2nd Batch of MRAPs Sent to Egypt | Airbus A330 MRTT Takes Maiden Flight in Spain | Philippine Prez Expresses Hostility; Ready to Break Up with America

by [email protected] | Oct 5, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin is to upgrade a target acquisition and vision sensor aboard US Army AH-64E Apache helicopters. The upgrade to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor, or M-TADS/PNVS on the AH-64E was commissioned by the...

LM-Boeing Joint Venture EELV Program Gets $861M Mod | FOIA on B-1 Naming Yields Both Serious & Silly | BAE to Begin Work on UK Submarines

by [email protected] | Oct 4, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * United Launch Services, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, has been awarded an $861 million modification to a previously awarded contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle capability for the Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. The USAF...

Raytheon’s SM-6 Sets New Distance Record | Airbus Delivers First AS565 MBe Helos to Mexico | Iran Unveils New UAV Based on Captured RQ-170 Sentinel

by [email protected] | Oct 3, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * An SM-6 air defense missile interceptor fired from the USS Princeton has set a new distance record for an intercept during testing at the Point Mugu Test Range on September 22. Using data from a remote airborne sensor and equipped with the latest Aegis...

LM Successfully Launches Vector Hawk UAV from Marlin AUV | US Mil Building $100M Facility for MQ-9’s in Africa | Boeing Rolls Out 1st of 12 P-8As for Royal Australian AF

by [email protected] | Sep 30, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin has revealed that they successfully launched a Vector Hawk canister-launched small UAV from their Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The disclosure was made during the Annual Navy Technology Exercise (ANTX) in August. To...

QF-16s Achieve IOC Milestone | Bell Heli Gets $86.9M FMS to Supply Huey IIs to Kenya & Uganda | MBDA Proposal to Offer MEADS to Germany Under Scrutiny

by [email protected] | Sep 29, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A MQ-8B Fire Scout was used to laser designate a moving target for an AGM-114N Hellfire missile fired from an MH-60S for the first time. Conducted on September 14, the test was part of a program to use the drone as a remote designater for the helicopter to...