State Department Notifies Congress of Potential $2.1B P-8A Sale to South Korea

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over the Chesapeake Bay. US Navy Photo

The U.S. State Department notified Congress of South Korea’s planned purchase of six Boeing P-8A patrol aircraft, in a deal worth an estimated $2.1 billion.

The new P-8A aircraft will be used to update the Republic of Korea’s existing fleet of P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, according to a U.S. State Department announcement.

Poseidon aircraft conduct anti-submarine warfare,...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/13/u-s-state-department-approves-republic-of-korea-p-8-purchases

Executive Summary to Naval Shipyard Recapitalization and Optimization Plan

The following is the executive summary to Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) shipyard optimization plan, which lays out a 20-year, $21-billion plan to improve the four public shipyards. The full report will not be released to the public, and the redacted summary was released on Sept. 12.

Executive Summary

The Navy’s four public shipyards – Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/12/executive-summary-to-naval-shipyard-recapitalization-and-optimization-plan

Marines Prepared to Use F-35Bs in Middle East Combat If Needed; No Other Naval Aviation Nearby

F-35B Lightning II, attached to the “Avengers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, sit on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on Sept. 4, 2018, while transiting the Indian Ocean with San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The Essex ARG and 13th MEU is the first U.S. Navy/Marine Corps team to deploy to...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/12/marines-prepared-to-use-f-35bs-in-middle-east-combat-if-needed-no-other-naval-aviation-nearby

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