Lockheed Martin will serve as the principal contractor for the potential $500 million foreign military sale of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and related equipment to Bahrain. The U.S. State Department recently approved Bahrain’s FMS request, which is expected to improve the defense capabilities of the country against current and f...
As the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Navy Summit approaches on August 26, anticipation is building for a fireside chat featuring two leaders at the nexus of defense, digital modernization and strategic innovation: Navy chief information officer and two-time Wash100 Award winner Jane Rathbun and Seekr Director of Business Dev...
L3Harris Technologies will serve as the principal contractor in a proposed $404 million foreign military sale that the Department of State approved to support Australia’s MC-55A aircraft fleet. The Australian government requested to buy MC-55A Baseline 2 upgrades and related equipment and services, including major and minor modifications, spare pa...
The Department of State has approved the Egyptian government’s request to purchase the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System. RTX will serve as the principal contractor for the proposed foreign military sale, which is estimated to be valued at $4.67 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. The weapon system pur...
Rare earth elements are some of the most indispensable materials in modern technology. These 17 elements from the periodic table, such as gadolinium, praseodymium and lanthanum, play critical roles in national security weapon systems while spanning many sectors of the global economy, including IT, transportation and telecommunications. Because ...
Booz Allen Hamilton, in partnership with L3Harris Technologies, will deliver a prototype of the Advanced Battle Management System Distributed Battle Management Node Phase II Tactical Operations Center-Light for the Department of the Air Force Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management. The work will be perfor...
Phyllis Baker, a seasoned public sector consultant and cybersecurity professional, has been appointed senior vice president at Glasswall. Continuing Glasswall’s Data Security Mission In a LinkedIn post shared Wednesday, Baker expressed her excitement about her new position at the cybersecurity company specializing in content dis...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved SES’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat. FCC said Friday the approval of the proposed transaction builds on its efforts to promote the delivery of satellite services to the public. The commission added that it expects the planned deal to establish a “more vigorous multi-orbit...
The Department of State has approved Norway’s $2.6 billion Foreign Military Sale request for HH-60W helicopters and related equipment, with Sikorsky Aircraft as the principal contractor. Under the proposed sale, Norway could purchase up to nine HH-60W helicopters, 22 T-700-GE-401 turboshaft engines, 21 Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems,...
Over the last quarter century, Horace Blackman has firmly established himself in the government contracting world, performing duties on both the public and private sides of the industry to figure out how to make the biggest impact. He’s logged time at the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as Leidos, Lockheed Martin and Booz & Compan...
