by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 7, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Future US Navy amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland, has successfully completed Builder’s Trials and has returned to its shipyard in Mississippi. The Huntington Ingalls-built vessel will now be prepared for Acceptance Trials, where the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 6, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Huntington Ingalls has received a $218 million contract modification for advance construction activities on the San Antonio-class LPD 29 amphibious transport dock ship. Under the agreement, the firm will provide long-lead time manufacturing materials and...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 5, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Northrop Grumman has received a pair of contracts for the AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures system on US Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. With a cumulative worth of $30 million, the orders include depot level repairs and refurbishment of the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 4, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has thrown its support behind the USAF procuring new OA-X light attack aircraft, authorizing some $1.2 billion to go towards buying the planes. While the committee is unable to green-light funding for such a...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 30, 2017 | Contracts - Awards
DID will not be publishing on Monday due to this weekend’s 4th July holiday. We would like to wish our readers the very best in their celebrations! And for you Canadians, happy Canada Day! And for the rest of our readers across the world, have a great weekend!...
