Topic: Block II

The destroyer USS Arleigh Burke deployed from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Friday for its new home port of Rota, Spain, the Navy announced.

The State Department approved the possible sales -- for $14 billion -- of 80 military aircraft to Switzerland this week.

Boeing has delivered the first of two dozen MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to Army Special Operations Command, the company announced Tuesday.

The first two F/A-18 Block II Super Hornet fighter planes were delivered to the U.S. Navy for testing purposes, manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday.

The State Department announced Tuesday that it had approved a possible $862.3 million sale of 50 Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical missiles and related equipment to the Canadian government.

The Navy awarded Boeing with a combined $3.1 billion in contracts this week for cruise missile weapon systems for foreign partners, including Saudi Arabia.

The Navy awarded Raytheon a $392.4 million contract modification for production and delivery of tactical missiles for the Air Force, Navy and a variety of foreign governments, the Pentagon announced.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an Infrared Search & Track Block II pod for the first time in late 2019, Boeing announced. The IRST pod is part of Block III upgrades to the aircraft.

The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of 10 Chinook CH-47F military cargo helicopters to the United Arab Emirates, increasing the $10.5 billion in military equipment the country has bought from the U.S.

Raytheon has been awarded a $190.5 million contract for materials and spares for low-rate initial production of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for the U.S. Navy.