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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.
Jim Thomson, General Atomics’ regional vice president of international strategic development in the Middle East, North Africa and the Americas, has said the company has started to advise potential clients in the Middle East and other regions to begin purchase requests for drones they intend to buy from the U.S. government, Defense News reported Friday. Thomson […] More
Lockheed Martin has helped establish a robotics laboratory for students at King’s Academy in Jordan through sponsorship, TradeArabia reported Saturday. The Lockheed Martin Incubator features equipment, software and systems designed to complement science, technology, engineering and math education at the nonprofit boarding school. King’s Academy educates students from grades 7 to 12.  Lockheed offers defense equipment and services […] More
AM General has received orders worth more than $550 million to supply High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles to nine countries through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The Humvee delivery orders come from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bosnia, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Slovenia and Ukraine, AM General said Thursday. The orders were issued through a five-year, $2.2 billion […] More
Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $41.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to obtain, deliver and install a gap-filler radar system for Jordan as part of a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also supply two long-range radars and modernize an additional three radars as well as integrate the new and updated surveillance technology into a command, […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a $39.5 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to establish and maintain two F-16 air combat training centers for Jordan’s military. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Lockheed will also provide logistics support to Jordan and is scheduled to complete work under the sole-source contract by Sept. 15, 2020. The contracting activity is the Air Force […] More
Phil Alvarez, a Raytheon official, has said the company has built a launcher system designed for tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes Alvarez, a senior manager for missile systems at Raytheon, described the TOW Eagle Fire launcher platform at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference in Amman, Jordan. […] More
The Defense Department has come to an agreement with Jordan’s ministry of defense to deliver Raytheon-made tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles to the Middle Eastern country starting 2016. Scott Speet, Raytheon TOW program director, said in a statement released Tuesday that the company’s TOWs work to support its international partners with extended-range precision systems. TOW missiles — […] More
Gemalto has been selected by Jordan’s ministry of information, communication and technology to deliver citizen identity cards and automatic fingerprint identification systems to the country’s interior ministry through Amman-based banking and technology company OFFTEC. The digital security company said Tuesday its Sealys polycarbonate contactless e-ID ​cards and AFIS aim to support Jordan’s national security, immigration control and anti-election fraud efforts. […] More
The State Department has approved a potential $115.1 million foreign military sales agreement for Pratt and Whitney to provide F-16 engine repair and sustainment services to Jordan. Jordan intends for the agreement to support the its air force’s efforts to maintain 52 F100-PW-220E engines, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. Pratt and Whitney will work […] More
Tetra Tech has received a five-year, $46 million task order to support the U.S. Agency for International Development‘s government and social programs in Jordan as part of the company’s Rule of Law contract with the agency. The company said Wednesday it will provide technical services for Jordanian health, social and educational systems and support the promotion of economic […] More
Raytheon  has received an $18.6 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to implement monitoring systems along the Jordan-Syria border. The company will install sensors, cameras and barrier fences in the area for DTRA’s Jordan border security project, Raytheon said Thursday. The project aims to help Jordanian armed forces deter, detect and interdict threats. Dave […] More
