The State Department has approved Poland’s request to buy 250 M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tanks, manufactured by General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), through an approximately $6 billion foreign military sales agreement. Pieces of equipment covered by the FMS package include 250 AN/VLQ-12 counter-improvised explosive device systems, 26 M88A2 Hercules combat rec...
Finland’s defense ministry has formalized an agreement to procure 64 F-35A conventional takeoff and landing jets along with associated equipment and sustainment services from the U.S. government for approximately $9.4 billion, Reuters reported Friday. The signing of the procurement documents came one month after Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: ...
The State Department has approved a potential sale to Indonesia of F-15 fighter aircraft built by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and associated equipment through an estimated $13.9 billion government-to-government agreement with the U.S. Indonesia’s foreign military sales request includes 36 F-15ID jets, 87 F110-GE-129 or F100-PW-229 engines, 92 embedded G...
The recent confirmation of Andrew Hunter as assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics reflects the service branch’s reinvigorated focus on software as a key component of its broader information technology and modernization strategies. Hunter, who formerly led the defense-industrial initiatives group at th...
System High has won a $104.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy to perform a range of security services in support of the F-35 Joint Program Office. The company will provide program management, foreign disclosure support, counter-intelligence services, general security as well as information, industrial, physical and personnel security under the fi...
The State Department has approved a potential $4.21 billion foreign military sale of F-16 Block 70 aircraft, manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), and related equipment to the Jordanian government. Jordan asked to procure a dozen units of the updated F-16 C and four of the D configuration to support the country’s fighter aircraft fleet...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Vectrus President and CEO Chuck Prow as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, the eighth time he’s won the prestigious award in the nine-year history of Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of executives with staying power and influence in the government contracting sector. Vectrus kicked off 2021 with the acq...
The Office of Management and Budget released a new federal zero trust strategy that requires government agencies to meet robust cybersecurity standards and aims to reinforce federal defense capabilities against a rising number of threats on critical government infrastructure and operations. OMB’s strategy, released via memorandum on Jan. 26, build...
Egypt has asked to buy a dozen C-130J military transport planes and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a $2.2 billion foreign military sales proposal approved by the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed FMS deal for Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Super Hercules offering seeks to ad...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Collins Elbit Vision Systems a $158.2 million modification on a contract for support services to a helmet display system built to help military fighter pilots cue sensors and weapons against aircraft and ground threats. CEVS, a joint venture between Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace b...
