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Army contract negotiators notch banner year, delivering $1B in additional buying power

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Government negotiators drove hard bargains on behalf of the Army in fiscal year 2025, freeing up over $1 billion in just 10 months -- twice the savings achieved in all of FY-24 -- giving Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, IL, which spearheaded the drive, time to push savings even higher. Service officials recently told Inside Defense in an exclusive interview the command doubled the savings it reported in FY-24 -- $528 million -- a…Rock Island Arsenal · Rock Island Arsenal Read Article

Army mum on depot plans, but it has echoes of a BRAC

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After a sweeping set of proposals to restructure multiple Army depots and arsenals, former officials, local leaders and experts are scrutinizing vague signals from service leadership, and seeing signs of what resembles a potential base realignment and closure (BRAC). Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s April 30 memo outlining the Army Transformation Initiative calls for the service to “review and consolidate operations across select depots, arsenal…Pete Hegseth · Rock Island Arsenal Read Article