LM Gets $743M for 9th Batch F-35 | Germany’s MEADS Cost Almost Double $4.5B Euros Proposed | Japan to Consider Aegis or THAAD in Defense Upgrade

by [email protected] | Oct 19, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * MQ-8C Fire Scout UAVs will be supplied with Leonardo’s 2-panel Osprey AESA radar following the dismissal of a protest by rival bidderTelephonics. Five radars will be delivered to the US Naval Air Systems Command in the first financial quarter of 2017...

Sikorsky Hits Big Milestone in Black Hawk Deliveries | Russia-India Agreement May Bring S-400 to India | Bell Heli Teaming with Fuji Heavy Ind on Japan’s AH-X Program

by [email protected] | Oct 18, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Radar signal management technology made by a Taiwanese company will be used in Lockheed Martin’s latest MIM-104F (PAC-3) air defense missile system upgrade. Developed by the state-owned National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, the...

US Army’s LRPF Program May Get Anti-Ship | Japan & China Battle for Influence in East Africa | Australia Hedging Their Bets on JSF Program

by [email protected] | Oct 17, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) program could come with an anti-ship capability. While the requirement wasn’t initially included in the missile’s spec, service brass have called for ship-killing capability in general terms....

Opposition to Arms Sales to SA Continues | Pentagon Orders Navy to Launch Missiles at Houthi Targets | Poland Plans to Make Up for Failed Airbus Deal

by [email protected] | Oct 14, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Pressure has continued from US lawmakers opposed to continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Rep. Ted Lieu of California urged the Pentagon to suspend cooperation with a Saudi-led coalition conducting airstrikes in Yemen, saying in a letter to Secretary of...

ROK AF to Visit US Pitching KAI-LM T-50A | USS Nimitz Gets Hard-kill Anti-torpedo System | Norway Request 12 More F-35A Fighters

by [email protected] | Oct 13, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The chief of the Republic of Korea Air Force is to visit the US next month to help promote the T-50A bid by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Lockheed Martin. Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo is scheduled to meet his US counterparts during the trip. Washington is...