Funding
The Army locked a five-year, $862.8 million IDIQ for Northrop Grumman's M1156 Precision Guidance Kit, the $15,000 screw-in fuze that turns stock 155mm shells into GPS-corrected rounds. The next variants are built for jammed battlefields, and the line already belongs to one producer.
Drones
After losing at least 45 MQ-9 Reapers in 2026 combat operations, the Air Force is accelerating its Massed Modular Aircraft program to field low-cost attritable drones within three years.
Funding
The U.S. Army awarded AeroVironment a $464.8 million agreement for the Enduring High Energy Laser program, marking the first series-production contract for a laser weapon system in U.S. military history.
Partnerships
The U.S. Army awarded Palantir and Anduril a combined $192 million in delivery orders for the TITAN mobile intelligence ground station, marking a pivotal transition from experimental prototypes to fielded production hardware.
Companies
General Dynamics Land Systems delivered its first physical XM30 Wolf prototype to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in late August 2026. The milestone advances a head-to-head $45 billion competition against American Rheinmetall to replace the M2 Bradley.
Naval
The U.S. Navy awarded Castelion an $89,997,162 firm-fixed-price order to take Blackbeard to Early Operational Capability. The buy tests whether a Mach 5 strike weapon can be produced cheaply enough for the fleet to field it in numbers.
Aerospace
The Pentagon set an eye-popping $131.2 billion ceiling on Boeing's F-15 line through 2037, even as delivery delays officially breached the fighter's operational baseline and pushed full readiness to 2028.
Funding
Project Janus aims to shield major power-projection bases from domestic grid failure using commercial microreactors, but officials warned that private capital must carry the bulk of the cost.
Macro
Facing soaring cost-per-shot asymmetry, the military is funding a wave of clean-sheet interceptors and hypersonic strike weapons engineered from scratch for affordable mass.
Funding
SpaceX won a $2.29 billion sole-source contract in May to build the backbone of the military's new orbital data network. In August, the Space Force awarded five competitors a combined $60 million and said it needs to avoid vendor lock-in.
Companies
Parsons has landed seven new contract awards and positions since August 11 across missile defense, space, cyber, and electronic warfare. Three weeks earlier, the company told investors its national security segment had posted a quarterly loss.
Aerospace
State cleared a possible $4.5B FMS for up to four KC-46As, eight PW4062s, and LAIRCM/ALR-69A gear for Qatar. Contractors include Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, RTX, and Northrop Grumman—this is not a signed sale.