ARMY AWARDS $1.3B FOR ADVANCED NIGHT VISION GOGGLES

L3Harris, Elbit Systems, and Photonis Defense secured contracts to develop and produce the Binocular Night Observation Device (BiNOD), a helmet-mounted system to enhance soldier visibility in low light.

SBA PURGES 628 FIRMS FROM 8(A) PROGRAM FOR NON-COMPLIANCE

The SBA is terminating over 620 contractors—roughly 20% of the program—after they refused to provide three years of financial documents required for the agency's first-ever comprehensive audit.

DIA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR $14B MISSILE INTELLIGENCE CONTRACT

The Defense Intelligence Agency issued a solicitation for the COMET program, a 10-year effort to provide research, development, and analytical support for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center.

DOD BEGINS TRACKING BILLIONS IN CLIMATERELATED DAMAGES

While natural disasters have cost the Pentagon at least $15 billion over the last decade, the department only recently began a formal effort to collect comprehensive baseline data on these impacts in 2024.

LOCKHEED WINS $1.9B DEAL FOR C-130J TRAINING SYSTEMS

Lockheed Martin received a potential 13-year contract to provide production, modernization, and sustainment for training devices used by personnel operating the C-130J Super Hercules.

PROTESTS DELAY OPM’S $1B UNIFIED HR IT PROJECT

IBM and Economic Systems Inc. filed protests after being cut from the final round of a $1 billion competition to consolidate 119 disparate federal human resources systems into one platform.