JLENS Aerostats Grounded After Joyride | Sikorsky King Stallion Achieves First Flight – Finally | UK & France Look to MBDA for Next Gen Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

by [email protected] | Oct 29, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A Raytheon-manufactured JLENS (Joint Elevated Netted Sensor) aerostat broke free from its moorings on Wednesday, before floating 160 miles over Pennsylvania, prompting the scrambling of F-16 fighters. The blimp eventually came down in the north of the state...

NG Snags Big LRS-B Work | Navy Hands Boeing $897.5M Contract Mod for Growlers | ERAPSCO to do $178 Million More in Sonobuoys

by [email protected] | Oct 28, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Northrop Grumman has won the much-anticipated and delayed Long Range Strike – Bomber (LRS-B) contract, the most significant defense contract since the F-35 and a huge win for the company. The winning bid beat off competition from a Boeing/Lockheed...

Raytheon’s Phalanx Marching with $159M Navy Contract | Air Force LRS-B $80B Choice Coming Soon | US Nixes SK Plans to Sell T-50 to Uzbekistan

by [email protected] | Oct 27, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) will reportedly be equipped with over-the-horizon missiles for their next deployment, with the specific model not yet determined. With the Brookings Institution rightly pointing out that the LCS do not currently...

NG Bags $53.2M Contract for LWSD Program | AF Spending $176.1M with LM for Sniper ATPs | SK Presses Ahead on KF-X Indigenous Fighter Program

by [email protected] | Oct 26, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $53.2 million contract for the Solid State High Power Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) program. The Solid State Laser (SSL) system is intended to be used against small and fast vessels, unmanned aircraft and ISR...

$784.3M Contract to LM for LRDR | CA Drop of F-35 Program May Cause Intl Price Rise | USAF Deploys A-10’s to Turkey to Combat ISIS

by [email protected] | Oct 23, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin has won the Missile Defense Agency’s Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) contract, with the company handed a $784.3 million contract to build the new system in Clear, Alaska. The LRDR will provide long-range coverage of possible...