The Lithuanian government has agreed with the U.S. to acquire $213M worth of UH-60M Black Hawk medium-lift aircraft as part of the European nation’s first-ever purchase of American-made helicopters, Defense News reported Saturday....
Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum will feature Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, as a keynote speaker. To register for Potomac Officers Club’s Fall CMMC Forum, as well as view other upcoming opportunities, visit Potomac...
Ken Asbury and Sid Ashworth, respectively former executives at CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), have been appointed to serve on Geospace Technologies' board of directors starting Dec. 1. Asbury and Ashworth are past recipients of the Wash100 Award....
The State Department has informed Congress about its plan to give the United Arab Emirates a green light to procure 18 MQ-9B Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles from the U.S. government under a potential $2.8B foreign military sales agreement, Reuters reported Friday....
Michele Evans, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics business, was presented her first Wash100 Award for advancing aircraft technological capabilities and forming strategic partnerships. In particular, her efforts to drive production and aeronautics technology throughout 2019 for Lockheed Martin have earned Evans her first Was...
The board of directors of Concurrent Technologies Corp. has elected Jeffrey Harris, a national security industry veteran, as board chair and business leader Dale Mosier as vice chair. Harris and Mosier will each serve a three-year term on the company’s board....
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....
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, C...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Boeing Conducts Taxi Test on AI-Powered Unmanned Aircraft Prototype An unmanned aircraft prototype Boeing developed with the Australia’s air force has undergone a low-speed taxi process as part of tests and preparations for a maiden flight slated for later this year. T...
Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) has agreed to acquire Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX) in an all-stock deal worth approximately $35B as part of AMD’s efforts to expand its data center business and portfolio of technology products. The boards of directors of the two companies unanimously cleared the transaction, which is expected to be completed by the e...
