by Editorial Staff | Jul 6, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Marine Corps conducted its first successful live ordnance drops from a F-35B in late June, the USMC announced on Friday. The Joint Strike Fighters dropped both inert and live ordnance, which consisted of JDAM GPS-guided munitions in both GBU-12 and...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 3, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Justice Department has filed charges against a BAE Systems subsidiary over alleged overcharging through the company’s $1.6 billion contract to supply over 20,000 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) logistics vehicles, awarded in November...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The E-2D Hawkeye has passed a Critical Design Review for its air refueling capability, following a successful Preliminary Design Review in September last year and a $226.7 million engineering, manufacturing and development contract in 2013. * Huntington...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * In a damning report obtained by War is Boring, the F-35A was out-performed by a F-16D in a mock dogfight in January. The newer jet failed to manoeuvre fast or agile enough to defeat the older fighter, despite the F-16 flying with two external fuel tanks....
by Editorial Staff | Jun 30, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * General Dynamics has completed avionics software upgrades for the USMC’s fleet of AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, to help keep the aging fleet flying and operationally capable until the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s carrier and STOVL variants (the B...
