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The State Department has approved a possible $3.1 billion deal with Japan for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWAC) aircraft.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential foreign military sale on Sep. 7.Japan has requested the ...

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer successfully conducted its first Aegis missile defense intercept test with the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IB off the coast of Hawaii on Sep. 11.The test, called Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JTFM-05), aimed to demonstrate a ...

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer successfully conducted its first Aegis missile defense intercept test with the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IB off the coast of Hawaii on Tuesday.The test, called Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JTFM-05), aimed to demonstrate a ...

The State Department has approved a possible $3.1 billion deal with Japan for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWAC) aircraft.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential foreign military sale on Friday.Japan has requested the ...

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Telescope Under Microscope. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to discuss NASA's budget-busting James Webb Space Telescope in a hearing Thursday. The open hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. Invited witnesses are Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA'ss Science ...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said that Michele Evans has been tapped to lead the company’s largest business segment, succeeding Orlando Carvalho who will retire later this year after leading Aeronautics for the past five years.Prior to being executive vice president of Aeronautics, Carvalho, ...

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded BAE Systems a $146 million contract to conduct fiscal year (FY) 2018 modernization and maintenance on the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64).The work is being done during a long-term modernization period availability that combines ...

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.--Nearing the end of production for the most-advanced H-1 utility and attack helicopters, the U.S. Marine Corps is planning for how it will efficiently maintain and effectively upgrade the aircraft for the next 30 years of service.Now the service is focused on ...

Swedish officials on Friday formally announced they agreed to buy the Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army in a signed Letter of Offer and Acceptance.This agreement comes on the heels of an announcement last week by the Swedish Defense Ministry that the ...