Defense Acquisition
Navy awards $850M ceiling on autonomous surface vessels to a coalition of five.
The coalition structure is the signal. Sole-source is over for this capability.
Signal Intelligence™ · generating Executive Brief
The award structure — a five-vendor IDIQ ceiling with mandatory teaming on task orders — is an explicit rejection of the sole-source pattern that defined Navy unmanned procurements for a decade. Expect this template to migrate to the Marine Corps ground unmanned portfolio by mid-year.
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