Boeing has secured a nearly $10 million contract to test and integrate the 2,000 lb GBU-56(V)4/B dual-mode Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) on the F/A-18 platform.
By: Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Northrop Grumman received order for nine AN/TPS-80 systems
The U.S. Marine Corps has placed an order for nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) AESA air defense radar systems.
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Japan will foot the bill for MV-22 drills in Guam
A large-scale exercise in Guam that involves MV-22Bs station in Okinawa will take place this month. Ashahi Shimbu reports that Tokyo will pay $6.76 million to have the drills conducted outside its territory.
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F-35B to test integration with NIFC-CA
A press release by the U.S. Marine Corps says the F-35B detachment with VMX-1 next assignment is to test how the jet will integrate with the Navy’s Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) sensor network.
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USS Essex, Wasp to bring F-35Bs to Middle East next year
Head of U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, told reporters that USS Essex and USS Wasp will be deploying to the Middle East next year and both ships will have the F-35B aboard.
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