Defense Industry Daily Logo

This article is included in these additional categories:

Australia & S. Pacific | Budgets | Contracts - Awards | ECM | Field Innovations | Fighters & Attack | Force Structure | Heavy Bombers | IT - General | L3 Communications | Mergers & Acquisitions | Middle East - Other | Other Corporation | Policy - Procurement | Raytheon | Satellites & Sensors | Specialty Aircraft | Support Functions - Other | Training & Exercises | Transport & Utility | USA

Rapid Fire: 2010-02-22

UH-60L Blackhawk helicopte

* US Air Force Chief of Staff warns F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could exceed Nunn-McCurdy limits on unit cost growth.

* Iraqi Air Force: development and current state.

* Britain, France sign Memorandum of Understanding re: Urgent Operational Request buys. UK MoD | French DGA [in French].

* L-3 to acquire Insight Technology, a supplier of night vision devices to the US military.

* Raytheon Australia gets 3-year, A$21.5 million contract to support F/A-18F Super Hornet training systems at the RAAF base Amberley. Australia’s expects 1st of 24 Super Hornets in late March 2010.

* Smart thinking under AFSO21 helps USAF improve B-1 bomber maintenance.

* New Fort Carson facilities achieving LEED Gold ratings.

* Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J) completes US Air Force critical design review.