US MDA Awards $80.4M for THAAD Support to Alaska Aerospace | Serbia Gets First Mi-17 V5s from Russia | Japanese Consider Partnership with Israeli Industry

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

Americas * Bloomberg has reported on a previously unknown flaw found on the MQ-4C Triton UAV. According to the report, a Northrop Grumman subcontractor was producing composite wing spars with quality issues which resulted in the Defense Contract Management Agency...

Black Hawks Being Converted to Pave Hawks | MBDA Italia Will Supply $1.1B in Missiles to Qatar| Japan: mid-July Tender for $40B Fighter Acquisition Program

by [email protected] | Jul 1, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The first of 21 US Army UH-60L Black Hawks, converted and remissionized into HH-60G Pave Hawks, has been introduced as part of the service’s Operational Loss Replacement (OLR) program. Works on the UH-60s is being carried out by Science and...

Turkey and Russia to Cooperate Again | Germany to Lease Heron TP UAVs from IAI | Airbus Gearbox Believed at Fault for April Crash in Norway

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

Americas * The MQ-8B deployed on board USS Coronado (LCS-4) is the first to be equipped with the new AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar. Previously, the unmanned helicopter was fitted with the RDR-1700 maritime surveillance radar under an urgent requirement. Compared to the previous...

F-35 Scores 8:0 Kill Ratio During Mock Air Combat | Sikorsky CH-53K on Track | Belgium Sends 6 F-16s to Jordan Against IS

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

Americas * Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar has proven that it can be used to detect unmanned aerial vehicles alongside its usual task of detecting incoming artillery and rocket fire. The company announced the success following testing carried...

USAF Considers Ejection Seat Change on F-35 | Brexit Could Change Face of UK Defense | Lifted Embargo Not Leading Vietnam to Rush into Buying

by [email protected] | Jun 28, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The USAF has