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Today in DOW: Dec. 7, 2025
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Secretary of War
Secretary of War

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Deputy Secretary of War

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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Today in DOW: Dec. 6, 2025

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Today in DOW: Dec. 6, 2025
Open Press Events
Secretary of War
Secretary of War

The secretary will deliver the keynote address at 11:50 a.m. PST (2:50 p.m. EST), Air Force One Pavilion Level One, the Reagan National Defense Forum, Simi Valley, California. This event...   Read More >

Deputy Secretary of War
Deputy Secretary of War

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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The chairman participates in a fireside chat at 1:40 pm. PST (4:30 p.m. EST), Presidential Learning Center, the Reagan National Defense Forum, Simi Valley, California. This event will be...   Read More >

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Additional Open Press Events

Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, the Honorable Emil Michael and the commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel J.Paparo, USN, participate in a panel...   Read More >

 

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Contracts For Dec. 5, 2025

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NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $1,141,213,934 modification (P00005) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target), undefinitized, advanced acquisition contract (N0001925C0070). This modification  provides additional funding to previously awarded scope to procure long lead materials, parts, and components in support of 65 Lot 20 production aircraft and adds scope to procure long lead materials, parts, and components in support of 133 Lot 21 production aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, F-35 cooperative program partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed Fort Worth, Texas (59%); El Segundo, California (14%); Warton, United Kingdom (9%); Cameri, Italy (4%); Orlando, Florida (4%); Nashua, New Hampshire (3%); Baltimore, Maryland (3%); San Diego, California (2%); and other various locations outside of the continental U.S. (2%), and is expected to be completed December 2030. Fiscal 2026 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $188,000,000; fiscal 2026 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $115,786,000; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $16,234,934; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $38,893,000; FMS customer funds in the amount of $556,600,000; and cooperative program partner funds in the amount of $225,700,000, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $39,738,219 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220526C1201) for the 105-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of Military Sealift Command's fleet ordinance and dry cargo vessel USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). This contract includes a base work package and three unexercised options for additional work and time, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative value of this contract to $40,386,204. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, beginning Dec. 15, 2025, and is expected to be completed by Mar. 29, 2026. Fiscal 2026 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $39,738,219 are obligated and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Governmentwide Point of Entry website and one offer was received. Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N3220526C1201).

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $36,387,610 cost-plus-award-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-2312) to exercise options for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer follow yard support. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (98%); and other locations (less than 1% each and collectively totaling 2%), and is expected to be completed by November 2026. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,181,212 (61%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,811,828 (23%); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,822,397 (11%); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $768,258 (4%); and fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $176,002 (1%), will be obligated at time of award and no funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 

Cianbro Corp., Pittsfield, Maine is awarded an $18,383,080 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N62470-25-C-4000), exercising options for all work in connection with the shipside complex and shipside storage foundation. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $99,375,171. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by July 2027. Fiscal 2026 other procurement, (Navy) funds in the amount of $18,383,080 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Officer In Charge of Construction, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, is awarded a $16,658,281 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001924C0010). This modification adds scope to procure various special tooling and special test equipment in support of production and retrofit modifications for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in Loveland, Colorado (96%); Billerica, Massachusetts (2%); Austin, Texas (1%); and Elkton, Maryland (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2029. Fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,087,514; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $2,368,138; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,132,661; F-35 Cooperative Program Partner funds in the amount of $3,638,600; and FMS funds in the amount of $4,431,368 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a cost type modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-18-C-2307) for shipyard infrastructure investments at the shipyards and supporting a distributed shipbuilding model. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by December 2033. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $198,415,884 fixed-price-incentive modification (P00041) to contract W56HZV-23-C-0024 for a revision to the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles, supporting the purchase of 240 vehicles to prevent a break in production. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $2,479,580,090. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2028. Fiscal 2026 procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army funds in the amount of $198,415,884 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $23,143,411 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2025 maintenance dredging of the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor to ensure navigational safety and operational efficiency. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, with an estimated completion date of April 26, 2026. Fiscal 2010 Corps of Engineers, Civil Construction funds in the amount of $23,143,411 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, is the contracting activity (W912P7-26-C-A006).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Meridian Medical Technologies LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a maximum $72,940,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for antidote treatment nerve agent auto-injector. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (c)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a one-year base contract with two one-year option periods. The ordering period end date is Dec. 7, 2026. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2026 through 2027 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2DP-26-D-0001).

CORRECTION: The contracts announced on Nov. 28, 2025, for Petroleum Traders Corp.,* Fort Wayne, Indiana (SPE605-26-D-8506, $70,134,920); Pinnacle Petroleum Inc.,* Huntington Beach, California (SPE605-26-D-8507, $59,083,584); Campbell Oil Co.,* Elizabethtown, North Carolina (SPE605-26-D-8502, $39,494,290); GLA Global Co.,* Chicago, Illinois (SPE605-26-D-8504, $21,301,706); Gresham Petroleum Co.,* Indianola, Mississippi (SPE605-26-D-8505, $17,737,742); Virginia Transport LLC,* Chicago, Illinois (SPE605-26-D-8513, $11,591,274); and Potter Oil & Tire Co. Inc.,* Aurora, North Carolina (SPE605-26-D-8508, $9,601,395), were announced with an incorrect award date. The correct award date is Dec. 4, 2025. 

*Small business

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This Week in DOW: Pentagon Press Secretary Says DOW Scaling Drone Production

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This Week in DOW: Pentagon Press Secretary Says DOW Scaling Drone Production
Dec. 5, 2025 |  By David Vergun

The War Department is adopting new technologies with a fight-tonight philosophy so warfighters will have the cutting-edge tools they need to prevail.

"We call it drone dominance," said Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson, during the DOW's weekly Sitrep video. 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced this week that funding provided by the One Big Beautiful Bill will be used to mount an effective sprint toward building that combat power.

"America will soon be the dominant force producing and manufacturing powerful small-scale drones," Wilson said. 

The department requested information earlier this week to gauge industry's willingness and ability to make massive numbers of drones quickly and inexpensively — a concrete effort by the secretary to directly meet the drone dominance goals laid out by President Donald J. Trump. 

"Drone dominance will do two things: drive costs down and capabilities up," Hegseth said. "We will deliver tens of thousands of small drones to our force in 2026, and hundreds of thousands of them by 2027."

Through the drone dominance program, $1 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill will fund the manufacture of approximately 340,000 small drones for combat units over the course of two years. 

After that, it's expected that American industry's interest in building drones as a result of the program will have strengthened supply chains and manufacturing capacity to the point that the military will be able to afford to buy the drones it wants, in the quantity it wants, at a price it wants, through regular budgeting. 

Also, this week, Hegseth attended the funeral of slain West Virginia Army National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, Wilson said.

Beckstrom, 20, of Summersville, West Virginia, died Nov. 27 after being shot the day before while on duty near Farragut Square, a small park, in Washington. She served as a military police soldier with the 863rd Military Police Company.

"In her honor, President Trump ordered flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff, including here at the Pentagon," Wilson said. 

The War Department also welcomed Beckstrom's colleagues to visit and tour the Pentagon Thursday morning. 

This week, the Department of War's Office of Inspector General transmitted its review to Congress regarding the use of the Signal messaging app, Wilson said. 

"The review is a total exoneration of Secretary Hegseth and proves what we knew all along: no classified information was shared," she said. "This matter is resolved, and the case is closed. We're glad to finally debunk this ridiculous narrative once and for all." 

This week Pentagon leaders also welcomed dozens of new media representatives into the Pentagon Press Corps, replacing former press corps members. 

In October, Pentagon leadership asked members of the press corps to sign a media access policy. Most press corps members at the time chose not to sign the agreement, so they lost access to the building. In their place is a new press corps that signed the agreement. The new press corps includes more than 70 independent journalists, bloggers and social media influencers. 

Nearly 20 War Department officials, both civilian and military, spoke with more than two dozen members of the new press corps during a series of some 150 one-on-one interviews, Wilson said. 

"In addition to media row, the new press corps engaged with me during my press briefing on Tuesday and met with Secretary Hegseth on Wednesday," she added. Most of the members of the new press corps are not associated with legacy media outlets, including print media such as newspapers and magazines, and broadcast media, like cable television news. 

"We're excited to continue our work getting the department's message out directly to the American people," she said. 

The secretary this week also kicked off the Christmas season with a new tradition, Wilson said. 

The tree replaced a 17-year-old Amelanchier shrub that had recently fallen into decline and was scheduled for removal next year.   

Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, dedicated a 14-foot Nellie Stevens Holly Christmas tree to the families of U.S. service members Wednesday during an inaugural tree lighting ceremony in the Pentagon's courtyard, she said. 

"This tree is expected to eventually grow over 30 feet tall and live for more than 50 years," Wilson said. "The inaugural tree lighting ceremony was the first of a handful of Christmas events the Pentagon has scheduled for this month." 

During his remarks at the ceremony, Hegseth said while there is a high level of commercialism attached to the Christmas season, it's important for all Christians to reflect on their faith at this time of year. 

"In this season of Advent, Christians are called to pause and reflect ... to turn away from the things of the world and look upward toward the anticipation of the coming of our Savior," Hegseth said. 

He expressed gratitude for the men and women serving in the military across the globe this Christmas season and throughout the year.

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