US Army commences Stinger training to boost European SHORAD capabilities | F-35B to commence deployment on USS Wasp | Poland wants more M-346 AJTs

by Padraig McCarrick | Jan 18, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Northrop Grumman were awarded Friday, a $172 million one-year US Air Force contract for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). Under the terms of the agreement, Northrop will provide BACN payload operation and support for payload equipment and...

Thailand’s T-50s need new engines after storm | Last RAF Lynx make final flight | MoD skeptical of Indian Navy’s third aircraft carrier proposal

by Padraig McCarrick | Jan 17, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Aviation Week reports on Boeing’s unveiling of its Mach 5 hypersonic demonstrator concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum. Dubbed the ‘son of Blackbird’, the aircraft features a delta-wing and builds...

Thai T-50s hit bad weather, welcoming ceremony postponed | Airbus announce Taiwan payout, German one on the cards | New Belgian NH90s need radar fix

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

Americas * Boeing revealed Wednesday, a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle prototype. Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric propulsion system with eight counter rotating blades allowing for vertical flight, the...

Martin Luther King Day 2018

by Padraig McCarrick | Jan 14, 2018 | Contracts - Awards

Hoping all of our readers are having a productive January, and that those resolutions are sticking after the end of year feasting and excess. As tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day—and the first time since 2007 the holiday falls on the great man’s actual...

First batch of Marineon helicopters delivered to ROK marines | Italian CEOs have bribery convictions overturned | DSCA clears SM-3 sale to Japan

by Padraig McCarrick | Jan 12, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * General Electric will provide its services in support of F/A-18 E-F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, thanks to a $74 million contract issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support. The six month agreement, scheduled to be...