AF LRS-B Contract May Be Awarded Before Year End | ULA Keeps Launching; $882.1M Contract Mod | Kenya, Cameroon, Pakistan to get UAVs through Foreign Military Sales

by [email protected] | Oct 1, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A contract award for the Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) may be forthcoming in another two months. The program has been pushed back several times, including in July, and before that, May. The competing contractors submitted their designs...

DoD Blocks Move of JSTARS to Milestone A | LM’s Space Fence System Passes AF Review | Pentagon Report Details Decade Defense $$ Decline

by [email protected] | Sep 30, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Defense Department has blocked approval of a move to advance the JSTARS recapitalization program into its demonstration phase, known as Milestone A. The program, intended to field a replacement for the Air Force’s fleet of E-8 Joint Surveillance...

Army Launches T700 Competition | Elbit Gets $70M Contract for Hermes 900 UAV | GSL Looking for Partner to Share $5B Contract

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

Americas * The Army has launched its T700 engine replacement competition, with the program set to deliver 3,000 new helicopter engines after production begins in 2019. Two companies will be awarded development contracts for the new engine design, with GE Aviation and...

Raytheon Wins $490M+ in Two Contracts | General Dynamics Piranha 5 Selected by Spain’s MoD | Aerojet May Up Their Unsolicited Bid for ULA

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

Americas * Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings is reportedly considering raising its unsolicited bid price for the United Launch Alliance joint venture, despite a very public rejection of its first $2 billion bid, made earlier this month, by both Lockheed Martin and Boeing. A...

US Joins Japan & SK in Approving LM’s Takeover of Sikorsky | Egypt to Acquire 50 Russian Attack Heli’s | Modi Gvmt to Share UAV Designs

by [email protected] | Sep 25, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The government has approved the $9 billion takeover of Sikorsky by Lockheed Martin announced in July, joining approvals from the Japanese and South Korean governments. The Justice Department reportedly led the takeover review, with officials from the...