by Padraig McCarrick | Nov 17, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Marine Corps (USMC) is in the market for a “readily available shore-based, coastal” anti-ship missile system. In a Request for Information (RFI) posted by the service on the Federal Business Opportunities website last month, the platform must be...
by Padraig McCarrick | Nov 16, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $44.1 million contract for the provision of Intelligence Test Instrumentations Kits for use on the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM). The kits—which have been upgraded to eliminate obsolete parts from...
by Padraig McCarrick | Nov 15, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Northrop Grumman announced Friday that it has delivered the first operational MQ-4C Trition UAV to the US Navy at its facility at Point Mugu. It will be joined by a second operational Triton later this year and both aircraft will be prepared by the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Nov 14, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing has announced that the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system now has 44 interceptors deployed at two sites on the continental United States. They added that the loading of the missile fulfils a US Department of Defense (DoD) requirement of...
by Padraig McCarrick | Nov 13, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Draken International announced November 9 that they have successfully acquired 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighters from Spain. The acquisition now brings Draken’s fleet size to over 100 fighter jets and will go towards enhancing its adversary air services...
