Third time lucky for Israel’s Arrow-3 testing | DSCA clears a series of FMS for Kuwait, Netherlands, & Finland | First HH-60W enters final assembly

by Padraig McCarrick | Feb 22, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Lockheed Martin said Tuesday, that its helicopter subsidiary Sikorsky is beginning final assembly of the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter, the latest variant of the long-serving Pave Hawk. The assembly will include the installation of a Tactical...

DoJ charge three men with supplying Hezbollah UAV parts | Seoul clears PAC-3 MSE buy for Northern missile threats | Saudis near to closing S-400 buy

by Padraig McCarrick | Feb 21, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Orbital ATK received on Wednesday, February 14, a $79.4 million US Navy contract for development, testing and evaluation of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Ground Launch Drone Missile (GQM-163A). The agreement will see Orbital provide the Navy...

Will US export ban SCALP Franco-Egyptian Rafale deal? | Navy awards contracts to mature FFG(X) designs | Airbus blasts Germany’s export restrictions

by Padraig McCarrick | Feb 20, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Five shipbuilding firms have been awarded US Navy contracts worth $15 million each to deliver conceptual designs for the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program—the effort for the service’s future frigate. Awarded to Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed...

Indonesia finally inks Su-35 deal with Russia | Boeing begrudgingly expresses interest in Canada’s fighter comp, say source | HMS Ocean sold to Brazil

by Padraig McCarrick | Feb 19, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * All three variants of the F-35 have been cold weather tested by the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team (JOTT) at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The testing comes ahead of the aircraft’s stationing at Eielson from 2020, which poses some of the...

Is India serious about the F-35? | Airbus announces A400 hit amid better than expected profits | Pentagon orders initial production for King Stallions

by Padraig McCarrick | Feb 16, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Pentagon awarded Tuesday, February 13, a $126.5 million US Navy contract modification to Sikorsky for initial production of CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. Under the terms of the deal, the Lockheed Martin subsidiary will secure “long lead items...