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The State Department has approved a potential $2.4B sale of Harpoon missile systems and equipment to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. to support the Taiwanese government’s defense modernization efforts.

David Whelan, former vice president of engineering and chief technologist at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been named senior VP and chief scientist of Cubic (NYSE: CUB). He will lead the development of product line strategies and work with the Cubic executive team to grow technology offerings and drive business growth, the company said Monday.

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards AECOM Closes Sale of Power Construction Business to CriticalPoint Capital; Troy Rudd Quoted AECOM has sold its Power construction business to affiliates of CriticalPoint Capital, AECOM reported on Friday. The sale will add to AECOM’s business transformation strategy to become a higher-margin, lower-risk Professional …

The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy high mobility artillery rocket system launchers, AGM-84H standoff land attack missile-expanded response systems, MS-110 recce pods and related equipment and services under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $1.8B combined.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $30M contract to help the U.S. Navy develop a supersonic ramjet missile element as part of the service branch’s modernization of its carrier-based weapons and air strike fighters.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor program.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has expanded its executive council to include nine senior leaders in a revamp of the aerospace and defense contractor’s operational structure. “These appointments build on prior actions designed to simplify and align our structure, sharpen our focus and move our leaders one step closer to our work,” David Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing, told employees in a letter Wednesday.

Tom Jones, sector vice president and general manager of airborne sensors and networks division at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems sector, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as corporate VP and president of the company’s aeronautics systems business, effective Jan. 1.

The State Department has approved the Finnish government’s $27.2B in procurement requests for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler and F-35 aircraft to help increase self-defense readiness.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a three-year, $149.5M delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide consumable parts for the U.S. Air Force's KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft.