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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.

The Department of Defense has made $600M in awards to support 5G testing and experimentation projects with 15 companies at five U.S. military installations. “The Department of Defense is at the forefront of cutting edge 5G testing and experimentation, which will strengthen our Nation’s warfighting capabilities as well as U.S. economic competitiveness in this critical field,” said Michael Kratsios, acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and U.S. chief technology officer.

The State Department has cleared Switzerland’s request to buy F-35 fighter jets, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft and Patriot Configuration-3+ modernized fire units under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $16.23B combined.

Michael House, a veteran GovCon industry leader, has been named vice president of business development of Siemens’ U.S. federal government subsidiary. He will oversee Siemens Government Technologies’ business capture planning, proposal and development operations in his new role, SGT said Thursday.

Oceus Networks announced on Tuesday that Brad Antle, former CEO of Salient CRGT, has been appointed executive chairman effective immediately following its acquisition by Battle Investment Group. In addition, Oceus Chief Operating Officer Jeff Harman will transition to a new role as the company's president.

General Electric's (NYSE: GE) aviation business has secured a $259.4M contract option from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver aircraft engine support-related supplies to the U.S. Navy, Air Force and foreign military sales customers.

FSA Federal has appointed Chandler Terry as vice president of finance and accounting to provide strategic leadership for all aspects of the company’s finance functions, FSA Federal announced Wednesday.

The State Department has approved approximately $4.5B in foreign military sales agreements with France, Lithuania, Argentina and Indonesia.

The U.S. Air Force has issued a potential $101.3M contract action to procure turbofan engines from General Electric (NYSE: GE) to power the service branch's modernized F-15 fighter jets.

The Department of Defense has signed agreements worth $187M combined with five companies under the Defense Production Act Title III to help sustain domestic production capabilities and critical workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. DoD said Friday the contracts were awarded to Austal’s U.S. arm, General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) aviation business, W International, Weber Metals and American Woolen.