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

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

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…