U.S. Department of War

10/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/15/2026 15:49

Contracts for Oct. 15, 2026

AIR FORCE

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $38,766,471 contract for Taiwan MQ-9B contractor logistics support. This contract provides sustainment services and contractor logistics support. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2029. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. FMS funds in the amount of $38,766,471 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8689-26-C-B006). (Awarded on Oct. 1, 2026).

NAVY

Core Services Group Inc.,* Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded $23,873,454 for a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Navy's Operational Test and Evaluation Force providing the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One with analytical operational test and evaluation support services. The contract will include a five-year ordering period and a six-month option pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.217-8 which if exercised will bring the total estimated value of the contract to $26,385,606. Work under the contract will only be performed in response to awarded task orders. The specific places of performance for the test and evaluations are unknown at this time as they will be performed in various locations across the U.S. and overseas locations based on the needs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One. The ordering period for the contract is anticipated to begin in October 2026 and continue through September 2031 and if the six-month option period is exercised the ordering period would continue through April 2032. Fiscal 2026 (Navy) research, development, test and evaluation funds in the contract's minimum amount of $2,500 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire September 2027. Subsequent task orders under the resultant contract will be funded with appropriate fiscal year research, development, test and evaluation funds and the expiration of those funds will depend on the funds used when the orders are issued. This contract was competitively procured through the System for Award Management (SAM) website, SAM.gov, with the solicitation posted as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside that provided for the award of a contract pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation) with five offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Regional Directorate, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00189-27-D-W001).

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas (N0001922C0015), is awarded an $18,789,801 modification (P00011) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. This modification adds scope for system development, demonstration, and integration efforts in support of an F-35 aircraft variant tailored to the requirements of an unspecified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (80%); and various undisclosed locations within the continental U.S. (20%), and is expected to be completed in December 2030. FMS customer funds in the amount of $18,789,801 will be obligated at the time of award. This contract was not competitively procured. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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