The Washington Inquisitor
Defense Contracts
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Top contracts of the week: Navy reactor labs, Apache radars and Raytheon extensions lead
The 10 largest Pentagon contract actions announced Oct. 19–23, with what each dollar figure actually means: ceiling, contract value or money obligated.
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Navy adds $2.4 billion to Fluor unit’s naval nuclear laboratory contract
A $2.41 billion modification to Fluor Marine Propulsion’s contract to run the Bettis and Knolls reactor labs led the week’s Pentagon awards. Only $597,900 was obligated at award.
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Pentagon lending office’s conditional loan offers reach $5.7 billion since June, led by Wolfspeed and Sila
Department of War releases and company statements show at least nine conditional commitments from the Office of Strategic Capital since June 16, worth up to $5.725 billion. None has been announced as…
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The Pentagon’s 10-year F-35 deal outruns the five-year limit on multiyear contracts, leaving Congress to set its terms
The framework guarantees at least 850 U.S. jets and $7 billion in Lockheed investment, but federal law caps multiyear contracts at five years, and the House and Senate defense bills set different…
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Most Pentagon contracts announced this month that disclosed how they were awarded had a single bidder
An Inquisitor review of every contract announcement the Pentagon posted Oct. 1-20 found that 43 of the 66 awards that stated how they were competed were sole-source or drew one offer. They…