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Boeing, U.S. ink contract for P-8 aircraft spare parts by Sam Howard Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2018 The U.S. Defense Department has awarded a $13.3 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to Boeing for a P-8 aircraft spare parts. The deal is part of a five-year ordering agreement between the agency and Boeing, which will carry out the work in Missouri and supply the parts before a March 16, 2020, completion date, according to a Defense Department announcement Thursday. Boeing bills its P-8 as aircraft "designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions." The P-8, measuring nearly 130 feet in length, is a military variation of Boeing's seminal 737 commercial aircraft.
Sea Giraffe radar selected for USNS Herschel 'Woody' Williams Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 The U.S. Navy has selected Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB Multi Mode Radar for the Navy's Expeditionary Sea Base-class ship USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams. The selection, announced Wednesday by Saab, includes the company's 9LV Naval Combat System for radar control and display along with Identification Friend or Foe Systems. The system is already in use with the U.S. Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter as of last year. The MMR is a high power 3D electronically scanned phased array radar that can ... read more
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