Rapid Fire: 05-10-2006
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- India’s $7-10 billion MRCA fighter buy may be accelerated.
- US Army Future Combat Systems receives NLOS-C vehicle and light mobile artillery system at Yuma, AZ for testing. See GlobalSecurity.org NLOS-C article.
- Colombia wants 15 UH-60L Black Hawks (up to $303 million), while Brazil’s Navy requests 6 S-70B Seahawks, 13 T700-401C engines, and support (up to $300 million) [DSCA releases in PDF format].
- Australia modernizing command and control for air operations with ULTRA.
- SUAV (E) in the UK – GBP 200 million ($376 million) for UAV/UCAV technology demonstrator program?
- Global Hawk UAV rundown: from Block 10 – Block 40.
