Naval Infrastructure: Tutor Perini’s Guam-based team won a ~$651.8M NAVFAC Pacific task order to harden Naval Base Guam’s electrical feeders by replacing overhead lines with underground, concrete-encased conductors—design starts Aug 2026, construction April 2027, with completion expected June 2031. Seafood Research: The University of Hawaiʻi Hilo is a core member of a new $13.5M federal aquaculture consortium (CIFARM), led by UH Hilo’s Chatham Callan, aiming to expand sustainable U.S. seafood production over five years. Disaster Readiness & Funding: Guam says it’s nearing the end of Super Typhoon Sinlaku emergency spending, with about $10M of roughly $25M appropriated likely to be returned for reuse. Nuclear Policy Watch: Congress is weighing a provision that could require deployment of transportable nuclear microreactors in the Indo-Pacific by Jan. 1, 2030—Guam’s delegate opposed it. Marine Conservation: Germany’s GIZ earmarked €20M (2026–2031) for marine conservation, including support for marine protected areas and scientific data collection in high seas. Regional Safety: Pacific fisheries officials trained in Suva to meet new EU freezer-vessel food-safety rules that could affect most EU-listed Pacific-flagged exporters. Climate & Oceans: NOAA-linked reporting warns a record-leaning El Niño could intensify marine heatwaves affecting Micronesia and beyond, with major risks to kelp and reefs.