The State Department has approved Egypt’s three foreign military sales requests worth approximately $5.3 billion combined for Abrams tank refurbishment, Hellfire AGM-114R missiles, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems, or APKWS, and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has already not...
Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $3.5 billion to provide mission-systems integration support for E-130J, the service branch’s new nuclear command, control and communications aircraft. The Navy said Wednesday E-130J will replace the E-6B Mercury aircraft in performing the take charge and move out, or TACAMO, mission...
Ayar Labs has raised $155 million in a round of Series D financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. The San Jose, California-based company said Wednesday it will use the capital to support high-volume production of its in-package optical interconnects to help address the need for scalable artificial intelligence infrastru...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $450.5 million foreign military sales, or FMS, contract to provide command and control capabilities to Japan’s F-15 jet fighters. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that under the sole source award, Boeing will deliver radars, self-protection toolkits and mission computers to the Japan Air Self-Defense F...
The State Department has cleared Ukraine’s request to purchase F-16 Fighting Falcon sustainment services for $266.4 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed foreign military sale is aimed at strengthening the country’s capability to meet current and future threats. Ukraine to Buy Military Equipment, Se...
Executive Mosaic has selected Carey Smith, chair, CEO and president at Parsons, as chair of Leadership Group 1, part of its 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program brings together senior industry leaders and government officials through a series of collaborative networking and dinner ev...
Daniel Ramirez, former strategy and business development leader at CAE, was named chief revenue officer at Red 6, a technology firm developing augmented reality tech to support air combat training. In a LinkedIn post announcing Ramirez’s appointment, Red 6 Founder and CEO Daniel Robinson said the new CRO will be responsible for leading the fir...
The State Department has approved India’s potential $1.17 billion foreign military sales request for MH-60R multimission helicopter equipment and follow-on support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business segment will be the principal contractor in the propos...
Dave Keitel, former director of infrastructure and operations at Graham Packaging, has joined Leidos to serve as vice president of technology capability and service delivery, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Saturday. In his most recent role, he was responsible for developing strategy around end user platforms and leading several teams for...
Leidos subsidiary Dynetics, a company specializing in hypersonics, has received a $670.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to supply the U.S. Army with the common-hypersonic glide body and thermal protection system. Dynetics Contract Scope Dynetics will perform work at its headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. The project is expected to ...
