Overview
- L3Harris won a $400 million award to supply THAAD solid rocket boost motors and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems, following January’s framework to quadruple annual interceptor production.
- The Navy issued an RFP for a private Vessel Construction Manager for the Landing Ship Medium program, naming Bollinger Shipyards and Fincantieri Marinette Marine as builders with contract award targeted for mid-2026.
- Australia committed $2.75 billion to start building a new SSN-AUKUS submarine construction yard at Osborne, South Australia, as part of a multidecade industrial expansion.
- President Donald Trump directed the Agriculture Department to invoke Defense Production Act authorities to increase domestic elemental phosphorus supplies used in defense applications.
- The Coast Guard began land deployments of V-BAT unmanned aircraft in January to expand persistent surveillance in the Southwest District for border and maritime domain awareness.