LM Taps BAE to Modernize HUD for F-22s | Oshkosh Gets $200M to Provide FMTVs to Israel | British-Japanese JNAAM Tech Feasibility Study to be Complete by Year End

by [email protected] | Jan 18, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * US Navy fleet pilots have expressed concerns over the safety of catapult launching the F-35C from aircraft carriers. Recent sea testing of the naval variant of the Joint Strike Fighter exposed an issue of excessive vertical oscillations, or a bouncing...

Raytheon to Adapt Coyotes for Quadcopter Suicide Missions | LM Working to Mitigate F-35 Costs, Increase Jobs | Leonardo to Develop Replacement for Italy’s A129

by [email protected] | Jan 17, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The USAF and Army have tasked Raytheon with adapting their Coyote UAV into a suicide drone to take out quadcopters. The program will see the UAV given features in order to operate as an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) asset, as well as...

LM to Design New EW Pod for Navy’s MH-60s | Harris to Fit Moroccan F-16s with New EW Gear in $91M Deal | Warsaw Considers 96 More F-16 Fighters

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

Americas * Lockheed Martin will design a new Electronic Warfare (EW) pod for US Navy MH-60 helicopters. Known as the Advanced Off-board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system, the pod will relay the signals it picked up back to the ship’s existing SLQ-32 system without any...

Army Submits RFP for Biodegradable Training Ammo | Raytheon’s SM-6 Missile Cleared for Int’l Export | Leonardo Heli to Provide AW159 Wildcat Support to UK

by [email protected] | Jan 12, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Army is looking to shoot green, releasing a solicitation for biodegradable ammunition to be used during training exercises. Biodegradable alternatives for low-velocity 40mm grenades, various mortar shells, shoulder-launched munitions, 120mm tank...

AAI Secures $475M Contract for Unmanned Aircraft ISR | $100B for Columbia-class Subs Gets Milestone B Approval | TAI to Jump into USAF’s T-X Competition

by [email protected] | Jan 11, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * AAI Corporation has secured a contract for a maximum of $475 million for the provision of mid-endurance unmanned aircraft systems intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services at multiple locations worldwide. An...