The State Department has cleared Italy’s $738 million foreign military sales request to buy the Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, related equipment and services from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday General Atomics will serve as the principal contractor in the proposed sale,...
A Fluor (NYSE: FLR) business has received a $1.4 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy for continued support work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. The Department of Defense said Monday Fluor Marine Propulsion was awarded fiscal 2025 options for naval nuclear propulsion work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Schenectady, New York; and Idaho Fal...
The State Department has approved South Korea’s request to purchase up to 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday the proposed foreign military sale is valued at around $3.5 billion and includes 76 T700-GE-701D engines, 36 AN/ASQ-170 modernized target acquisition and designation si...
The Office of Naval Research is employing science and technology strategies to help improve external partnerships and train the naval officers of tomorrow to develop critical Navy-Marine Corps capabilities. During a keynote speech at the Potomac Officer Club’s 2024 Navy Summit, RADM Kurt Rothenhaus, the chief of Naval Research,...
The State Department has cleared a potential $5 billion foreign military sales request of Germany to buy up to 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors and related equipment and services from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the prime ...
Jeff Sallee was appointed president of Chenega Advanced Solutions and Intelligence Services, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post Sunday. Sallee has been with Chenega and its various businesses for over a decade. In 2014, he joined Chenega Technical Innovations as operations manager. The executive then moved to Chenega IT Enterprise Serv...
A new position and office needs to be created to properly manage the United States’ alliances with other nations and support its success in the Great Power Competition, according to the Defense Innovation Board. In a mid-July report, the Department of Defense advisory group said that the DOD is lacking a “central standing mechanism for...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has recruited Kris Mork, a former Guidehouse director, to serve as chief data officer of its health and civil segment. Mork confirmed their new role in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. The biomedical and health informatics expert will drive Leidos’ data strategy and governance in support of its customers in the healthcare and...
The State Department has approved Israel’s request to buy F-15IA aircraft, advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, 120mm tank cartridges, family of medium tactical vehicles and M933A1120mm high explosive mortar cartridges from the U.S. government under five foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $20.3 billion combined. The De...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
