by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 26, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Dear readers, We are out of the office today! As a result, there will be no Daily Rapid Fire published tomorrow, Friday October 27. But fear not. Regular publishing will resume Monday, packed full of your favourite defense industry news, contracts, and scandals. Early...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 26, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * New search-and-rescue aircraft (SAR) aircraft being manufactured by Airbus for Canada will come equipped with Elta Systems’ ELM-2022A maritime patrol radar. 16 radars will be delivered for integration on the C295 aircraft being procured, however,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 25, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $14.7 million US Air Force (USAF) contract to enhance the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out system, among other parts of the communications system on the C-5. Work to be undertaken include C-5 communications,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 24, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing has suggested the inclusion of equipment upgrades on US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets slated for service life extension work from next year. Negotiations between the firm and Navy for the first service life modification (SLM) contract are currently...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 23, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing has awarded Lockheed Martin two contracts to upgrade the latter’s IRST21 sensor system for use on the US Navy’s F/A-18E/F fleet. According to Lockheed, the Block II contracts provide up to $100 million “for developing advanced software,...
