Boeing (NYSE: BA) will build 18 CH-47F Block I Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for South Korea and one additional unit for Spain under a potential $793 million deal made through a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense. Block I helicopters are expected to be delivered in 2027 under the deal, which marks...
David Huisenga, former chief strategy officer at Sigma Defense Systems, has been appointed executive vice president and general manager of North American operations at Domo Tactical Communications. Huisenga has more than two decades of experience in communications system integration efforts for defense customers, DTC said Wednesday. At Sigma Defense...
The U.S. Space Force has released a draft request for proposals to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services to help build and sustain weapons systems for Space Systems Command. USSF intends to compete the Hemisphere pro...
The U.S. Navy has issued a sources sought notice seeking information on commercially available large diameter unmanned undersea vehicles that could be deployed as early as fiscal year 2024, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The service’s move seeks to comply with the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which directs the Nav...
The U.S. Air Force has selected AllSource Global Management, Filius, R2C and SierTek to perform a range of depot support services at three military locations through Jan. 17, 2030. An indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $90 million aggregate ceiling was awarded to the companies for production operations and overhead services as w...
VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has purchased global aftermarket components distributor Desser Aerospace for $124 million in cash as part of efforts to diversify its aviation segment. The Alexandria, Virginia-based defense contractor said Monday it also concluded the $30 million sale of Desser Aerospace’s Seginus Aerospace, AOG Aviation Spares and DAC Engi...
The State Department has approved a pair of proposed agreements worth $440.2 million combined to sell ammunition and logistics supply support to Taiwan. Taiwan’s economic and cultural representative office asked to procure various unclassified 30 mm ammunition, including multi-purpose rounds, high explosive incendiary-tracer rounds and trainin...
Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has promoted Amanda Sorensen to senior vice president of human resources, she announced in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. Sorensen had been VP and chief HR officer of the company since April 2022, when the company was operating as Raytheon Intelligence & Space. Her career in human resources...
Fluor (NYSE: FLR) and HII (NYSE: HII) have purchased the membership interest of Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) in a joint venture – Savannah River Nuclear Solutions – focused on helping the Department of Energy manage the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. “We are confident that Fluor and Huntington Ingalls will continue to deliver lo...
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