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Contracts · Naval mines

Denmark signs for Blocker naval mines through Finland-led procurement

Germany, Lithuania and Norway also take part in the initial joint procurement; Defense News reports Lithuania has decided to proceed with its own contract.

Denmark has signed an agreement to acquire Forcit's Finnish Blocker naval mine system through the Naval Mines Cooperation (NMC), led by Finland. The Danish defense ministry's Materiel and Procurement Agency (FMI) announced the agreement on Nov. 5.1

Forcit supplies the Blocker system

Naval Mines Cooperation (NMC) led by Finland

initial joint procurement

Besides Denmark and Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Norway take part in the initial joint procurement of Blocker

Finland

Finland also serves as lead nation for the joint procurement, and Finnish defense and technology company Forcit supplies the Blocker system

Source: Danish Materiel and Procurement Agency (FMI), Nov. 5, 2026

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Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Norway participate in the initial joint procurement of Blocker.1 Defense News reports that Lithuania decided to proceed with its own contract a day before Denmark, also under the NMC.2

Defense News reports that Finland's military signed a contract with Forcit Defence in June on behalf of the five participating countries. The Finnish government put that contract's value at hundreds of millions of euros, the outlet reports.2 Denmark's announcement gives no price, quantity or delivery schedule for its acquisition.1

Defense News reports that Finland and Estonia already operate the mines, with Estonia having bought them in 2021. Germany and Norway have yet to announce contracts publicly, the outlet reports.2

Denmark's purchase is part of a cooperation meant to support joint procurement and strengthen cooperation on logistics, training, exercises and the systems' lifespan. The NMC began in 2024 and developed through a framework agreement in 2025, with Finland leading both the cooperation and the joint procurement.1

Sources (2)
  1. Danmark indgår aftale om anskaffelse af søminesystem fra Finland, FMI, Nov. 5, 2026 www.fmi.dk
  2. Denmark, Lithuania latest Baltic navies to buy 'Blocker' mines through Finnish scheme, Defense News, Nov. 6, 2026 www.defensenews.com
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Contracts · Cyber infrastructure

DISA seeks cloud identity and access prototype for Department of War

Responses are due Nov. 30 for a commercial identity-management prototype. It would operate across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking a commercial, cloud-hosted identity and access management prototype to modernize the Department of War’s legacy identity infrastructure.1

DISA seeks solutions to prototype a Next Generation E-ICAM capability

Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM)

modernize legacy identity infrastructuremodular, cloud-hostedplanned

This effort will modernize legacy identity infrastructure with a modular, cloud-hosted commercial off-the-shelf/software-as-a-service solution operating across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The prototype must address the Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record, and Federation Hub core capabilities.

Response deadline is Nov. 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. America/Chicago (Monday)

Source: SAM.gov. As of Nov. 7, 2026.

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DISA is seeking the capability through a prototype Other Transaction opportunity linked to its competitive Commercial Solutions Opening.1–3

The Next Generation Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM) effort calls for a modular commercial off-the-shelf or software-as-a-service solution. The solution would operate across Impact Level 5 (IL5) and Impact Level 6 (IL6) environments. The prototype must address four core capabilities: Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record and Federation Hub.1

Responses to the Area of Interest are due Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Central.1

DISA’s Commercial Solutions Opening and any Other Transactions awarded through it are not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or its supplements.3

Sources (3)
  1. SAM.gov notice record sam.gov
  2. SAM.gov notice history sam.gov
  3. SAM.gov: DISA Commercial Solutions Opening (HC108425S0001) sam.gov
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Contracts · Space

Viasat wins contract for Space Data Network’s mission operations hub

The award includes a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center, under a contract with a $450 million ceiling.

Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Viasat a competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Space Data Network Backbone’s Mission Operations Center, the command announced Nov. 5, 2026. The contract carries a $450 million maximum ceiling and a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center.1

Viasat, Inc. will serve as the network and mission system integration partner

Mission Operations Center (MOC) for the Space Data Network Backbone

maximum ceiling$450 millionactual

contract to Viasat, Inc., with a maximum ceiling of $450 million

initial task order$115 millionactual

to design, field, and scale the MOC

Source: Space Systems Command, Nov. 5, 2026

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Viasat will serve as the network and mission system integration partner as SSC expands its open-architecture ecosystem across multiple space-segment providers. SSC plans to bring mission integration, network operations and data transport management together through the center.1

The effort builds on the multi-vendor acquisition strategy demonstrated in the Space-Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio’s earlier Delivery Order 2 and Delivery Order 3 work. That work involved Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems.1

Breaking Defense reported that the center will serve as the network orchestration hub for the backbone, a low Earth orbit constellation being built by SpaceX. The network’s near-term focus will be supporting the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, the outlet reported.2

DefenseScoop reported that earlier this year the Department of War awarded SpaceX a $2.3 billion contract to deliver a fully operational backbone prototype by the end of 2027.3

The center is intended to integrate mission systems across multiple constellations and providers.1 Breaking Defense described network orchestration as autonomously shifting data among satellite constellations and ground stations when congestion or jamming slows transmission.2

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  1. SSC release, Nov. 5, 2026 www.ssc.spaceforce.mil
  2. Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com
  3. DefenseScoop defensescoop.com
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