The State Department has approved a pair of foreign military sale requests worth $219.3 million combined from the government of Italy’s request to procure an air-launched precision strike weapon and air-to-air missile systems from the U.S. government. Italy requested to procure 12 RTX-manufactured (NYSE: TRX) AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range a...
BlueHalo has agreed to buy Eqlipse Technologies for an undisclosed sum to create a combined entity focused on delivering capabilities in the areas of space, counter-unmanned autonomous systems, cyber and electronic warfare and artificial intelligence to Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. Both parties expect the transaction t...
Sigma Defense Systems, a Sagewind Capital company, has acquired defense information technology engineering provider Juno Technologies. The deal advances Sigma Defense’s strategy to expand its data analytics offerings to the Department of Defense and other customers, the company said Tuesday. As a result of the acquisition, Sigma Defense will h...
As the Department of Defense pursues next-generation capabilities and technological dominance on the battlefield, speed and agility in the research, development, testing and evaluation process has become a top priority. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office is one organization taking that imperative to heart and working to meet warfighter needs ...
The government of Poland’s potential $1.2 billion acquisition of airspace and surface radar reconnaissance aerostat systems has been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The prime contractors of the deal will be Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) company, aerostat maker TCOM, ELTA North America and Avantus Federal, a subsidiary of QinetiQ Group...
A $908 million order for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles by the government of the Netherlands has been approved by the U.S. State Department. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will be the prime contractor fulfilling the order, which specifies 120 units of AGM-158B/B-2 JASSM-ER all-up rounds and 15 AGM-158 Inert JASSMs along with their test instrume...
The State Department has approved the government of India’s request to purchase MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $3.99 billion foreign military sales agreement. India asked to buy 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft along with embedded GPS navigation systems, Hellfire captive air tra...
The State Department has approved a potential $8.6 billion foreign military sale of F-35 conventional takeoff and landing aircraft and related equipment to the government of Greece. Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business and RTX's (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary will serve as principal contractors on the proposed dea...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has secured her fourth Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for driving innovation through greater government-industry-academia collaboration in emerging and critical defense technology development. Shyu, who will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summi...
The State Department has approved the government of Turkey's request to procure 40 F-16V Block 70 multi-role fighting aircraft and related equipment from the U.S. under a potential $23 billion foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed deal, which includes 32 F-16C and ei...
