Contract awards across defense and civilian agencies — who won, what for, and what it signals for the market.
Air, formerly Govini, says the Department of War awarded it a potential five-year, $200 million contract to deliver NGC2 readiness software with Army and industry partners, starting with I Corps as the program moves from division prototyping to force-wide delivery.
Read the story →The Marine Corps put 32 ACV recovery variants into full-rate production with a $230.1M firm-fixed-price modification to BAE Systems, fully obligated with FY2026 funds. Palfinger cranes get integrated at Anniston Army Depot, and the contract ceiling now stands at about $4.096B.
NAVAIR plans to award Lockheed Martin work to integrate LRASM on the B-52, which already carries up to 20 JASSMs. The Oct. 7 notice covers software updates, testing, test asset repair and failure review boards; no price or schedule has been disclosed.
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 stations are due by June 2027, backed by $10M+ of company cost-sharing.
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding won a $56 million Navy contract, with an option up to $91 million, to support AUKUS engineering, Foreign Military Sales work for the UK and Australia, and design of the SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine.
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 F-35 EW awards ran $493M (2021) and $491M (2023).
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 a $67.6M December award, the firm has drawn almost $350M, ProPublica reported.
The Coast Guard ordered four General Atomics MQ-9B long-range unmanned aircraft, ground stations and support equipment for $247.8 million through a CBP contract, funded by FY2025 reconciliation and FY2026 appropriations.
DFAS awarded Ernst & Young two labor-hour contracts worth up to $869.4M combined to audit Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force financial statements. Each competitive solicitation drew one quote; the Air Force deal succeeds EY's 2022 contract for the same work.
The Navy added $150 million to Shield AI's X-BAT other transaction agreement, matched by $150 million of company capital, bringing commitments to $400 million. The first full-scale prototype is weeks from completion, with VTOL flight tests set to begin by year's end.
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 used in combat. Production runs mainly in Tucson and Huntsville.
X-Bow Systems won a prototype agreement worth up to $69.7M, administered by Army Contracting Command-Rock Island, to develop and qualify a solid rocket motor booster for an undisclosed next-generation Navy weapon, including rate tooling for up to 500 motors a year in Luling, Texas.
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