Dassault, Airbus, sign agreement on Future Air Combat System | Greek Spartans to get guns | Boeing throws in Growler to German fighter competition

by Padraig McCarrick | Apr 27, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Northrop Grumman received Wednesday, April 26, a $7.2 million contract from the US Navy. The agreement tasks the firm with machine learning algorithms (MLAs) for the Reactive Electronic Attack Measures (REAM) program. According to the Pentagon statement,...

Crowded market scrambles in Franco-German MPA comp | Osprey VARS testing to start this fall | Russia to send more S-300s to Syria “in the near future”

by Padraig McCarrick | Apr 26, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Naval Air Systems Command has confirmed that the V-22 Aerial Refueling System (VARS) will start testing this fall. According to a US Marine Corps statement published by the Marine Corps Times, VARS-equipped Ospreys will be capable of providing an...

Workers strike at Leonardo’s F-35 FACO | Aero Vodochody team with IAI to export L-159 | Berlin receives different visions for Tornado replacement

by Padraig McCarrick | Apr 25, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The US Army has contracted AeroVironment to provide upgraded hardware and parts for the Switchblade precision strike munition. Valued at $44.6 million, the agreement will task the firm, based out of Simi Valley, California, with providing Block10C inert...

White House wheels out new arms export policy | After West’s salvo, Russia’s Lavrov murky on S-300 deployment to Syria | Germany’s shopping spree

by Padraig McCarrick | Apr 24, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * The Trump administration has rolled out a new weapons export policy keeping in mind that “economic security is national security.” While some in the defense industry will be disappointed that the reforms did not go far enough—particularly when it comes to...

Army nuts deliveries over Apache bolt issue | Lockheed to offer fifth-gen hybrid fighter to Japan | India finally dumps the FGFA

by Padraig McCarrick | Apr 23, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire

Americas * Despite differences over who will pay for the wall along their common border, the Mexican government has been cleared by the Trump administration for the potential purchase of 8 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahwak helicopters. Announced in a Defense Security...