by Editorial Staff | Jun 8, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Huntington Ingalls was awarded $4.3 billion through two contracts on Friday, with the shipyard handed a $3.35 billion detail design and construction contract for CVN-79, a member of the Navy’s new class of super-carriers. The subsidiary of Newport...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 5, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin saw a $920.4 million advanced acquisition contract on Thursday for the F-35 program. This award covers the production of 94 low rate initial production Joint Strike Fighters, with these spread across the three F-35 variants.. 78 F-35A models...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 4, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air Force has released a RFP for its next generation of space launch engines, as it tries to move away from reliance on the Atlas-V’s Russian-produced RD-180 engines. Reports from March expected the RFP to have been released sooner, with industry...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 3, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air Force is reportedly working on a new hypersonic test vehicle, with the aim of developing the new vehicle by 2023. The Air Force and DARPA are hoping to build on a previous 2013 test, with the X-51A WaveRider intended to be used as a proof of...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 2, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * F-35As will take part in USMC exercises for the first time this week, with the fighter also set to drop live ordnance. The Green Flag West exercises will run to June 12, with the Marine Corps’ B model Joint Strike Fighter recently concluding trials...
