DoD Contract Roundup: Navy Locks In Dry Dock Overhaul, Heavy-Lift Crane and Triton Upgrades as FMS to Taiwan Proceeds

Overview

• MEB General Contractors won a $442.1 million contract to modernize Dry Dock 3 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, funded incrementally with completion targeted for January 2031 after a best-value competition with three offers.
• Konecranes received a $49.7 million modification to deliver and install a 175-ton portal crane at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard by November 2028, raising the contract’s total value to $293.8 million.
• Northrop Grumman secured a $45.8 million option for MQ-4C Triton Air Vehicle B5 engineering changes, with work in California through June 2029 using fiscal 2026 Navy aircraft procurement funds.
• Goodrich (Raytheon) was awarded a delivery order up to $23.4 million for MQ-9B PED ground stations under Foreign Military Sales to Taiwan, with work in Malvern, United Kingdom, through January 2028.
• Other actions included a $93.2 million Prism Maritime IDIQ for MK38 shipboard work, a $22.2 million E-2D wing and aerial-refueling retrofit, an undefinitized $19 million F/A-18 heat exchanger buy from Hamilton Sundstrand, a $271.9 million bomb dummy unit contract to Allied Metal Tech, and a $30.4 million SBIR award to Trident Systems for situational awareness support.