:

Pentagon

DoD Awards First Round Of APFIT Projects Using FY ’26 Funds

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 22nd, 2025

SHARE:

DoD Awards First Round Of APFIT Projects Using FY ’26 Funds

Leidos' Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel. Photo: Leidos

The Defense Department on Monday said it has awarded over $400 million in more than a dozen contracts to aid companies in moving technologies into production under the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program. The first contracts using fiscal year 2026 APFIT funds bring total awards under the four-year-old program to more than $1.5 billion and include the largest single award ever, $49.7 million for an Army project titled Real-Time Command and Control at the Tactical…

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]

Congress

SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved its $1.14 trillion version of the next defense policy bill, adopting “right to repair” reform to provide the military services’ greater ability […]

Congress

House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

House appropriators on Wednesday released their $1.07 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill, with the legislation reversing Army aviation cuts, restoring funding for the Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail program […]

Congress

MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

While the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) has been a requirement for major defense acquisition programs since January 2019 and other Defense Department acquisitions since January 2021, few programs are […]