THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Reps. Adam Smith, Mac Thornberry Announce Bicameral Agreement Over FY 2021 NDAA House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, issued a joint statement Wednesday saying both chambers of Congress have reached agreement on …
Read More »State Dept OKs Potential $27.2B Sale of Fighter Jets, Munitions to Finland
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.
Read More »Switzerland Gets State Dept OK for $16.2B in F-35, Super Hornet, Patriot Procurement Requests
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.
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THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Pratt & Whitney Books $580M IDIQ for F-35 Aircraft Propulsion System Spares Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has secured a $579.8M contract to provide F135 propulsion system spare parts, engines and modules to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air …
Read More »Pratt & Whitney Gets $174M Contract Option to Produce Additional F-35A Engines
Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a $174.2M contract modification to manufacture 14 propulsion systems for the U.S. Air Force's F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft.
Read More »Pratt & Whitney Books $580M IDIQ for F-35 Aircraft Propulsion System Spares
Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has secured a $579.8M contract to provide F135 propulsion system spare parts, engines and modules to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, foreign military sales customers and non-Department of Defense participants.
Read More »Alain Bellemare Named Operating Executive for Carlyle’s Global Aerospace, Defense, Gov’t Services
Alain Bellemare, an aerospace industry veteran, has been appointed an operating executive within the global aerospace, defense and government services group at The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG).
Read More »Proposed $23.1B F-35 Sale to Japan Gets State Dept Clearance
The State Department has cleared Japan’s request to buy 105 units of Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jets, Pratt & Whitney-made aircraft engines and related equipment and services under a potential $23.11B foreign military sales agreement.
Read More »James Taiclet Takes Helm of Lockheed; Marillyn Hewson Quoted
James Taiclet, a board member at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) since 2018, on Monday officially assumed his duties as president and CEO of the company. He succeeds Marillyn Hewson, who now serves as executive chairman of the board and continues to support the leadership transition.
Read More »Air Force Solicits Proposals for B-52 Bomber Engine Replacement Program
The U.S. Air Force has issued a solicitation for a contract to replace the engines of its fleet of 76 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) B-52 Stratofortress bombers.
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