Report: US Naval Supremacy Under Threat from China

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A Center for Strategic and International Studies’ report issued last week found that China has grown to be the world’s dominant player in shipbuilding over the past two decades, reports The Associated Press. This poses economic and national security challenges for the US and its allies, according to the report released March 11. China claims to have more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding market, while the US share has fallen to 0.1%.

China’s dominance over US shipbuilding has created a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill, reports Fox News on MSN. A proposed bill would establish a National Commission on the Maritime Industrial Base and mandate it to launch a probe into the status of American maritime industries, both military and commercial. “This is no drill. A fundamental pillar of America’s security, our naval supremacy, is under threat from Communist China,” said House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN). Read the Save Our Shipyards Act of 2025 here.

While the Chinese navy keeps growing, the number of ships in the US fleet is decreasing, reports Voice of America.

China said earlier this month that it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year, reports The Associated Press, as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern military to assert its territorial claims and challenge the US defense lead in Asia.

Billionaire financier Stephen Feinberg has been confirmed by the US Senate to be the Defense Department’s number two official, reports Breaking Defense. Feinberg’s nomination was cleared in a 59-40 vote.

Civil employees at the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment are being reassigned to other positions, reports The Independent. DefSec Pete Hegseth is dismantling the office that was often referred to as the Pentagon’s internal think tank and strategizes for possible future conflicts.

US veterans and military contractors are among those freed from a jail in Kuwait, reports Navy Times. The American prisoners were jailed for years on drug-related charges. Their release follows a recent visit to the region by Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s top hostage envoy, and comes amid a continued US push to bring home American citizens jailed in foreign countries.

The Office of Personnel Management’s internal watchdog will investigate potential cybersecurity and privacy risks tied to DOGE’s inroads into various agency IT systems, reports NextGov. OPM, which manages personal data on millions of federal employees, has been used as a transmission center to communicate directives and guidance to much of the government’s workforce.

The US Space Force is teaming up with the Air Force and Navy to learn from their experience developing an advanced, realistic training and testing environment for the F-35 fighter jet — with an eye on one day creating a similar capability for the space domain, reports Air Force Times.

The US military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth earlier this month, after circling the world for 434 days. Military Times reports the space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments.

The US Senate passed a continuing resolution Friday night to avert a government shutdown, reports CNN. The stopgap measure funds the government through Sept. 30.

SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission docked at the International Space Station on Sunday morning, reports New York Post. This sets the stage to finally retrieve the two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck in orbit for months. SpaceX had delayed the flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after a launch pad problem Wednesday, reports The Associated Press.

The US Air Force and Japan are mulling a test program that would establish a joint maintenance center that will perform repairs on aircraft operated by both nations, reports Air & Space Forces Magazine. The US has been exploring ways to expand depot-level maintenance beyond the continental US and get it closer to the fight.

The Navy has released its new policy that forces transgender service members to separate from the military, reports Military Times. The guidelines state that the service will revoke exceptions that allowed troops to follow the standards of a sex different from their “identification in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.” Active-duty and Reserve transgender service members can request voluntary separation or retirement, if eligible, no later than March 28.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Red Blood Cell-Factory program is developing a medical device that could feed “biologically active components” into troops’ red blood cells that, when triggered, could help overcome injury or illness on the battlefield, reports Military.com. In practical terms, a customized, pre-deployment regimen could deal with threats specific to where troops are headed, such as extreme cold or disease-ridden jungles, not unlike the military health system’s area of operations-specific vaccination recommendations.

The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars from two cybersecurity initiatives, ending one that helps state and local election officials. ABC reports the administration seeks to rein in the federal government’s role in election security. The administration has also moved to disband an FBI task force that investigates foreign influence operations, including those that target US elections.

US Northern Command said last week that another 600 soldiers and airmen will deploy to the southern border with Mexico as part of the military’s ongoing operations there. The soldiers will come from units in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Louisiana. When the soldiers and airmen arrive, a total of about 9,600 service members will either be deployed or scheduled to deploy to the US-Mexico border.

All of the migrants being held at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba have been returned to the US, reports The Washington Post. The 40 men have been taken to a facility in Louisiana.

The former Massachusetts Air National Guard member who leaked classified material about the war in Ukraine pleaded guilty to military charges of obstructing justice at his court-martial Thursday, reports The Associated Press. Jack Teixeira’s plea agreement calls for a dishonorable discharge and no confinement. Teixeira was already sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.

The shipwreck of the 300-foot steamer Western Reserve has been found in Lake Superior, reports The Washington Post. The steel ship was ripped in two by a deadly squall in 1892. There were 27 people on board, only one survived. Nearly 133 years later, explorers at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society said they located the underwater wreck using sonar technology, some 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, MI. At the time, the ship was hailed as one of the speediest and most advanced cargo vessels of its era.

Contracts:

L3 Harris Technologies Inc. Space and Airborne Systems, Palm Bay, Florida, is awarded a $20,368,385 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for the procurement of up to 875 filter box kits, 875 remote display units, and 875 antenna assemblies in support of the Webster Outlying Field Special Communications Mission Solutions Division. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in March 2030. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competed with one offer received. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N6833525D0013).

Advanced Technology Systems Co., Mclean, Virginia (W56KGY-25-D-0001, W56KGY-25-F-0001); Elevated Technologies LLC, Mesa, Arizona (W56KGY-25-D-0002, W56KGY-25-F-0002); Leidos, Reston, Virginia (W56KGY-25-D-0003, W56KGY-25-F-0003); Mission Solutions Group Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina (W56KGY-25-D-0004, W56KGY-25-F-0004); QinetiQ, Lorton, Virginia (W56KGY-25-D-0005, W56KGY-25-F-0005); Raytheon, Dulles, Virginia (W56KGY-25-D-0006, W56KGY-25-F-0006); Skyship Services Inc., Elizabeth City, North Carolina (W56KGY-25-D-0007, W56KGY-25-F-0007); TCOM, Columbia, Maryland (W56KGY-25-D-0008, W56KGY-25-F-0008); Thunderbolt, Mullica Hill, New Jersey (W56KGY-25-D-0009, W56KGY-25-F-0009); and Tyonek Technical Services, Madison, Alabama (W56KGY-25-D-0010, W56KGY-25-F-0010), will compete for each order of the $4,193,327,540 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the production of lighter than air systems, tethered systems, and elevated sensors. Bids were solicited via the internet with 10 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 12, 2035. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Robotic Research Opco LLC-Forterra, Clarksburg, Maryland, was awarded a $92,851,555 firm-fixed-price contract for sandhills robotic breaching systems. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in Grafenwoehr, Germany, with an estimated completion date of March 12, 2025. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $92,851,555 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-25-9-2006).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $267,165,000 modification (P00068) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001919C0008). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of two Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems and one Navy Main Operating Base, as well as associated support, related technical, and administrative data in support of low-rate initial production Lot Seven. Additionally, this modification procures MQ-4C spare parts for the government of Australia. Work will be performed in Rancho Bernardo, California (36.82%); Palmdale, California (14.11%); Red Oak, Texas (11.15%); Salt Lake City, Utah (5.57%); San Deigo, California (4.48%); Bridgeport, West Virginia (4.33%); Indianapolis, Indiana (3.81%); Moss Point, Mississippi (2.4%); rolling meadows, Illinois (2.07%); Whippany, New Jersey (1.41%); Waco, Texas (1.17%); Baltimore, Maryland (1.14%); various locations within the continental U.S. (10.38%); and various location outside the continental US (1.16%) and is expected to be completed in October 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $265,807,120; and Royal Australian Air Force Cooperative Funds in the amount of $1,357,880, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, New York, is awarded a $59,298,169 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-631) to exercise options for Littoral Combat Ship Mission Module engineering and sustainment support. Work will be performed in Bethpage, New York (36%); Mayport, Florida (21%); Oxnard, California (21%); San Diego, California (21%); and Portsmouth, Virginia (1%), and is expected to be completed by March 2026. Fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,078,739 (47%); fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,285,257 (35%); and fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,135,186 (18%), will be obligated at time of award and funds in the amount of $2,285,257 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

EnSafe Inc., Memphis, Tennessee (N69450-25-D-0004); FPM-AECOM JV 1, Oneida, New York (N69450-25-D-0005); Bhate Environmental Associates Inc., Birmingham, Alabama (N69450-25-D-0006); ARS Aleut Remediation LLC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (N69450-25-D-0007); and Tidewater-Sovereign Consulting JV LLC, Elkridge, Maryland (N69450-25-D-0008), are awarded a combined $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, environmental restoration, multiple award contract for remedial actions at environmentally contaminated sites at Navy and Marine Corps installations and other government agencies. Work will be performed within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility and is expected to be completed by March 2030. Fiscal 2025 environmental restoration (Navy) funds of $1,000 will be obligated to each awardee at time of award. All other funding will be provided at the contract task order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website, with 20 offers received. NAVFAC Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, is awarded a $25,851,468 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical services of design, development, fabrication, test, delivery, and fleet implementation of repair station consoles. Work will be performed at the contractor’s facility in Sterling, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by January 2030. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $864,635 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management (SAM) website, with two offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N64498-25-D-4001).

SimVentions Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia, is awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Human and Autonomous Robotic Teaming effort. This contract provides for gaming simulations to support autonomy and autonomous tactics research; live unscripted force-on-force experimentation support; and analysis, synthesis, and communication of data and information gathered from simulations and live force-on-force events. Work will be performed in King George, Virginia (92%); Fredericksburg, Virginia (5%); Hernando Beach, Florida (2%); and various other places (1%). Work is expected to be completed in March 2028. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 36-month base period with no options, is $24,536,178. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $866,998 are obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) N0001424SB001 entitled “Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology,” posted Oct. 2, 2023. Since proposals were received throughout the year under the Long-Range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0001425C2402.)

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $22,309,732 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for advance planning and long-lead-time material procurement to prepare and make ready for the accomplishment of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) inactivation and defueling. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $358,598,528. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by March 2026. If all options are exercised, work will continue through October 2027. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $21,665,658 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 US Code 3204(a)(1), (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity (N00024-25-C-2127).

Amentum Services Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded a $19,118,479 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to a previously awarded contract (N62742-22-C-3507) for support services. This modification provides for facilities and logistical support in the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of operations, including the Philippines, and may include other locations in Southeast Asia. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $109,493,683. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $3,391,055 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. NAVFAC Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-22-C-3507).

CJW Contractors Inc., Herndon, Virginia, is awarded a $10,149,999 firm-fixed-price task order (N4008025F0229) for renovation of Building 1500 at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren. Work will be performed in Dahlgren, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by November 2026. Fiscal 2025 working capital fund (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,149,999 will be obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eight proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Washington, Public Works Department South Potomac, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40080-24-D-0007).

Campus Text LLC, Moraga, California, was awarded a maximum $20,000,000 single award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HU000125D0004) for virtual bookstore and related services at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). This contract has a five-year ordering period from March 13, 2025, to March 12, 2030, with a minimum award amount of $100 and a maximum ceiling/face value of $20,000,000. Performance will be at Bethesda, Maryland. Operations and maintenance funds will be obligated at the task order level. This was a competitive acquisition with three responses received. USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Federal Prison Industries Inc., doing business as UNICOR, Washington, DC, has been awarded a maximum $14,304,000 modification (P00008) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-23-D-0037) with two one-year option periods for physical fitness uniform jackets. This is an indefinite-delivery contract. Location of performance is Illinois, with a March 26, 2026, ordering period end date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Great Hill Solutions LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $8,869,012 firm-fixed-price contract (HQ003424C0031). The total, if all options are exercised, is $23,547,794. The purpose of the contract is to provide the Defense Security Cooperation Agency contract management and contracting officers representative support, Program Management Office operations and management, and data management support services. Title 22 Funding (Foreign Military Sales) in the amount of $4,521,460 is being obligated at the time of the award. The work will be performed in Crystal City, Virginia. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting authority.

Leading Technology Composites Inc., Wichita, Kansas (W91CRB-25-D-0012); and Hardwire LLC, Pocomoke City, Maryland (W91CRB-25-D-0013), will compete for each order of the $416,011,975 firm-fixed-price contract for Vital Torso Protection program Lares Small Arms Protective Inserts. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 13, 2032. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Butler Parachute Systems, Roanoke, Virginia (W912CH-25-D-0026); Mills Manufacturing Corporation, Asheville, North Carolina (W912CH-25-D-0027); and Paradigm Parachute and Defense Inc., Pensacola, Florida (W912CH-25-D-0028), will compete for each order of the $90,694,400 firm-fixed-price contract of G-15 cargo parachute equipment. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 14, 2030. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

AECOM Technical Services Inc., Los Angeles, California (W912P9-25-D-A001); WSP USA Solutions Inc., Washington, DC (W912P9-25-D-A002); Tetra Tech Inc., Kansas City, Missouri (W912P9-25-D-A003); SeaTech Remediation Partners, Richland, Washington (W912P9-25-D-A004); CDM Federal Programs Corp., Kansas City, Missouri (W912P9-25-D-A005); Stantec-Halff JV, Denver, Colorado (W912P9-25-D-A006); Pe Ayuda Environmental Solutions JV LLC, St. Louis, Missouri (W912P9-25-D-A007); and Athena Geosyntec JV, Nashville, Tennessee (W912P9-25-D-A008), will compete for each order of the $49,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for architect-engineer services. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 13, 2030. US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, is the contracting activity.

CTG Federal LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $27,312,235 firm-fixed-price contract for an Army enterprise license agreement for Omnissa Horizon subscription license and software package support. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 13, 2028. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-25-D-A005).

CACI Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $10,557,363 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for multidisciplined intelligence operations. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Fort Devens, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 23, 2025. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $10,557,363 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W50NH9-25-C-0005).

BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded a $188,455,777 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (M67854-16-C-0006) for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). The total value of the contract if all options are exercised is $3,859,315,575. This contract modification provides for the exercise of options for the procurement of 30 full rate production ACV medium caliber cannon mission role variants and associated production, and fielding and support costs. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania (60%); Aiken, South Carolina (15%); San Jose, California (15%); Sterling Heights, Michigan (5%); and Stafford, Virginia (5%), with an expected completion date of August 2028. Fiscal 2025 procurement (Marine Corps) in the amount of $188,455,777 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-16-C-0006).

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $308,270,645 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0003025C6005) for the procurement of specialized engineering efforts for Conventional Prompt Strike Inertial Navigation Measurement and analysis, flight-testing support, Global Positioning System applications and Electro Optical Alternate Navigation, and guidance and reentry subsystems. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts (90%); Washington, DC (4%); Albuquerque, New Mexico (3%); and Huntsville, Alabama (3%). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2029. Fiscal 2025 research development test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,725,000 will be obligated on this award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded on a sole source basis pursuant to 10 US Code 3204(a)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

Motorola Solutions Inc., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is awarded a $16,435,523 firm-fixed-price modification (P00005) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-24-C-4908) to provide hardware, software, and services to sustain and maintain VESTA-S at Marine Corps installations. The total cumulative face value of this contract is $44,905,944. The contract modification is to exercise Option Year One, 12 month period for the sustainment of the existing VESTA-S. Work will be performed at Cherry Point, North Carolina (7.6%); Quantico, Virginia (7.6%); Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan (7.6%); Beaufort, South Carolina (7.6%); Parris Island, South Carolina (7.6%); Albany, Georgia (7.6%); Camp Pendleton, California (7.6%); Barstow, California (7.6%); 29 Palms, California (7.6%); Miramar, California (7.6%); Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (7.6%); Yuma, Arizona (7.6%); and Iwakuni, Japan (8.8%), with an expected completion date of April 2028. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $8,011,615 are obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This procurement is a sole source award to a large business in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, authorized or required by statue. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-24-C-4908-P00005).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Annapolis, Maryland, is awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the ‘Full Spectrum Undersea Warfare Innovative Naval Prototype Autonomous Undersea Exploitation’ effort. This contract provides for research and development for Office of Naval Research (ONR) programs to push the state of the art in sonar-based perception and exploitation. The development of specialized algorithms and sensor systems are required to understand and develop techniques to push autonomy sensing and reaction to ensure persistent systems are viable. This includes sonar design, real time processing, perception and autonomy. Work will be performed in Annapolis, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in March 2030. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 60-month base period with no options, is $24,886,735. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $50,000 are obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) (N0001424SB001) entitled “Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology.” Since proposals were received throughout the year under the Long-Range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. ONR, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0001425C2203).

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $13,907,941 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-only modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-15-C-5151) for ship integration and test of the AEGIS Weapon System. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey (44%); San Diego, California (19%); Norfolk, Virginia (18%); Bath, Maine (10%); and Pascagoula, Mississippi (9%), and is expected to be completed by October 2026. Fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,432,023 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

CliniComp International Inc., San Diego, California, is awarded a $19,316,578 modification (P00010) to exercise option year five of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HT001120D0003) with a maximum ceiling value of $395,097,628. The contract provides operational support and sustainment for all existing clinical information system components currently in operation and support decommissioning activities during the phased transition to MHS Genesis, or otherwise discontinuing clinical information system operations. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance funds will be incrementally funded, and work will be performed in Falls Church, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of March 2027. The Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Bowhead Weapons Development Systems LLC, Springfield, Virginia, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract (S5121A-25-C-E002) for defense agencies initiative financial system services support. This award is for a base year price plus four options and has a total potential contract value of $12,870,195. The base period starts March 30, 2025, and ends March 20, 2026. If all option years are exercised, it will end March 30, 2030. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $2,424,161 are being obligated at the time of award. Defense Contract Management Agency Procurement Center, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $12,082,241firm-fixed-price contract (HQ003425FE032). The cumulative total of the contract is $45,075,636. The total if all options are exercised is $45,075,635.58. The purpose of the contract is to provide the Defense Security Cooperation Agency support from a certified public accounting firm with extensive security cooperation experience. The contractor shall assist and provide support to the agency in audit support and sustainment, accounting, reporting, and financial analytics, business operations transformation, comptroller budget support, federal information systems control audit manual, and risk management internal controls. Fiscal 2025 operations and management and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $2,336,642 are being obligated at the time of the award. The work will be performed at Arlington, Virginia. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

National Industries for the Blind, Alexandria, Virginia, has been awarded a maximum $9,845,125 modification (P00004) exercising the first one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-24-D-B015) with four one-year option periods for moisture wicking T-shirts. Locations of performance are North Carolina and New Jersey, with a March 27, 2026, ordering period end date. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE1C1-24-D-B015).