USN Gives Moniker “Stingray” to MQ-25A | KC-390 Tanker/Transport Embarks on WW Demo Tour | BAE Wins $2.8B Contract for RAF Eurofighter Typhoon Support

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

Americas * While speculation over its name has been floated for some time, the US Navy’s first carrier unmanned aerial vehicle has been officially named. Known as the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) program, the service’s Material Command has...

Elbit’s Light Spear Directs Threats Away from UAVs | $$ Constraints Plague Israel; Britain | Piaggio’s P.1HH UAV Suffers Setback After Crash

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

Americas * The Argentine Air Force has converted its Learjet 35A into an electronic attack platform to replace its Boeing 707 VR-2. Modifications were undertaken by Avcon Industries, who installed a Thales Vigile 200 electronic support system on board. Other visible...

KC-46A Boom Problems Resolved | Boeing & MBDA Succeed In Test of Brimstone From AH-64E | Lockheed Martin Undertakes Upgrades for 500 In Service F-16s

by [email protected] | Jul 15, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A KC-46A fitted with its brand new modified boom has successfully managed a mid-air refueling of a C-17 with the previous axial loading issues no longer present. The testing was carried out on July 12 and the USAF also refueled an F-16 on July 8. Refueling...

Argentina Gets First C-130H Upgrades | Raytheon Says SA’s Patriots Have a 100% Success Rate | Thales, Qinetiq Choose Textron’s Scorpion for ASDOT Program

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

Americas * The first upgrade of Argentine Air Force C-130H aircraft has been delivered back by L-3 to the service. A 2011 Foreign Military Sale contract saw for the provision of commercial-off-the-shelf avionics upgrades for a total of five aircraft, with the...

GD to Provide $169.6M in Hydra Rockets Under FMS | Norway Expresses Interest in Boeing P-8As | Russia Offering Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Design to India

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

Americas * Kratos has been awarded a $40.8 million contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to demonstrate a high-speed, long-range, low-cost, limited life-strike Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Beating seven other competitors, the company must...