Rapid Fire: 2010-02-09
Feb 08, 2010 20:20 ESTRelated Stories: Americas - USA, BAE, Contracts - Awards, EADS, Electronics - General, Europe - France, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility
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- Russia’s revised official military doctrine to include preemptive nuclear strikes.
- France expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to sell 3 additional Mistral class amphibious assault ships to Russia.
- Russia’s PAK-FA stealth fighter: more than 1 development aircraft flying?
- US defense appropriations subcommittee chair John Murtha [D-PA] dies.
- BAE Systems agrees to pay $450 million in fines to settle misconduct cases in the UK & USA.
- France says “non” to financing deadline for A400M military airlift program.
- USA to make surplus MRAP mine-resistant vehicles available to allies as quickly as possible.
- US SOCOM putting portable ultrasound machines on the front lines.
- The Pentagon is studying ways to sustain the rocket motor industrial base after planned cancellation of Constellation program.
- Iran has launched UAV production lines and plans to deploy a missile air defense system comparable to the Russian S-300 system, according to the Iranian defense minister.
- Lockheed Martin and Kaman Corp. demonstrate an unmanned resupply helicopter for use in Afghanistan. The helicopter is competing against Boeing’s A160T Hummingbird.
- Bell Helicopter Textron secures $50.4 million contract from the USMC for long lead materials for new and remanufactured AH1Z and new UH-1Y helicopters.
- Irvine Sensors snags subcontract to supply clip-on thermal imagers under $37.8 million US Navy special ops night vision contract.
