ULA Nixes Aerojet Rocketdyne Offer | Pentagon Office Critical of Marines F-35 Tests in Leaked Memo | UK’s MoD Signs $462M Contract for ASRAAM Missiles

by [email protected] | Sep 17, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A leaked memo has uncovered serious concerns over the Marine Corps’ operational testing of F-35B aircraft aboard USS Wasp (LHD-1) in May, undermining the aircraft’s Initial Operating Capability in July. The memo, penned by the director of the...

NGEN Schedule Re-Compete Timetable Moved Up | RQ-4 Global Hawk Costs Revised Downward | Russia’s Rostec Moving into Commodities Market

by [email protected] | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * A Request for Information market survey is expected to be released on Wednesday for the re-competition of the Navy’s Next Generation Information Enterprise Network (NGEN). With Hewlett-Packard winning the $3.45 billion IDIQ contract in June 2013,...

Pentagon May Kill Destroyer USS LBJ | Boeing to Double F-15 Missile Carrying Capacity| LRS-B to Serve Multiple Purposes

by [email protected] | Sep 15, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The final Zumwalt-class destroyer undergoing construction by General Dynamics Bath Ironworks – the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) – is facing the chop by an independent team of Pentagon cost assessors, with the third-in-class vessel...

Brazil’s Saab Gripen NG Contract Moving Forward | LM Advances EOTS for Coming Year | Czech’s to Spend $104.6M for TITUS from Tatra & Nexter

by [email protected] | Sep 14, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Brazil’s prosecutor’s office has ended its investigation [Portuguese] into possible corruption in the country’s procurement process of Saab Gripen NG fighters, finding insufficient evidence of wrongdoing to continue. The investigation...

F-35 Speed-up Increases Pressure | BAE Protests NG’s CIRCM Contract | Japanese to Double Intelligence by 2023

by [email protected] | Sep 11, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * An accelerated F-35 production schedule could stress suppliers, with the program office planning a three-fold increase in the number of Joint Strike Fighters produced each year over the next three years. The pressure on the production line’s supply...