The Armies of Japan and United States are participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise this month. Both will take the opportunity to launch surface-to-ship missiles during the biennial exercise.
June 1, 2018
Orbital ATK to convert 271 AGM-88Bs into AGM-88Es
Orbital ATK has been given a $171 million contract to take 271 AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles from the U.S. Navy and convert into 253 AGM-88E AARGM all-up-rounds (AURs) for the Navy, eight Captive Air Training Missiles and 10 AGM-88E AARGM AURs for foreign military sales (FMS) customers.
Raytheon To Deliver Naval Strike Missile To US Navy
Raytheon has won $14.8 million contract for Over-the-Horizon Weapon Systems for the US Navy.
This contract will manufacture and deliver Over-the-Horizon Weapon Systems, which consists of encanistered missiles (EM) loaded into launching mechanisms (LM); and a single fire control suite (FCS), US department of defense said in a statement Thursday.
This contract consists of EMs (tactical, telemetered and inert operational); FCSs; LMs; mission support equipment, training equipment and courses; engineering services; and travel and other direct costs. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $847.6 million. Work is expected to be completed by May 2020.
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