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The State Department has approved a potential $930 million foreign military sale of weapons, support equipment and services for six AH-64E Apache helicopters the Indian government intends to buy through a direct commercial sale transaction. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Longbow — a joint venture between Lockheed and Northrop …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2018 — General Atomics has received clearance from the Defense Department to sell its armed Predator B unmanned aerial vehicles to India following a previous approval for the country’s purchase of the Guardian drone for maritime surveillance, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The decision to push the sale forward was …

India’s defense acquisition council has approved capital acquisition proposals worth approximately $554.6 million. The Indian government said Friday the proposals include the procurement of the NAG missile system valued at approximately $78.8 million and 13 BAE Systems-built 127-mm-caliber guns for the country’s naval force worth $451.3 million. The NAG missile platform …

Patrick Nicolet, formerly head of the competitiveness program and India operations at Capgemini, has been appointed as group chief technology officer. Capgemini said Friday Nicolet will oversee technology and innovation efforts as CTO and will continue to serve on the group executive board. Lanny Cohen, former group chief technology and innovation officer, will …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2018 — A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary has concluded the critical design review of a radar antenna reflector for an imaging satellite that will perform joint NASA and Indian space research organization missions in the future, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Astro Aerospace checked the design of the AstroMesh …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 30, 2018 — The investment unit of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has placed funds with India-based Stellaris Venture Partners in support of the latter’s own investments in technology startups in areas like cloud, internet of things and analytics, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Livemint reported Monday Cisco India President Sameer Garde noted …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2018 — A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) business unit aims to expand its regional presence in India with a larger facility and workforce to support new U.S. contracts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the future expanded Cubic Transportation Systems facility in Hyderabad and doubled personnel headcount …

India’s ministry of defense has cleared a proposal to buy a training system for P-8 military aircraft crew and associated maintenance service from Boeing (NYSE: BA) through a potential $307.5 million contract. The Indian government said Thursday Boeing’s P-8 training platform will work to help the country’s navy train and rehearse for complex flight …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2017 — Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) has unveiled a new facility in Navi Mumbai, India, that will serve to support the expansion of its global integrated delivery services presence in the country, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Gigaplex Office is designed to house more than 2,000 …

Fred Werner, formerly president of AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) design and consulting services group in the Americas, will assume a new role as president of major pursuits in line with the company’s strategy. The global infrastructure firm said Monday the appointment is part of efforts to build a diversified executive leadership team that …