Pentagon Orders 29 More Seahawks in $354M Deal | Orbital ATK to Produce Rocket Motors for AF Sidewinders | Turkey Gets $70M in JDAMs for NATO Mission Support

by [email protected] | Dec 9, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas *Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $318.3 million modification to a foreign military sales contract. The deal is to provide Hellfire II missile hardware/component production for South Korea, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Indonesia,...

Navy Books Huntington Ingalls for Next LPD | US Manufacturers Struggle to Keep Up With Arms Demand | JLENS Gets Another Vote of Confidence

by [email protected] | Dec 8, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas *The US Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls $200 million to build the next amphibious transport dock (LPD) warship. The advanced procurement contract will fund the final of twelve of the San Antonio class ships to be commissioned by the Navy. The vessels are...

AFSOC & Navy Collab on Laser Mounted Weapon | Postponements and Firsts for F-35 | Japan Plans Test Flight for ATD-X in Q1

by [email protected] | Dec 7, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Helibras has completed the first stage of integrating its AM39 anti-ship missile for the Brazilian Navy. The system is to be added to the fleet of Airbus H225M helicopters which have started to come into operation in Brazil. The laboratory tests involved...

Arms Stocks Soar on Syrian Air Strikes | DoD Releases Funds for Marine Base in Guam | AU Senate Votes to Launch Inquiry on LM F-35s

by [email protected] | Dec 4, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Pentagon has expressed concerns over Raytheon’s new GPS Operational Control System (OCX) program, amid soaring costs and completion delays. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, has the program...

DoD Invites LM to Tune Up F-16s for Singapore | US Navy Looks to Distributed Lethality to Inform Upgrades on Defense | Spanish A400M Agreement Up in the Air

by [email protected] | Dec 3, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $914 million contract to Lockheed Martin to upgrade F-16 aircraft for the government of Singapore. The work is to be carried out at Fort Worth, Texas. The number of aircraft to be upgraded is unknown, but the...