The State Department has cleared Argentina’s foreign military sale request for F-16 Aircraft equipment and support worth an estimated $941 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday Lockheed Martin will be the principal contractor for the potential deal, which will cover the delivery of missiles, bombs and ...
The State Department has cleared Denmark’s request to purchase AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for approximately $744 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday that the Danish government plans to purchase 203 AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM missiles and nine AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM guidance sections that include precise po...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s two foreign military sales requests worth approximately $2 billion combined for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, AN/TPS-77 and AN/TPS-78 radar turnkey systems, related equipment and services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has already notified Congress of the propo...
The State Department has approved the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request to purchase tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided, radio frequency TOW 2A and TOW 2B missiles for an estimated cost of $440 million. RTX will serve as the principal contractor for the proposed foreign military sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
The State Department has approved a potential $7.3 billion foreign military sales request of Poland for equipment and services to help modify and upgrade the European country’s existing F-16 aircraft to the new Viper configuration. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday Lockheed Martin will be the principal contractor in the pr...
Thales has agreed to buy a Boeing subsidiary that manufactures surveillance equipment for the U.S. military for an undisclosed sum, Reuters reported Sunday. In a statement, Boeing said the defense and security arm of French defense electronics firm Thales will acquire Digital Receiver Technology. The Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing is looki...
The State Department has cleared a potential foreign military sale to Japan of Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2B Tactical Missiles and related equipment with an estimated value of $360 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday Japan asked to purchase up to 212 units of RAM Block 2B RIM-116E tactical missiles. The possible dea...
The U.S. Department of State has approved the potential sale of portable radio equipment and related gear worth an estimated $1.42 billion to the Netherlands. The global communications business unit of L3Harris Technologies will be the principal contractor of the foreign military sale, which also includes products and services of TrellisWare Technol...
A Department of Defense report has found that defense spending in fiscal year 2023 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., including DOD contract obligations, payroll spending and grant awards, totaled $609.2 billion, reflecting a $50.5 billion increase from the previous fiscal year and accounting for 2.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. D...
Chris Owen has been elevated to the role of vice president of defense application development and networking at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Saturday. Prior to his promotion, Owen was Peraton’s senior director for the U.S. Air Force and Army. Owen was with Perspecta when it was acquired by Veritas Capital and the...
