The State Department has approved Afghanistan™s request to purchase crew-served and individual weapons and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $60 million foreign military sales agreement. Afghanistan asked to buy 4, 891 units of M16A4 rifles, 485 M240B machines guns and 800 M2 machine guns in support of the Afghan n...
The Utah State University Research Foundation has received a potential five-year, $99.4 million contract to research and develop space-based sensor platforms for the Missile Defense Agency. The foundation will perform work at its Logan, Utah-based facility through Aug. 16, 2021 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 12, 2016 ” SOS International‘s Exovera subsidiary will provide its EV3 cloud-based media analysis software to support the U.S. diplomatic mission in Afghanistan under a five-year contract with the State Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. SOSi said Wednesday EV3 will work to mo...
The State Department has approved NATO’s request to buy precision guided munitions and related support services from the U.S. for use in regional threat deterrence operations under a potential $231 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will be the primary contractors on the deal, the Def...
The State Department has approved Saudi Arabia’s request to purchase $1.15 billion in General Dynamics-built (NYSE: GD) Abrams battle tanks along with a suite of ground vehicle recovery systems from the U.S. government under a foreign military sales agreement between both countries. Twenty of the total 153 M1A2S Abrams tanks covered ...
The State Department has approved Argentina’s request to procure 24 Beechcraft-built trainer aircraft as well as related training and support from the U.S. government under a potential $300 million foreign military sales agreement. Argentina asked to acquire 24 T-6C+ Texan trainer aircraft along with initial spare parts and...
Battelle and Ohio State University have jointly hired Zachary Mears, former deputy chief of staff to the Defense Department secretary, to dual roles as an adviser at the nonprofit organization and assistant vice president for national security and research programs at the university. His appointment works to establish a str...
The State Department has approved Japan™s request to procure Standard Missile-2 Block IIIB missiles and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $821 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary will serve as principal contractors for the FMS sale that covers 2...
The State Department has approved a potential $785 million foreign military sale of munitions and related sustainment and support services to the United Arab Emirates. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the deal covers GBU-10 guidance kits with Mk-84/BLU-117 bombs, GBU-12 kits with Mk-82/BLU-111 bombs, GBU-31V1 kits ...
American States Utility Services Inc. has won a 50-year, $510 million contract to operate and maintain the water distribution and wastewater collection systems at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform work in Florida and California through May 31, 2067. The U.S. Air Force will use its fisc...
