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Pentagon Accelerates Fielding With $5.04 Billion Coyote Buy and $642 Million Virginia-Class Work

Shutdown planning uncertainty raises schedule risk.

The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
Logo for the Naval Sea Systems Command's Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) Program office. (Image: U.S. Navy)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson and members of Congress for a visit at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Overview

  • The Army awarded RTX an eight-year, $5.04 billion cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covering Coyote kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors, launchers, and Ku-band radar systems.
  • The Navy issued a $642 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Virginia-class lead yard support, development studies, and design efforts.
  • The Navy launched market research to form a private-sector consortium under Other Transaction authority to manage and execute multi-billion dollar Maritime Industrial Base investments.
  • DIU disclosed contracts with Anduril and Zone 5 to design and flight-test low-cost kinetic counter‑UAS solutions, including Anduril’s Roadrunner‑M and Zone 5’s White Spike.
  • A GAO report found DoD lacks a comprehensive approach to sole‑source and IP/data-rights issues, while the Pentagon outlined priority activities during a potential shutdown and the Space Force and NNSA flagged possible site‑visit and contingency‑planning impacts.