Enforcement
False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
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Enforcement
B-52 Crash at Edwards Kills 8—Including Two Boeing Employees—During AN/APQ-188 Radar Test
A B-52H crashed June 15, 2026 at Edwards AFB, killing all eight aboard—including two Boeing employees—during an AN/APQ-188 AESA radar test. The aircraft was the first in the fleet to receive the upgrade under the B-52J modernization program, which had already slipped three years.
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Enforcement
Broadway Electric and Cornerstone Contracting Pay $21.3M to Settle Eight-Year SDVOSB Set-Aside Fraud Scheme
Broadway Electric, Cornerstone Contracting, and two executives will pay $21.3M to resolve False Claims Act allegations they used front companies to fraudulently capture SDVOSB and small business set-aside contracts from 2017 to 2025.
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Enforcement
Court of Federal Claims Upholds NGA's Re-Award of $947M CLOVER Professional Services IDIQ, Ending Years-Long Protest Battle
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on June 15, 2026 denied challenges by Assertive Professionals and Tellus Strategies to NGA's $947M CLOVER IDIQ re-award, affirming all five awardees: Compass, Exacta Solutions, Innovate Now, Logic Gate, and ProCleared.
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Enforcement
Virgin Islands Contractor Sentenced in ARPA Bribery Scheme That Corrupted VIPD Commissioner and Budget Director
A Virgin Islands contractor was sentenced to 22 months for bribing VIPD Commissioner Ray Martinez and OMB Director Jenifer O'Neal with nearly $100,000 in cash, travel, and tuition to secure a $1.4 million ARPA-funded contract. Martinez received 10 years and O'Neal seven years in federal prison.
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Enforcement
Former Intelligence Community Contractor Pleads Guilty to $510,000 Kickback Scheme
David Duggin, 55, of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on June 12, 2026 to accepting at least $510,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor while serving as a senior program manager for an intelligence community prime contractor.
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Enforcement
GAO Report Finds Civilian Oversight of SOCOM Acquisitions Hampered by Policy Gaps and Access Dispute
A new GAO report (GAO-26-108036) found that the civilian office responsible for overseeing SOCOM weapons acquisitions lacks clear authority to access key program data, creating oversight gaps in a command that executes more than $3 billion in annual acquisitions.
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Enforcement
GM Defense Wins $143 Million Army Contract for Infantry Squad Vehicles
General Motors Defense LLC received a $142,985,392 firm-fixed-price contract (W912CH-26-F-0339) on June 11, 2026, for Infantry Squad Vehicles and winch kits. The Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal awarded the deal after three internet-solicited bids, with work completing June 24, 2027.
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Enforcement
ICE Awards BI2 Technologies $25.1M Sole-Source Contract for 1,570 Iris Scanners
ICE awarded Massachusetts-based BI2 Technologies a $25.1 million no-bid contract for 1,570 handheld iris scanners and support services, citing the firm as the only source of handheld iris scanning equipment that meets ICE's operational specifications for biometric identification.
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Enforcement
Krempp Construction Wins $45M Navy IDIQ for Magazine Maintenance at NWS Crane
The U.S. Navy awarded Krempp Construction Inc. of Jasper, Indiana a $45 million firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract for construction, renovation, and maintenance of explosive ordnance magazines at Naval Weapons Station Crane in Indiana.
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Enforcement
U.S. Air Force Awards $400M Construction IDIQ to Seven Firms at Morón Air Base
The Air Force awarded a $400 million, ten-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract to seven firms for construction services at Morón Air Base in Spain, a critical U.S. Air Forces in Europe installation supporting the European and African commands.
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Enforcement
GAO Dismisses Three Oready LLC Bid Protests as Untimely After Emails Missed 5:30 p.m. Cutoff
GAO dismissed three Oready LLC bid protests on June 8, 2026, after the company's emailed filings arrived after GAO's 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time cutoff, applying the strict timeliness rules that have historically resulted in dismissal regardless of how shortly after the deadline the filing arrived.
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Enforcement
DOJ's New National Fraud Enforcement Division Puts Government Contractors on Notice
Acting AG Todd Blanche's April 2026 memorandum created the NFED, consolidating DOJ's fraud enforcement under one division targeting cybersecurity attestation fraud, Buy American violations, and defective pricing.
