With the increasing importance of technologies such as the cloud, zero trust architecture and artificial intelligence, the need for modernization has grown, and the U.S. military has made technology transformation a priority to keep up with the demands of the rapidly evolving warfighting landscape. To address these needs, Lauren Knausenberger, chie...
The State Department has cleared a potential $268 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to Greece. The Greek government asked to buy a total of 76 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery configurations along with 63 50-caliber machine guns, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday. Contrac...
The State Department has cleared Australia’s request to procure from the U.S. government long-range cruise missile systems manufactured by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) under a potential $895 million foreign military sale deal. Australia asked to buy 200 Tomahawk Block V missiles and associated support for all up rounds, a tactical weapon ...
David McKeown, senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense, became the latest government official to be inducted into the 2023 edition of the Wash100. McKeown’s first selection to receive the Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic reflects his leadership in DOD-wide effor...
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense, said President Joe Biden’s defense budget request of $842 billion for fiscal year 2024 includes about $6 billion in funding to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and supply chains, DOD reported Monday. The $6 billion budget allocation includes long-term investments in the area...
McAleese and Associates is hosting its 14th Annual Defense Programs Conference, one of the largest and most informative yearly events in the government contracting industry, on March 15. This year’s star-studded speaker lineup consists of the top decision makers across the Department of Defense, including officials like Heidi Shyu, Will...
Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) has agreed to acquire secure Duluth, Georgia-based communications platforms provider DataPath for an undisclosed sum to expand the Israeli company’s defense market footprint. Gilat said Thursday it expects the acquisition to conclude in the third quarter of 2023, pending approval from the Committee on Fo...
Jonathan Baba, formerly a strategy and analytics partner in the defense segment at Deloitte, has been appointed senior vice president of LMI’s defense market. Baba brings to the LMI team his more than two decades of government market experience supporting both the Department of Defense and industry, the consulting company said Thursday. “...
In the hotly contested space domain, U.S. government officials see two primary paths forward: strengthening partnerships with other nations and refining and retooling the processes at home. Though the U.S. has identified many foreign governments as direct competitors with regard to space, it has proved fruitful to ally itself with others to potentia...
The State Department has approved Japan’s request to procure up to five Northrop Grumman-made (NYSE: NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft, related equipment and services from the U.S. government under a foreign military sales agreement worth approximately $1.4 billion. Northrop will serve as the prime contractor i...
