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Curtiss-Wright Corp. [CW] last Friday said it has agreed to acquire Safran Aerosystems Arresting Company (SAA) for $240 million in cash, giving it a new product line and expanding its international business. SAA, which is part of France’s Safran Group, is based in Pennsylvania and had about $70 ...

The Israel Ministry of Defense on Thursday signed an agreement to purchase three new Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Dakar-class submarines for $3.4 billion, the ministry said. The agreement also includes an industrial strategic cooperation piece that amounts to $961 million as well as construction of ...

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) on Wednesday announced a virtual industry day is being held on Feb. 14 for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium. The Navy released a notice for the event on SAM.gov on Jan. 19. The consortium seeks to help give ...

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) director said Thursday he is seeking industry’s help in understanding how to best optimize its current systems and detailed the latest progress on the agency’s ongoing reorganization effort. “We have a risk proposition from a readiness ...

The Coast Guard’s fleet of MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters could grow from its current size of 45 aircraft to upward of potentially between 115 and 117, Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said last week. The MH-60s are supplied by Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky unit and are a maritime variant the ...