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• Defense10/04/2026@DefenseDesk

  Navy Awards Raytheon Up to US$24.4 Billion for SM-6 Interceptors

  Arlington, Virginia, United StatesRTX

  

  Starts 10/01/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6 days ago

  Raytheon's release is datelined 'ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1, 2026 / PRNewswire' and Defense News^[3] (Reuters) published on Thursday 1 Oct 2026.

  On 1 October 2026 the US Navy and Raytheon announced a five-year contract with two option years worth up to US$24.4 billion for Standard Missile-6 interceptors, the third major munitions award after Tomahawk and AMRAAM.

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• Defense10/04/2026@DefenseDesk

  Navy Awards Raytheon US$22.9 Billion Tomahawk Production Contract

  Raytheon, South Raytheon Parkway, Tucson, Arizona, United StatesRTX

  

  Starts 08/17/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better51 days ago

  Raytheon's release is datelined 'TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 17, 2026 / PRNewswire' and Breaking Defense^[3] published the news on 17 Aug 2026.

  On 17 August 2026 Raytheon announced a US$22.9 billion, multi-year Navy contract to ramp Tomahawk cruise missile production to more than 1,000 a year, finalising the February framework agreement.

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• Defense10/05/2026@DefenseDesk

  Navy Awards US$76.6 Billion for Five Columbia and Nine Virginia Submarines

  General Dynamics Electric Boat, City of Groton, Groton, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, United StatesGeneral Dynamics

  

  Starts 07/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better70 days ago

  Naval News^[1] reproduces the Navy release: 'On July, 29 2026, the Department of War expanded its undersea warfighting capabilities by awarding a five-ship contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat'; Breaking Defense^[4] published the story on 29 July 2026.

  On 29 July 2026 the Department of War awarded US$76.6 billion for five Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and nine Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines, split between General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII's Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest submarine deal in Navy history.

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• Defense10/05/2026@DefenseDesk

  Electric Boat Wins a US$15.38 Billion Columbia and Virginia Submarine Modification

  General Dynamics Electric Boat, City of Groton, Groton, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, United StatesGeneral Dynamics

  

  Starts 03/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better203 days ago

  GovConWire^[1] (19 March 2026): 'The Department of War said Wednesday' - Wednesday was 18 March; The Defense Post^[4] and Sen. Jack Reed's 22 March release ('This week, the U.S. Navy awarded...') agree on the week.

  On 18 March 2026 the Department of War announced a US$15.38 billion contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat covering Columbia-class design, lead-yard support, sustainment and serial production of Columbia and Virginia-class submarines through June 2035.

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• Defense10/05/2026@DefenseDesk

  GDIT Wins a US$988 Million Navy C5ISR Modernization Contract

  Fairview Park Drive, Merrifield, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22037, United StatesGeneral Dynamics

  

  Starts 01/12/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better268 days ago

  General Dynamics' release is dated January 12, 2026 and says GDIT 'announced today that it was awarded' the SACSS contract, 'awarded in December'; GovConWire^[2] covered it on 13 January 2026.

  On 12 January 2026 General Dynamics Information Technology announced it had been awarded the US$988 million Ship and Air C5ISR Systems Support contract to modernize command, control and sensor systems across the Navy's surface combatants.

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