Top 20: Need for Drones Leads New Additions to Tracked Contracts

June 8, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC

The Pentagon boosted to $60 billion the maximum value of a multi-vendor procurement vehicle for rapid sourcing of drones and other tactical equipment as the next iteration of the contract heads toward competitive bidding.

The Defense Logistics Agency’s fifth-generation equipment contract is one of the new additions to Bloomberg Government’s Top 20 Opportunities, a curated catalog of some of the largest IT, telecommunications, professional services, and R&D opportunities in the pre-RFP stage.

Two Air Force advanced research requirements, a re-compete of the Defense Department-wide TRICARE pharmacy program and three smaller opportunities for emergency response, NASA launch services, and Census Bureau ...

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