The State Department has approved two possible foreign military sales to Taiwan worth $2.2 billion with Taiwan for M1A2T Abrams tanks and Stinger missiles.

Four companies received contracts worth $72.8 million for unspecified special projects on new technology for the U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection and other agencies.

U.S. military personnel participated in high mobility artillery rocket system rapid infiltration training in Queensland, Australia, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.

Frequentis Defense Inc. received an $8.4 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle, the Defense Department announced.

The U.S. Navy has dispatched a second ship, the USNS Carson City, this year to the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

Sikorsky received two contracts valued at $28.8 million for CH-53K King Stallion work, including replacement of computer systems on production aircraft and non-recurring work to support low rate initial production.

Lockheed Martin was awarded $348.2 million for Lot 12 low-rate initial production of the F-35, while Pratt & Whitney reportedly is working to correct issues causing it to be chronically late delivering engines for them.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for a 157,000-square-foot, $64.7 million production training facility.

The U.S. Navy is relying on an independent team of experts for a “full court press” to overcome problems with the advanced weapons elevators aboard the newly constructed aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford.

A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems for the U.S. Navy and Japan was awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department said.