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Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October sued the federal government on Tuesday, calling the attack a war crime and part of an “unprecedented and manifestly unlawful US military campaign,” reports Military.com.
The death toll confirmed by the US military from strikes on alleged drug boats was 126 people as of Monday, including those presumed dead after being lost at sea, reports Military.com. The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening for the lone survivor of the US military’s strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, two suspected “narco-terrorists” were killed on impact, reports The Hill.
Commanders have more authority and broader territory available to counter unauthorized drone flights in the vicinity of US military installations, reports Military Times. Updated guidance released this week provides installation commanders with greater flexibility in neutralizing drones flying within sight of protected military areas, removing previous “fence-line” perimeters.
The Treasury Department has moved to cancel all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, two years after a former company employee pleaded guilty to leaking President Donald Trump’s confidential tax information without authorization, reports AP News. Treasury currently has 31 contracts with Booz Allen that average roughly $4.8 million in annual spending and have totaled $21 million in obligations.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board announced its resetting of the Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. The Clock was established in 1945 and has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to global catastrophe caused by man-made technologies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched from Kyiv as Trump flaunted the US raid capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Defense News reports Zelensky told reporters later, “If you can do that with dictators, then the United States knows what to do next.”
The Pentagon declared last week that the US military’s top priority is to defend the homeland and Western Hemisphere, supplanting its longstanding goal of countering China, says Military Times.
Satellite imagery suggests China is set to reclaim land on another reef in the South China Sea for another military base. Simultaneously China demonstrated the use of hundreds of fishing boats to support future combat operations against Taiwan, reports Defense News.
Russian and Chinese surveillance ships overlapped missions while sailing around Japan’s southwest region Monday, reports USNI. According to a social media post by Japan Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the ships and aircraft involved suggest “these operations are intended for some form of intelligence gathering.”
Space Force Force Southern was formally activated Jan. 21 to focus on Latin America. Guardians had already played a role in the US attack on Venezuela, reports Task & Purpose.
An Irish lawmaker calls for legislation to better inspect US aircraft at an airport used for many years by the US military, reports Military.com.
Iranian authorities unveiled a giant billboard in central Tehran warning the US not to attempt a military strike on their country, reports Stars and Stripes. The image is of a damaged aircraft carrier with exploding fighter planes on deck as well as bodies bleeding into a pattern reminiscent of the stripes of the American flag. Its slogan reads: “If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind.”
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says Europe is incapable of defending itself without US military support and would have to more than double current military spending targets to be able to do so, reports AP News.
Leonardo DRS announced the opening of a new naval power and propulsion facility in Charleston, SC, to support the Navy’s drive for shipbuilding and its nuclear-powered Columbia-class submarine program, currently facing an estimated 17-month delay, reports Military Times
The Navy relieved CAPT Douglas Whimpey of command of First Naval Construction Regiment on Jan. 23, reports Economic Times, without details. The Navy reservist had led the regiment since February 2023. He was removed from the post by CAPT Angel Santiago, commander of Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1, headquartered in Port Hueneme, CA.
To reduce accidents and suicides in South Korea’s military, an advisory committee has recommended adopting wireless technology to tag and track its firearms. The system would record who checks out a firearm and track its location while in use or storage, reports Stars and Stripes.
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee asked the Social Security Administration to elaborate on a recent court filing which stated that SSA doesn’t know the full extent of agency data accessed and shared by the Department of Government Efficiency, reports NextGov/FCW.
Amazon cut 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing its plan for around 30,000 since October, and might not be done, reports Reuters. All remaining bricks-and-mortar Fresh grocery stores are closing. The 30,000 cuts, a small portion of Amazon’s 1.58 million employees, is nearly 10% of its corporate workforce.
Contracts awarded in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Jan. 26-28, 2026:
4MHR Logistics LLC,* San Antonio, Texas (FA8108-26-D-B001); Adams Communication Engineering Technology,* California, Maryland (FA8108-26-D-B002 and FA8108-26-D-B016); Aircraft Readiness Alliance,* Anchorage, Alaska (FA8108-26-D-B003); Akima Logistics Services,* Herndon, Virgina (FA8108-26-D-B004); Global Logistics Support Services,* Huntsville, Alabama (FA8108-26-D-B005 and FA8108-26-D-B018); Kay and Associates,* Buffalo Grove, Illinois (FA8108-26-D-B006 and FA8108-26-D-B019); PKL Services,* Poway, California (FA8108-26-D-B007 and FA8108-26-D-B021); Powerhouse Resources International,* Raleigh, North Carolina (FA8108-26-D-B008); R2C Limited Liability,* Huntsville, Alabama (FA8108-26-D-B009); Resicum International*, Warrenton, Virginia (FA8108-26-D-B010); S&K Aerospace,* St. Ignatius (FA8108-26-D-B011 and FA8108-26-D-B022); Strategic Technology Institute,* Rockville, Maryland (FA8108-26-D-B012 and FA8108-26-D-B023); Vali,* Huntsville, Alabama (FA8108-26-D-B013); Vector Solutions,* Glendale, Arizona (FA8108-26-D-B014); AAR Government Services, Wood Dale, Illinois (FA8108-26-D-B-015); Amentum Services, Chantilly, Virginia (FA8108-26-D-B017); and M1 Support Services, Denton, Texas (FA8108-26-D-B020), have been awarded a shared, not-to-exceed $7,010,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract for contract field team labor augmentation support requirements. This effort is for a total of 10 years from February 2026 – January 2036 (a five-year base and one five-year option). Work will be performed at locations determined in individual task orders. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 26 offers received; 23 awards are being made. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $11,500 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.
L3Harris Corp., Millersville, Maryland, is awarded a $22,900,118 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract N00024-26-C-6100 for production of Towed Body 34A towed array production, integration, and testing. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $65,470,348. Work will be performed in Millersville, Maryland (25%); Liverpool, New York (40%); and Ashaway, Rhode Island (35%), and is expected to be completed by July 2028. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,964,476 (11%); fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,964,476 (11%); and fiscal 2026 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $14,518,946 (78%), 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 website with two offers received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a $22,984,706 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-6240) to exercise options for engineering and technical development and production procurement. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (30%); Groton, Connecticut (25%); Port Orchard, Washington (15%); Las Vegas, Nevada (10%); Cleveland, Ohio (10%); Chesapeake, Virginia (4%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (2%); San Diego, California (2%); and Kings Bay, Georgia (2%), and is expected to be completed by January 2027. Fiscal 2026 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,700,000 (73%); and fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $625,000 (27%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Computable Insights LLC, Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to establish a decentralized enterprise agreement for Salesforce products and outcome-based services for the Department of War. The amount of this action is $5,644,302,996. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 26, 2035. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-26-D-A009).
Rogue Signal Processing Corp.,* Sterling, Virginia, was awarded a $100,000,000 cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and indefinite-quantity contract to analyze, design, develop, enhance, test, deploy, procure, and sustain prototype technologies and sensors. Work locations will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is Jan. 22, 2031. Funding will be obligated with each order by fiscal year and fund type as requirements are identified. The contracting activity is Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (W911SR-26-D-A002).
TriPoint Solutions LLC,* Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an estimated $36,328,451 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide digital integration services including the integration, configuration, customization, and maintenance of the eLearning ecosystem supporting up to 25,000 students yearly, combing software and systems in support of the U.S. Naval Community College. Additionally, the contractor must develop and optimize complex scripts, queries, manage security, workflows, and system configurations to ensure seamless automation, optimal performance, and robust data integration across multiple systems and multi-cloud environments. The contract will include a 60-month base ordering period with an additional six-month ordering period pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8. If the option period is exercised, the total estimated value of the contract will have a value of $39,838,083. The base period is expected to begin immediately when awarded in January 2026 and be completed by January 2031; if the option is exercised, ordering will be completed by July 2031. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (95%); and Quantico, Virginia (5%). Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,000 will be obligated at time of award to fund the contract’s minimum amount, and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders will be funded with appropriate fiscal year operations and maintenance funds. The contract was competitively procured with the solicitation posted on the System for Award Management website with five offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Dept, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00189-26-D-Z004).
SAVIT Corp.*, Rockaway New Jersey (W15QKN-26-D-A032); The Lockwood Group,* Belcamp Maryland (W15QKN-26-D-A033); Total Technology Inc., Mount Laurel, New Jersey (W15QKN-26-D-A034); Logisys Technical Services Inc., Huntsville Alabama (W15QKN-26-D-A035); Progsit LLC,* Dumont New Jersey (W15QKN-26-D-A036); SPAARK Skies LLC,* Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (W15QKN-26-D-A037); WisEngineering LLC,* Denville, New Jersey (W15QKN-26-D-A038); Bigelow Family Holdings, doing business as, Mettle Ops,* Sterling Heights, Michigan (W15QKN-26-D-A039); Pioneering Decisive Solutions Inc., California, Maryland (W15QKN-26-D-A040); and Universal Technical Resource Services Inc., Cherry Hill, New Jersey (W15QKN-26-D-A041), were awarded a multiple-award, task order contract with a shared ceiling of $467,695,553 for omnibus research and development, engineering, and support services for the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armament Center in the areas of large caliber cannon engineering support, weapons research technical support, system testing and diagnostics, and netcentric support. Work locations will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is Jan. 27, 2031. Funding will be obligated with each order by fiscal year and fund type as requirements are identified. The contracting activity is Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey.
General Dynamic Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, has been awarded a $19,138,520 Option Year Seven modification (P00034) to a previously awarded contract (FA489019FA022) for the Distributed Common Ground System network weapon system. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $151,513,053 from $132,374,532. Work will be performed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; and Beale Air Force Base, California; and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2027. Fiscal 2026 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $15,396,233 are being obligated at time of award. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Hampton, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
American Systems Corp., McLean, Virginia, is awarded a firm-fixed-price contract (HT001126FE007) in the amount of $11,237,189 for continued enterprise development, sustainment, and maintenance support to the Defense Occupational and Environment Health Readiness System – Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) and Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System Hearing Conservation systems. Enterprise sustainment involves maintenance for defects, cyber-security, including hardware and operating system updates of all environments. Ongoing sustainment and maintenance activities across the DOEHRS-IH Enterprise will ensure the DOEHRS-IH Web Application, Data Warehouse, and reporting capabilities are available to the worldwide user community. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance; and research and development funding, was obligated at the time of award. Place of performance is McLean, Virginia. Period of performance is Jan. 6, 2026, to Jan. 5, 2027. The Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division Falls Church, Virgina, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Jan. 6, 2026)
