JLTV Costs Drop Significantly | F-35 On Publicity Tour This Summer | NATO Cmdr Suggests U-2 Surveillance on Russia

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

Americas * The US Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program (JLTV) will cost significantly less than initially expected, according to a a recent Pentagon Selected Acquisition Report (SAR). The program’s cost is to drop about $6 billion, over 19 percent,...

F-35 Service Life Extended to 2070 | $33B in Weapons Sales to GCC Over 11 Months | US State Dept Approves Sale of P-A8’s to UK

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

Americas * F-35s are going to be in the sky longer than expected with their service life now extended to 2070. After military branches made tweaks to the number of flight hours their fleets should log before retirement, it was announced that the program may be...

F-35 Acquisition Cost Estimates Drop by $12.1B | German Defense Budget Up 6.8% to $36.61B for 2017 | French Sending Paramilitary Forces to Burkina Faso

by [email protected] | Mar 25, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Navy has begun its “light-off” testing of an AN/SPQ-9B horizon search radar upgraded with a Periscope Detection and Discrimination (PDD) capability. Testing took place March 13 on board the CG 47 Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Lake...

DCMA Doubts Delivery Date for KC-46A’s | Saab Offering Sea Giraffe AESA Radar to US Mkt | Japanese Turns to US Mfrs for Help with F-3 Fighter Jets

by [email protected] | Mar 24, 2016 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Defense Contract Management Agency has expressed its “low confidence” in Boeing’s ability to deliver the KC-46A on time. Delivery of the tanker to the USAF is expected by August 2017 and is currently in the process of undergoing its...

Saltwater Capable UAV; Beware Johns Hopkins CRACUNS | Oshkosh Awarded $433M in Recap Work for Army | UK Extends BAE Contract for Anti-Sub Frigates

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

Americas * Researchers from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed a 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Tests carried out on the Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System (CRACUNS) have proven that it can remained...