Newport News. The award was sole-source, work runs…