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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.

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.