First Glimpse of NG’s T-X Competitor Hits Twitter | Cali Woman Gets 4 Years in Fed Prison for Illegal Exports to China | Japan’s Defense Upgrades to Beef Up F-15J Fleet

by [email protected] | Aug 23, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) plan to equip unmanned, high-endurance, long-endurance aircraft with high-power electric lasers in order to shoot down ballistic missiles in their boost phase will see a proof of concept test between 2020-2021....

LM Handed $10B Deal on C-130J Super Hercules | Kalashnikov Opens Store at Moscow Airport | Japan’s MoD Looks to Increase Defense Budget

by [email protected] | Aug 22, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has scheduled the testing of the SM-3 Block 2A ballistic missile defense interceptor this October. A joint development involving both the MDA and Japan, the interceptor has been previously flight tested twice by the...

USAF Taps Gen Atomics for $370.9M Add’l MQ-9 Reapers | LM & Raytheon Submit for Potential Patriot Replacement | Elbit Launches Maritime Variant of Skylark C

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

Americas * General Atomics is to provide 30 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs to the USAF. The $370.9 million contract will be completed by May 31, 2019. * Norwegian missile manufacturer Kongsberg has chosen Raytheon to produce launchers for its

LM Gets $112M for 2016 Aegis Mods | USAF ICBM Upgrades May be Delayed by Costs | Rhinemetall Meets & Exceeds UK’s Challenger 2 LEP

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

Americas * Lockheed Martin has received $112 million as part of the 2016 Aegis modernization program. The US Navy contract modification covers the production of multi-mission signal processor equipment sets, ballistic missile defense 4.0.2 equipment, Aegis weapon...

DoD Approves $1B Round of Funding for F-35 | Russians Use Iran Air Base in Attack on Syria | Asian Destroyers to Get Aegis System in $490M Deal

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

Americas * The Pentagon has turned on the F-35 tap again, with the DoD approving another $1 billion in funding to go toward reimbursing Lockheed Martin for costs incurred on the ninth batch of aircraft. Last week’s decision offers some relief to the...