Canada has finalized a potential $14.2 billion agreement with the U.S. government to procure 88 Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for its air force. The Canadian government said Monday it expects initial F-35A deliveries to kick off in 2026 and anticipates the country’s air force to reach full operational capabil...
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill that seeks to protect U.S. intellectual property by imposing economic penalties on companies and individuals involved in IP theft. Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb., introduced the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act, which requires within six months a con...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business will manufacture hundreds of main hull structures for the Israeli defense forces’ Eitan armored personnel carrier fleet under a contract worth more than $100 million. Israel’s defense ministry expects the delivery of initial hulls to occur within an 18-month period to support the production of...
Ed Griebel, a nearly 20-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has assumed a new role as the company’s vice president for airborne surveillance, according to a LinkedIn post published Saturday. Griebel most recently served as VP in charge of profit and loss within an operating unit of Northrop’s marine systems propulsion developme...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will provide a long-range, anti-ship cruise missile system to the government of Romania under a potential $217.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy. Romania will initially obligate $208.7 million to acquire the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System through U.S. foreign military sales program, the Defense...
Private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired DZYNE Technologies, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems for domestic and international defense and government customers, for an undisclosed sum. DZYNE’s drone offering uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology and is equipped with advanced autonomous navigation, full-motio...
In recent years, there has been a steadily increasing push to optimize and embolden systems for sharing information in the U.S. military. This is most clearly seen in the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative, which entails an interlocking network of communications for warfighters. World events such as Russia’s ...
From his time as a naval aviator to his work at the Pentagon and at the Department of Homeland Security, all the way to his current position in the upper echelon of an impactful technology company, John Zangardi has accrued expertise in a wide range of topics. Zangardi is passionate about cybersecurity best practices, the...
Bob Butz was named vice president of operations and supply chain at the missiles and defense business of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) following a four-year stint at the defense contractor’s Collins Aerospace subsidiary as VP, according to his LinkedIn post. He joined Collins in November 2018 as vice president of global repair services and...
Ronald “Chip” Whitford, formerly a vice president of BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), has assumed new roles as senior VP, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at the nuclear components supplier. He succeeds Tom McCabe, who will remain with BWXT in special advisory role until his retirement on Aug. 1, the company sa...
