Author: Mary-Louise Hoffman|| Date Published: August 12, 2016
The State Department has approved NATO’s request to buy precision guided munitions and related support services from the U.S. for use in regional threat deterrence operations under a potential $231 million foreign military sales agreement.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will be the primary contractors on the deal, the Defense Security Cooperation Agencysaid Thursday.
The transaction covers production of 2, 040 KMU-556 F/B, KMU-557 F/B and KMU-572 F/BJoint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits as well as various computer control groups for 1, 000-pound Enhanced Paveway II, GBU-49 and GBU-12 laser guided bombs.
NATO also ordered joint programmable fuzes, bomb fin assembly and airfoil groups for LGBs, detector sensing unit laser and proximity sensors, Wireless Paveway Avionics Kit interfaces and electronic bomb fuzes.
The alliance will distribute the munitions to Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain as the countries’ lead buyer under the deal, according to DSCA.
DSCA said it notified Congress of the potential sale Tuesday.
AeroVironment has tapped Robert “Rob” Smith as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Smith’s appointment, which will become official April 13, underscores…
GreyNoise Intelligence has launched Command and Control Detection, a new intelligence module designed to identify active cyber compromises using outbound…
BigBear.ai has named Jo Ann Bjornson as chief human resources officer and Alex Thompson as chief corporate affairs officer. The new leadership appointments…
The State Department has approved NATO’s request to buy precision guided munitions and related support services from the U.S. for use in regional threat deterrence operations under a potential $231 million foreign military sales agreement.
