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The State Department has cleared a potential sale to Italy of $129.6 million in weapon systems for integration onto the country’s fleet of General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. Italy has requested 164 Hellfire II air-to-surface and captive air training missiles, 30 laser-guided bombs and 142 non-major defense ...

The State Department has approved a potential $495 million foreign military sale of Sikorsky Aircraft‘s UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, General Electric‘s T700-GE-701D engines and associated parts, equipment and services to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday Sau...

GardaWorld has closed its purchase of private security services provider Aegis Group for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow in the global protective services market. KippsDeSanto & Co. – financial adviser to Aegis Group on the transaction — announced the deal’s completion TuesdayÂ&nbs...

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 17, 2015 — Phacil has received a $30 million task order to provide information technology assistance to the Bureau of Consular Affairs through 2020, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Phacil said Sept. 2 the work is in support of Office of Consular Systems and Technology service operations, inc...

The State Department has approved the U.K’s request to purchase $3 billion in AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters and associated parts, equipment and logistics services from the U.S. government through a foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said ThursdayÂ...

The State Department has cleared Lebanon’s request to procure tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided 2A missiles, related components and services from the U.S. for use in homeland defense operations under a potential $245 million foreign military sales contract. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will be the primary contractor for the...

South Korea plans to modernize the country’s KF-16 fighter aircraft fleet through a potential $2.5 billion foreign military sales deal approved by the U.S. State Department. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will be the prime contractors for the planned modernization of 134 KF-16C/D Block 52 jets, the Defense Securit...

The State Department has approved a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement for Egypt to purchase sensor-based mobile border security surveillance platform and related subsystems from the U.S. Egypt will use the mobile sensor security system to help border guard personnel carry out surveillance operations along Libya and ...

The State Department has approved Australia’s request to purchase AGM-88B high-speed anti-radiation missiles, related parts and services from the U.S. government under a $69 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday the sale includes 14 AGM-88B tactical mis...

The State Department has approved two separate foreign military sale agreements worth approximately $2.37 billion combined for South Korea to purchase the Aegis Combat System and Lebanon to buy A-29 Super Tucano aircraft. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the principal co...