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Boeing has opened a new P-8A Poseidon training center at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington ahead of the arrival of the maritime aircraft there in 2017. The facility is equipped with simulators and instructional materials designed to help pilots and mission crews to operate the P-8A and its sensors, communications and weapons systems, Boeing said Friday. Boeing will also modify and update […] More

United Technologies Corp. subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand has been awarded a $9.2 million delivery order to repair the constant frequency generator of V-22 planes operated by both the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Friday the generator is currently used on the Marine Corps’ MV-22 and Air Force’s CV-22. Hamilton Sundstrand will perform work in Rockford, […] More

The U.S. Navy has commissioned and assigned to active service its seventh littoral combat ship overall and fourth LCS vessel constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Lockheed said Saturday the USS Detroit Freedom-class LCS will join the fleet with similar variants USS Fort Worth, USS Milwaukee and USS Freedom. USS Detroit completed its acceptance trials in July and is the […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine and Industrial Applicators a one-year, $21.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to support the preservation and non-submarine safety structural repairs and sustainment efforts for the USS Maine ballistic missile submarine. IMIA will provide preservation, hull and structural repair, anode removal, repair and replacement, lead bin repair and fabrication, de-ballasting and re-ballasting and safety track […] More