Aerojet Rocketdyne Bids $2B for United Launch Alliance | Russia Increases SU-30SM Orders from Irkut | Netherlands to Add 14 CH-47F Helis to Fleet

by [email protected] | Sep 10, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Aerojet Rocketdyne submitted a bid on Wednesday to buy United Launch Alliance. The Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint venture is competing with SpaceX for US Air Force launch contracts, following the latter’s certification in May. The $2 billion bid comes...

House Rep Wants “Transparency” from Air Force | Sandia Settles Over Illegal Use of Fed Funds for Lobbying | Russia Delivers Helos to Peru; Loans $1B to Bangladesh for Helo Purchases

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

Americas * A House Representative is demanding answers from the Air Force Secretary regarding discrepancies over the Air Force’s projected cost for the Long Range Strike Bomber program, after it emerged last week that the estimated program cost rose from $33.1...

MIDS-LVT Contracts; $880.8M to ViaSat & Data Link Solutions | Winner of JLTV Competition Coming Soon | MoD Looking at New Amphibious Vehicle for Royal Marines

by [email protected] | Aug 24, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Navy has begun integration testing and certification of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The missile is scheduled for fielding on the aircraft in 2019, with the LRASM a joint DARPA/Navy development program...

Army’s I2WD Gets Support to the Tune of $994.7M | $8.4M from Navy to Camber Corp for A2AD | Pakistan Buying Mil Mi-35M Hind Helos from Russia

by [email protected] | Aug 21, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Following the news earlier this week that the Pentagon intends to increase the number of UAV Combat Air Patrols by 50% by 2019, private contractors are reported to already be stepping into the breach to support stretched Air Force personnel. General Atomics...

Navy to Spend $4M on iRobot | Russia to Deliver on Heavy Lift Helos to Algeria | Chinese Invest $779M in Defense Aerospace

by [email protected] | Aug 20, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin is reportedly developing an optionally-manned, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace the company’s U-2 and Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk. The new design intends to combine the best...