Rapid Fire 2010-03-15: JPALS Preliminary Design Review
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- USCG acquisition chief warns about declining readiness of cutter fleet [PDF], expects price tag for Deepwater program to reach $27.4 billion.
- UK’s SSN Trafalgar-class fast attack submarine HMS Triumph sets sail for sea trials after 6-year, GBP 300 million refit program that included installation of new sonar and C2 systems and an upgrade of the Tomahawk missile system.
- UK MOD inks GBP 400 million dealvto buy capacity on EADS Astrium’s Skynet 5D satellite, which is expected to be launched in 2013; the satellite capacity will be used for military communication, including Bowman radios.
- Der Spiegel: The debate over Germany’s security & defense policies.
- Germany’s KMW delivers 1st Fennek JFST armored reconnaissance vehicles to Bundeswehr for deployment to Afghanistan in April. KMW release [in German]
- Greece reportedly agrees to settle its submarine contract dispute with ThyssenKrupp.
- US Army working to improve its M24 sniper rifles, including a .300 Win Mag upgun.
- South Korea’s KUH Surion utility helicopter makes its first flight.
- US military’s next-generation JPALS flight approach and landing system completes preliminary design review.
- ATK reorganizes into 4 business units; Karen Davis to head armament systems group. ATK release | Associated Press
