by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 13, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * General Atomics announced this week that it has officially switched production of its MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV over to the longer-range variant, the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range. The new UAV will be tasked with long range intelligence, surveillance and...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 12, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Saab has received a US Army contract to supply the service with shoulder-fired AT4CS RS (Confined Space Reduced Sensitivity) anti-armor weapon systems. Valued at $13.4 million, deliveries of the system will take place during 2019. Saab’s AT4 family is...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 11, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Raytheon has unveiled its solution to give the Stryker armored fighting vehicle a mobile air defense capability, a Stinger missile mounted into a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) and integrated on the vehicle. The solution was successfully...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 10, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $26 million Laser Advancements for Next-generation Compact Environments (LANCE) contract to develop a high-powered laser source. The US Air Force contract is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podded electric...
by Padraig McCarrick | Oct 9, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Austral USA, the Mobile, Alabama-based subsidiary of the Australian shipbuilder has been awarded a $584.2 million modification to a previously awarded US Navy contract for the construction of a littoral combat ship (LCS). Under the terms of the deal, the...
