The Department of State has approved Norway’s $2.6 billion Foreign Military Sale request for HH-60W helicopters and related equipment, with Sikorsky Aircraft as the principal contractor. Under the proposed sale, Norway could purchase up to nine HH-60W helicopters, 22 T-700-GE-401 turboshaft engines, 21 Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems,...
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has received two Defense Logistics Agency contracts worth $419.5 million combined to provide spare parts and support services for H-60 and H-53 helicopters. Helicopter Spare Parts Contract Details The Department of Defense said Thursday the firm-fixed-price contracts have a five-year base term and an optio...
Chugach Government Solutions, or CGS, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Ken Ackerman as vice president of human resources and Isaac Fawehinmi as vice president, controller. Virginia Robinson, interim president of CGS, said in a statement Tuesday that Ackerman and Fawehinmi bring to the company “a strong combi...
Over the last quarter century, Horace Blackman has firmly established himself in the government contracting world, performing duties on both the public and private sides of the industry to figure out how to make the biggest impact. He’s logged time at the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as Leidos, Lockheed Martin and Booz & Compan...
Senior Department of Defense officials and military leaders released on Thursday DOD’s $961.6 billion fiscal year 2026 proposed budget, which includes $848.3 billion in discretionary funding and $113.3 billion in mandatory funding through congressional reconciliation, DOD News reported. “This historic defense budget prioritizes strengthe...
Cybersecurity company Forescout Technologies has promoted seasoned sales leader Rob Amezcua to chief revenue officer and hired marketing professional Joe Malenfant as vice president of product marketing. In a statement published Tuesday, Forescout CEO Barry Mainz said the leadership appointments will help the company’s customers stay ahead of ...
A bill sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., and endorsed by Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Ark., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., that aims to modernize and enhance the United States’ missile defense capabilities was introduced on Tuesday. Messmer’s website says the Ground and Orbital Launched Defeat of Emergent Nuclear Destruction and Other Missile...
“The U.S. Space Force has awarded Astrion’s Axient subsidiary a position on the second iteration of the Space Test Experiments, or STEP, program to design and field emerging technology experiments in orbit. Astrion said Wednesday Axient and 11 other awardees will compete for task orders under the 10-year, $237 million STEP 2.0 contr...
Cincinnati-based Cryptic Vector has appointed John Fant, a business development and operations executive, as chief growth officer. In a statement published June 9, Cryptic Vector CEO Sean Olding said Fant is a key addition to the company given his extensive experience in driving growth. “With John on board, we are well-positioned to expand our...
The State Department has approved the Netherlands’ foreign military sales request worth about $215 million for AGM-179A joint air-to-ground missiles, or JAGM, and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Lockheed Martin will be the principal contractor in the proposed FMS deal, which seeks t...
