by [email protected] | Apr 12, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * AIM-9X missiles fired from the US Army’s new Multi-Mission Launcher has defeated a cruise missile and an unmanned aerial system (UAS). The tests conducted on April 1 and March 29 respectively were part of an engineering demonstration of the Indirect...
by [email protected] | Apr 11, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing will provide another 117 AH-64E re-manufactured Apache helicopters to the US Army. The contract will earn the company $922.6 million with work estimated to be completed by May 31, 2018. It follows the announcement in March by the DoD that the Army...
by [email protected] | Apr 8, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Winners of the contract to participate in the US Army’s $10 billion Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) may also be selected to to provide more engines for either a single- or twin-engined Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Light (next-generation light...
by [email protected] | Apr 7, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * In further testing, the US Army’s new Multi-Mission Launcher has seen the successful test of Lockheed Martin’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor. The testing has been ongoing at the White Sands Missile Range in new Mexico. Weighing five pounds...
by [email protected] | Apr 6, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Textron Systems will provide a number of Commando Select armored personnel carriers (APCs) with 40/50 turrents as a foreign military sales contract to both Colombia and Iraq. The $65 million deal will see each country receive 54 of the APCs each, alongside...
