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The State Department has cleared a potential $175.4M foreign military sale deal covering support services to modernize Romania's fleet of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) fighter jets.

Jim Richberg, public sector field chief information security officer at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), said government agencies should begin rethinking security as they prepare for impending information technology budget cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anantha Krishnan, a 15-year veteran of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and most recently associate laboratory director of the LLNL engineering directorate, has been appointed senior vice president of the energy business at General Atomics.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has wrapped up its $400M cash acquisition of Portland, Oregon-based Pacific Star Communications, a rugged communications technology provider to the military sector.

Belcan, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has acquired federal information technology services provider Telesis for an undisclosed sum. "The acquisition of Telesis is transformational for Belcan's Government IT Solutions business, immediately adding complementary capabilities and greater scale," said Belcan CEO Lance Kwasniewski.

Stephen Sartwell, formerly an executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as senior vice president for program and operations excellence. Sartwell held manufacturing-related roles across his tenure at L3Harris, including leadership over standardization to accommodate boosted production workloads, Cobham said Monday.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a pair of contract modifications worth $315M combined to implement a single-phase approach for delivering the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) to the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Air Force has selected five companies to help the service branch maintain helicopters, aircrew flight equipment and weapons under multiple-award $835M contract. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide maintenance support to Pacific Air Forces, AF Global Strike Command,AF District of Washington and Air Education and Training Command, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus, has received his sixth Wash100 Award. This is the fourth consecutive year that Prow has received the award and his sixth overall in the seven year history of the Wash100 Award. "Vectrus provides critical infrastructure support services globally for a variety of national security missions," said Prow.

The Department of Energy has released a final request for proposals for a potential five-year, $100M contract to provide technical support services for the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico.