Aselsan to Develop EW Suites for Turkey in $125M Deal | Jenoptik Gets $11.38M to Support Poland’s Leopard 2 Modernization | Taiwan Plans to Build Own Subs

by [email protected] | Mar 22, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin has been given a $40 million contract modification to strip and recoat F-22 coatings for the USAF’s F-22 Raptor fleet. Work on the contract will be performed at various locations in California, Georgia, Utah, and Texas, and work is...

DARPA Chooses Dynetics & GA for Gremlins Project | Israel’s Arrow Sees First Combat Against Syrian SAMs | India & Russia Come Together on Su-30MKIs

by [email protected] | Mar 21, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Dynetics and General Atomics to move forward to the second phase of the Gremlins research project. The Gremlins program is an attempt to build a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle that could...

Boeing to Provide Apache’s to US Army & Saudis in $3.4B Deal | IAF Considers F-15s over F-35s | UK Cleared for $150M Hellfire FMS

by [email protected] | Mar 20, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Patrick Shanahan, an executive at Boeing, has been tapped by US President Donald Trump to become the administration’s new deputy defense secretary. If approved by Congress, Shanahan will take over the DoD’s number two spot currently held by...

Canada Looks to Boeing’s Super Hornets | Paramount’s Mwari Garners Great Interest After IDEX Debut | Poland Plans to Spend $250M/yr on Cyber Security

by [email protected] | Mar 17, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Canada moved a step closer to acquiring the F/A-18 Super Hornet after issuing a letter of request to the US government. Included in the letter were requirements on capabilities, schedule and economic benefits for 18 aircraft. The next steps in the deal will...

Textron Gearing Up for AF Light Attack Competition | USN Taps LM to Overhaul MK-92 FCS | IAI/ELTA Release Foliage Penetrating Radar

by [email protected] | Mar 16, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * While Textron may have been rumored to be a potential contestant in the USAF’s T-X trainer competition, the company has told DefenseNews that it plans to participate in the yet-to-be released competition for the Air Force’s new light attack...