In what would be soothing words to the ears of Air Force acquisition officials nowadays, the Government Accountability Office on Aug. 8 denied Lockheed Martin’s protest of the Navy’s April $1.16 billion contract award to Northrop Grumman to develop and build the sea service’s broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system. Accordingly, the Navy announced Aug. 11 that it is resuming execution of the program, which seeks to field by the middle of next decade the first RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle optimized for over-water information-gathering operations. Northrop’s work was put on hold when Lockheed lodged its legal protest. “We are very pleased that the GAO has upheld the Navy’s source selection decision,” said Ronald Sugar, Northrop Grumman chairman and CEO said in a release Aug. 12. The Global Hawk triumphed over the marinized version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ Predator B offered by the Lockheed Martin team.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
