Raytheon [RTN] is restarting its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production line after four international customers pooled $650 million in funds for a bundle purchase in foreign military sales (FMS), the company said last Wednesday.The Netherlands, Japan, Australia, and South Korea are purchasing over ...
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A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday.The Wednesday test, called Standard Missile-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Flight Test Maritime-2 (SFTM-2), was a partnership between ...
The international coalition fighting piracy in the western Indian Ocean is stepping up its presence after recent attacks, it said on June 12.The coalition cited recent attacks against merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb (Yemen-Djibouti-Eritrea straight) by small, high speed ...
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, collided with a merchant container ship about 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, Japan on June 16, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and the death of seven crewmembers.The event occurred the early morning after midnight ...
The leaders of a House of Representative subcommittee made several changes to missile defense authorizations in the markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday today.In their proposals for the NDAA, House Armed Services Subcommittee on ...
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, collided with a merchant container ship about 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, Japan on Friday, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and the death of seven crewmembers.The event occurred the early morning after midnight hours ...
The international coalition fighting piracy in the western Indian Ocean is stepping up its presence after recent attacks, it said last Monday.The coalition cited recent attacks against merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb (Yemen-Djibouti-Eritrea straight) by small, high speed ...
The first F-35A built in Japan was formally unveiled during a June 5 ceremony at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) assembly plant in Nagoya.MHI operates the final assembly and checkout facility with technical assistance from F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and oversight from the U. ...
The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) in the South China Sea on May 18, the Navy said on May 19.A PASSEX includes personnel exchanges, cross-deck flight operations, communications exercised, division tactics, a tracking exercise, and ...
The first F-35A built in Japan was formally unveiled during a June 5 ceremony at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) assembly plant in Nagoya.MHI operates the final assembly and checkout facility with technical assistance from F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and oversight from the U.S. ...