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The State Department has approved the government of Jordan's request to obtain an air combat training center for F-16 aircraft pilots as well as associated equipment and services under a potential $60 million foreign military sales transaction. Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business will serve as the primary contractor for the potential FMS deal.

The State Department has approved the request of the NATO Communications and Information Agency to buy 517 AN/PRC-158 manpack UHF satellite communications radio systems under a potential $65 million foreign military sales agreement.

Lockheed Martin has received a $64.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update F-16 mission planning software used by foreign military sales customers. The company will develop, integrate, test and deliver software updates for the F-16 aircraft's Mission Planning System Unique Planning Component/Mission Planning Environment, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Accenture's federal services business has been awarded a five-year, $50 million blanket purchase agreement by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to operate, maintain and modernize the agency's financial management systems (FMS) for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). “We are proud to support USPTO," said Rasha Nahas, managing director and the U.S. Department of Commerce lead for Accenture Federal Services.

The U.S. Air Force seeks market information on ways to update the service's legacy platforms used in foreign military sales transactions to ensure that the systems are in line with modern cybersecurity standards. USAF said Thursday in a SAM notice it seeks to modernize and migrate digital assets from the Case Management Control System and the Security Assistance Management Information System to a secure, open-systems environment.

Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has secured a $37.7M contract to provide spare parts for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Japan.

Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has secured a five-year, $101M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of foreign military sales clients' integrated weapon system and Aegis Combat System training efforts.

Boeing has secured a $46.9M contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide digital electronic warfare system spares for Qatar's F-15 aircraft. The company will deliver these items under a foreign military sales agreement between USAF and Qatar Emiri Air Force, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The U.S. government has submitted its Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft package proposal to Switzerland as part of the European nation's New Fighter Aircraft program.

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force plan to offer a base model of the F-16 fighter jet to speed up foreign military sales of the aircraft, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.

Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded an $84.8M contract modification to provide all-up-round torpedo equipment and support services to the U.S. Navy, Australia and Taiwan.

The U.S. Navy has awarded five small businesses positions on a potential $75M contract to support U.S. security cooperation and security assistance programs by providing integrated international services for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems.

The Canadian Commercial Corp. has awarded L3Harris Technologies an eight-year, $380 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure WESCAM MX-Series systems in support of global U.S. Army surveillance and targeting operations, L3Harris announced Wednesday.

General Electric's aviation business developed a technology designed to speed up the production of pricing estimates for defense equipment and accelerate the acquisition process, Air Force Magazine reported Wednesday.

Rolls-Royce has secured a $69M contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain components of the T56 aircraft engine.