The Pentagon will make “selective” investments and promises a new era of close cooperation with defense contractors as part of an emerging response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to study ways to bolster the defense industrial base.

The State Department has green lighted the possible sale of up to five armed Bell 407GX helicopters to Iraq for an estimated $82.5 million.

Under the FARA competitive prototype program, also dubbed FVL Light or Capability Set 1, the U.S. Army anticipates awarding four to six initial contracts in June 2019