Awards
Contract awards across defense and civilian agencies — who won, what for, and what it signals for the market.
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Raytheon books $2.01B Air Force AEHF terminal modification — nuclear C2 SATCOM through August 2031
March 13, 2026 modification by AFNWC Strategic Communications Division raises cumulative AEHF terminal work to ~$2.97B. Performance in Marlborough, MA and Largo, FL through Aug. 9, 2031. Terminals support nuclear command and control.
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Air Force revives E-7A Wedgetail with $2.43B Boeing contracts — Congress reversed program cancellation
March 12, 2026: $2.33B Rapid Prototype Airborne Mission Segment option exercise plus $99.3M radar diminishing-manufacturing-sources work. Cumulative E-7A value now ~$5.01B. Driven by 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act mandate — Congress reversed Pentagon plans to halt the program.
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Raytheon wins $212M Navy AN/TPS-71 ROTHR support — Caribbean + Gulf surveillance through 2031
March 16, 2026 award. 1-year base ($40.25M) + 4 option years for operations/maintenance of AN/TPS-71 ROTHR network — operations control center in Chesapeake VA, three bistatic Doppler radar sites in VA, TX, and Puerto Rico. Counter-narcotics primary mission.
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CDC's $1.9B Data Modernization IDIQ Draws Industry Pushback Over Single-Vendor Strategy
CDC's real Data Modernization Initiative is a $1.9B/9-year single-vendor IDIQ via GSA FEDSIM, and the Digital Services Coalition is pushing back on that single-award structure, citing Healthcare.gov as a cautionary example. Replaces the article's original fabricated $800M/multi-award/7-year premise, which didn't match any real CDC procurement.
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AFRL awards DCS $95M ASSET contract for multi-domain sensor analysis
March 10, 2026 award to DCS Corporation supporting AFRL's Multi-Domain Sensing Autonomy Division (AFRL/RYA). Follows the 5-year, $48.4M MEAMS contract previously held by DCS subsidiary Infoscitex.
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Agile Defense beats 20 competitors for $118M USCIS RAPID dual-vendor contract
April 20, 2026 award via GSA MAS, dual-vendor structure, code-challenge procurement. Five-year potential. Builds on IntelliBridge's prior SPEED-program work (acquired by Agile Defense in 2025). Beat out 20 competitors.
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Vibrint books $1.2B across three federal HPC contracts — 125 engineering hires by end of 2026
April 14, 2026 announcement: three seven-year federal contracts totaling $1.2B for high-performance computing lifecycle engineering, modernization, and sustainment. Workforce ramping with 125 hires by end of 2026; 30+ subcontractors and 7 OEMs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Department of the Air Force releases $3.75B DAFSTS II Strategic Transformation IDIQ solicitation
Multi-award A&AS IDIQ ceiling: $3.75B over 5 years. NAICS 541611. Tier 1 + Tier 2 awards to all technically acceptable offerors. Final RFP responses due late November.
