Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on a State Department-authorized $450 million foreign military sale of F-16 sustainment services and related equipment to Pakistan. The proposed transaction calls for the consolidation of previous aircraft sustainment and support cases associated with the Pakistan air force’s F...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Greg Muhlner, vice president of sales and customer engagement with Rebellion Defense, to discuss the company’s emphasis on ownership, being mission-driven and prioritizing customer needs. The Q&A also tackled Rebellion Defense’s work with defense and national security...
Marc Surette, a senior sales executive within the U.S. public sector, has joined Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) as regional vice president for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Foreign Service Institute, according to his LinkedIn post. Surette previously worked at UiPath (NYSE: PATH) as regional VP for DOD and was responsible for growing t...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s requests to procure AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles, contract logistics support for the Surveillance Radar Program and AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $1.1 billion combined. Taiwan’s economic and cultural representative office requ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a five-year, $5.02 billion contract from the Missile Defense Agency to test, integrate and ensure readiness of the country’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system against potential ballistic missile attacks. The award covers physical and logical integration of the GMD element into the Ballistic Missile Defense System ...
In the U.S. Army’s pursuit of bold, enterprise-wide modernization, the service’s leaders are increasingly focusing on software acquisition reform and looking to industry for help. Department of Defense officials and federal representatives have been vocal in recent years about the Army’s acquisition process, which is widely seen as bureaucrati...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has listed four prime contractors for a potential $141.1 million foreign military sale of ground command and control equipment to Morocco. DSCA said Thursday the State Department approved the possible FMS transaction that will involve General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a two-year, $182 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide a ground-based air defense system to Ukraine as part of a military aid package. The Department of Defense obligated the full amount to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems using fiscal 2022 Ukraine Security A...
The State Department has approved a foreign military sale of multimission military helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, to Australia through a $1.95 billion government-to-government transaction. Australia requested to buy 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters along with a range of additional items such as ...
Dr. Colin Chinn, chief medical officer of the global health and financial solutions sector at Peraton, has joined a federal advisory committee that advises the Department of Defense on health-related matters. He will serve a four-year term on the Defense Health Board and help provide independent advice to the DOD secretary on issues associated with...
