by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 31, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and US Navy have successfully conducted a scheduled test of a Standard Missile-6 guided missile (SM-6) off the coast of Hawaii. Launched from the deck of the USS John Paul Jones, the missile intercepted a medium-range...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 30, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $310 million contract for engineering changes to the M1A2 Abrams tank System Enhancement Package Version 3. Work to be undertaken include the design, development and integration for the upgrades to the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 29, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * In a littoral combat ship (LCS) first, the US Navy successfully used a UAV to provide over-the-horizon targeting information and damage assessment for a missile that was launched from an LCS vessel. The ship in question, the Independence-class LCS USS...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 28, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $547.9 million US Army contract for the production and delivery of Hellfire II air-to-ground attack missiles. As many as 7,359 Hellfire II missiles, in a number of air-to-ground variants, and including their containers...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 25, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin and Raytheon separate $900 million contracts for the development of the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile. Work will primarily be conducted in Orlando, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz until 2020, after...
