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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.
Read the story →Labor unions want the Senate NDAA's Section 815 kept in the final bill; the U.S. Chamber wants it cut. The provision would bar Pentagon contracts with firms paying buybacks or dividends absent a waiver. The House bill has no such language.
The Navy awarded Raytheon a five-year, up-to-$24.4B contract with two option years for SM-6 interceptors. Quantities and delivery schedules are unspecified, and industry executives say Congress has not yet appropriated the money.
The Navy awarded Collins Aerospace a $249.7M sole-source IDIQ for GPS-based range instrumentation test and training systems, covering CRIIS, TCTS II, AARI 2G and P6 upgrades. No funds were obligated at award; work runs to September 2031.
The Air Force gave Raytheon a sole-source, not-to-exceed $20.7 billion undefinitized multiyear AMRAAM contract covering foreign military sales to 16 countries, with only about $154 million obligated at award and work running to June 2033.
A GovConFeed analysis of USAspending.gov records finds agencies obligated $520.9 billion on contracts from October through May, $95.8 billion more than in the same eight months a year earlier. Customs and Border Protection went from $1.9 billion to $25.7 billion.
GAO's July 2026 Weapon Systems Assessment finds $11.4 billion in cost overruns across Space Force satellite programs and confirms the Pentagon quietly cancelled Raytheon's OCX ground-control system for GPS after years of software delays and cost growth.
The U.S. Navy exercised Lot 26 production options worth $1.108 billion with Raytheon for 1,989 AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ tactical missiles, the largest single Sidewinder order to date, with work running through 2029.
The Navy accepted USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) after completing DDG Modernization 2.0 depot periods ahead of schedule, fielding Northrop Grumman's SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP Block 3 electronic warfare suite on both ships.
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded Raytheon a $398.7M undefinitized contract action on June 23, 2026, to begin AMRAAM D4/C9 variant development, covering system requirements and preliminary design reviews for a 31-nation foreign military sales program with $104.1M obligated at award.
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.
The Pentagon submitted a FY2027 NDAA proposal in June 2026 to eliminate one-year post-service lobbying cooling-off periods for O-7/O-8 officers and narrow all remaining restrictions to only the specific department office where former officials served.
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