US Army’s PrSM Completed Its Longest Flight | TAI Opens “Iron Bird” Test Facility | New Fuchs Vehicle Version Developed By Rheinmetall

by Emily Erhold | Oct 18, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas The US Navy’s Amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) arrived in San Diego October 15, after a decade of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating out of Japan. Germantown sailed from San Diego on January 5, 2011,...

Saab Opened Up Red Hawk Facility In Indiana | Russia Delivered MiG-29 To Bulgaria Ahead Of Schedule | BAE Unveiled HWK1411

by Emily Erhold | Oct 15, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas Swedish company has opened a new 100,000-square-foot production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, to build T-7A Red Hawks. The Boeing-Saab team is producing the new advanced trainer for the US Air Force, with Saab providing the aft section to Boeing’s...

Vanilla UAS Sets World Record | Rafael Unveiled New SAMSON | JMSDF HSM-51 and VX-51 Carried Out First Joint Training

by Emily Erhold | Oct 14, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas The Vanilla unmanned aircraft system has set a new world record for unrefueled, internal combustion endurance of an unmanned aircraft on October 2. The drone took off from Edwards Air Force Base and flew for 8 days, 50 minutes, and 47 seconds. The distance...

F-15E Now Has A GBU-72 In Its Arsenal | Serbia Unveiled Lazanski Armored Vehicle | Rheinmetall and UVision Sign Strategic Partnership

by Emily Erhold | Oct 13, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas The F-15E has a new bunker buster added to its arsenal, the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. The new weapon was tested at the Eglin Air Force Base range by the 96th Test Wing. A joint-direct-attack-munition (JDAM) tail kit from a GBU-31 was modified so that it...

GA Developing MOSA Approach for Gray Eagle | IAI Is Prime Contractor For Carmel Program | Jose Rizal Class Frigates Get SHORAD Missiles

by Emily Erhold | Oct 12, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas General Atomics together with the US Army ist working on developing a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for the Multi-Domain Operations-capable Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System. Incorporating MOSA on GE-ER Increment 2 spans the...