by [email protected] | Aug 12, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Navy surface ships and submarines are to be equipped with General Dynamics-developed Digital Modular Radios (DMR), with a $29 million contract modification covering the delivery of 56 sets. The company received a similar contract for DMRs in 2005, however...
by [email protected] | Aug 11, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air Force has handed out three one-year contracts to further develop competing designs for the JSTARS replacement program. The competition to replace the fleet of Northrop Grumman E-8Cs is scheduled to lead to a production contract before the JSTARS...
by [email protected] | Aug 10, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Army wants to restart production of the Boeing MH-47G Chinook special mission helicopter in a new Block II design. With eight Block I variants scheduled for delivery by the end of 2015, the specific upgrades incorporated into the Block II version have...
by [email protected] | Aug 7, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Defense Department wants to upgrade US AV-8B Harriers with the Link 16 datalink system. The proposed $71.5 million, six-year upgrade is currently in the DoD’s FY2016 budget request, but if designated for re-programming, Harriers could begin to...
by [email protected] | Aug 6, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Marines are closing in on an acquisition program for unmanned cargo helicopters, with two K-MAX UAVs headed for the Corps’ VMX-22 test squadron by the end of September. The optionally-manned helicopters will be used to develop the cargo UAS...
