UH-69V Black Hawk Files Fledgling Flight | Germany Nattys Up to NATO Neighbors | South Korea Talks Tit-for-Tat Test

by [email protected] | Feb 15, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Northrop Grumman has announced the first successful flight of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter. An upgrade from the UH-60L model, the latest configuration includes a digital cockpit provided by Northrop, and fitted with the Future Airborne Capability...

USAF Conducts Successful Launch Test of Minuteman III | IAI Intros Export Version of Heron TP UAV | Poland Looks at Multiple Providers for New Helis

by [email protected] | Feb 14, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The USAF has completed a successful test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile. Officials from the service said the operational launch was conducted to verify the ICBM’s capability as a nuclear deterrent. For the test, a missile was taken from a...

US Army $3B Contract With Eight Firms for New Missile Defense | GD Land Sys to Upgrade 141 LAV’s for Canada | Germany’s A400M Track Record 1-8

by [email protected] | Feb 13, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Army has contracted eight defense firms to participate in a $3 billion contract to develop new missile defense solutions for the service. Those tasked with the work include BAE Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Dynetics, QWK Integrated Solutions,...

Leonardo to Carry on with USAF T-X Competition | Elbit Tapped with $110M to Upgrade and Maintain Mi-17s | Greece MoD Looking to Modernize F-16s to V-Variant

by [email protected] | Feb 10, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Despite not having a US-based partner and prime contractor, Leonardo is to go it alone in the USAF T-X trainer competition. Raytheon withdrew from the partnership last month. The Italian firm’s US-subsidary, Leonardo DRS, will now act as prime...

2019 Set by USMC for V-22 VARS IOC | Stavatti Enters USAF’s T-X Trainer Competition with Javelin | US MDA Conducts Successful SM-3Block IIA Test with Japan

by [email protected] | Feb 9, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The USMC has given March 2019 as the date for declaring initial operational capability for the V-22 Aerial Refuelling System (VARS). Four V-22 Osprey’s will be part of the initial program and will be able to refuel all fixed-wing USMC fighters and the...