Awards
Contract awards across defense and civilian agencies — who won, what for, and what it signals for the market.
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Awards
GSA names 43 Phase 1 Alliant 3 awardees — no maximum dollar ceiling on the GWAC
February 23, 2026 announcement: 43 phase-1 winners from 133 proposals. Total target ~76 awardees across multiple phases. No maximum dollar ceiling. Vehicle covers cloud, cyber, data, software, systems engineering, emerging tech.
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OASIS+ Phase 2 launches January 12, 2026 — continuous on-ramp + 5 new domains across all 6 pools
Permanent open season from January 12, 2026. 1,300+ small businesses already on OASIS+. December 4, 2025 announcement added 5 new service domains (total now 13 domains across 6 solicitations).
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Army ITES-4S GWAC enters Phase 2 — $14.3B IT services vehicle targets small-business primes
The Army's $14.3 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Servers (ITES-4S) contract has entered Phase 2 of competition, with proposals due in May 2026. The vehicle is exclusively set aside for small businesses and represents one of the largest small-business-only IT GWACs currently in competition.
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SAIC books $95M GAO + $378M FAA IT modernization contracts in 2026
SAIC posted FY26 revenue of $7.3B as recent civilian-agency wins stack up. The $95M GAO Technical Information Services award and $378M FAA end-user-services contract anchor the company's federal-modernization positioning.
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Peraton and CACI each land $2.25B DCSA background-investigation contracts
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency awarded parallel $2.25B fieldwork-support contracts to CACI International and Peraton — covering security clearance and background investigation work that supports the entire federal cleared workforce.
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Space Development Agency awards $3.5B for 72 missile-tracking satellites — Tranche 3 four-vendor split
Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Rocket Lab, and Northrop Grumman each build 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 constellation. Launches scheduled FY29. Lockheed leads at $1.1B; Rocket Lab's award is its largest defense win.
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Navy commits $15.4B for Columbia-class submarines — and the supplier base behind one ballistic + two attack subs per year
March 18 contract modification funds Columbia design work, construction planning, and supplier investments through June 2035. Funding flows to GD Electric Boat (prime) and HII Newport News (partner). Plus: industrial base supports the demand signal of one Columbia + two Virginia subs annually.
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Treasury IRS modernization — Salesforce, Palantir, Iron Mountain, GovCIO get blanket purchase agreements
The Treasury / IRS announced major IT modernization progress through BPAs with Salesforce (taxpayer-facing services), Palantir (data integrity), Iron Mountain ($714M digitalization), GovCIO ($467M), and 22nd Century ($664M).
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State Department's $10B EVOLVE IT-services IDIQ — final 48 awardees across 5 categories
After clearing the last protest in February 2026, the State Department finalized 48 contract awards across IT management, cloud, application development, network, and end-user support categories. Major holders: Leidos (4), SAIC (4), GDIT (3), Booz Allen (3), Acuity (3), Amaxiam (3).
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USDA modernization — $300M Palantir + $270M Steampunk for cloud and data integration
USDA awarded Palantir a $300M ceiling BPA for the National Farm Security Action Plan (consolidating FSA + NRCS data systems) and Steampunk a $270M 5-year SBIR Phase III contract for OCIO cloud-support services.
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Space Force awards Lockheed Martin $1.2B GPS III satellite sustainment contract
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion contract to sustain the GPS III satellite constellation through 2031, covering on-orbit operations support, anomaly resolution, and ground system integration for the ten GPS III satellites currently in service.
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Bell V-280 Valor (now MV-75) — first FLRAA flight in 2026, production 2028, fielded 2030
The Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (Black Hawk replacement) is now designated MV-75. Bell Textron won the December 2022 contract; first prototype flight scheduled 2026, low-rate initial production 2028, initial fielding 2030.
