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Pentagon Scales Up Weapons Programs With Multibillion-Dollar Awards and Key Operational Tests

Oversight warnings alongside shutdown planning temper the push to scale.

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)
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center Experimental Test Pilot Maj. Wes Ogden celebrates making history as the first Army aviator to fly an electric aircraft with Charles 'Camron' Guthrie, of BETA Technologies. Photo: U.S. Army.
BAE Systems delivered the first AMPV to the Army on August 31, 2020. Photo: BAE Systems.

Overview

  • The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin a more than $12.5 billion contract modification to produce 296 F‑35s across Lots 18 and 19.
  • The U.S. Army issued an eight‑year, $5.04 billion contract to RTX for Coyote counter‑drone systems, covering kinetic and non‑kinetic interceptors, launchers and Ku‑band radars.
  • The Army completed initial operational test and evaluation of the Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 with soldier‑led firings at White Sands from both HIMARS and M270A2 launchers.
  • The Space Force’s Mission Delta 2 declared L3Harris’s Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System ready for operational use for space domain awareness.
  • The Pentagon outlined “highest priorities” to sustain during a possible government shutdown, including border and Middle East operations, the Golden Dome project, shipbuilding, depot work and critical munitions.