by Editorial Staff | Jun 22, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Sikorsky delivered six CH-148 helicopters to the Canadian government on Friday, the first of twenty-eight to replace the current fleet of Sea King ASW helicopters, with these scheduled to enter full service by 2021. * On Friday the Navy handed Northrop...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 19, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Not a single F-35A was downed by “hostile” fire during the Air Force’s recent Green Flag West exercise, the first exercise in which the Joint Strike Fighter has participated. None of the F-35s were shot down, whilst F-16s and A-10s were....
by Editorial Staff | Jun 18, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
North America * General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered a third Mobile Landing Platform to the Navy, following the start of construction in 2013. The USNS Lewis B. Puller was initially floated in November, with the new vessel the first Afloat Forward Staging Base...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 17, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Following Northrop Grumman, L-3, General Dynamics and Gulfstream’s lead, a competing team of Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Bombardier are now positioning to compete for the Air Force’s JSTARS recap program. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin had...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 16, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * In news that will surprise few, United Technologies Corp. has formally announced that the company will divest the Sikorsky Aircraft company, exiting the helicopter sector in the process. The manufacturer of the Black Hawk helicopter was put on the chopping...
