The State Department has approved a request from South Korea to procure items intended to enhance its fleet of KDX-II destroyers. The potential foreign military sale, valued at an estimated $300 million, also covers related logistics supporting the nation’s KDX-II Class Destroyers Product Improvement Program, the Defense Security Cooperation ...
Guidehouse has appointed Shannon White, a partner at the consulting firm, as head of its defense and security segment, effective Jan. 1. The McLean, Virginia-based advisory firm said Monday Chris Clarke, a partner, will succeed White as head of Guidehouse’s homeland security and law enforcement practice while Bryan Miller, also a partner, will lea...
Mike Bosco holds more than 20 years of military and intelligence experience, but he ended up in government contracting somewhat by chance. Upon retiring from the military in 2012, he was intent on transitioning to federal civilian work, maybe in the Intelligence Community. However, perhaps surprisingly, it takes extensive time and enduring a lot of...
Health services, IT modernization and advanced weapons systems received the bulk of this year’s contract awards. Most of the contracts have long-term periods of performance. Both startups and big corporations have offered their services to get contracting work from the government. The Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2024 was $824....
Riverside Research has won a potential five-year, $160 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit for technical, engineering and advisory support services to help DIU and its mission partners prototype, transition and scale commercial technologies across the Department of Defense. Steven Omick, president and CEO of Riverside Research, said th...
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...
The State Department has approved the government of Kuwait’s request to purchase maintenance, repair and sustainment services and military equipment for an estimated cost of $300 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday BAE Systems, U.S. Ordnance, DRS Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman and RTX will ser...
Today’s complex defense landscape is shaped by growing geopolitical tensions, the meteoric rise of advanced technologies and an intensifying global competition. In Executive Mosaic’s latest video interview, reporter Summer Myatt sat down with Judi Dotson, president of the global defense sector at Booz Allen Hamilton, to learn more abou...
The Space Systems Command and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office have awarded SES Space & Defense a five-year blanket purchase agreement valued at up to $117 million to support the U.S. European Command. The SES subsidiary said Monday that, under the contract, it will provide multi-orbit, multi-band satellite com...
The State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale of AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment valued at an estimated cost of up to $807 million to the government of the Netherlands. The Netherlands’ Foreign Military Sale Details The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday&nb...
