by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 24, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * A Huntington Ingalls-built Amphibious Transport Dock vessel has completed sea trails in the Gulf of Mexico. The future USS Portland will be the US Navy’s 11th San Antonio-class when it is commissioned into service next spring. During the trails,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 23, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Chile is assessing the procurement of a ship-borne long-range attack capability, which if comes to fruition, will make Lima the first South American government to have vessels with a capability to reach targets deep in land. IAI/Malam’s Long Range Attack...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 22, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is one more weapons delivery accuracy (WDA) test away from having its initial operating capability (IOC) declared for its Block 3F software. The news comes after a surge by the F-35 Developmental Test team in early August,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 21, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Raytheon has been granted a $103 million contract to supply its AGM-176 Griffin precision guided missile and associated support to the US Air Force. Work will be conducted in Tuscon, Ariz., and is expected to be finished by Dec. 31, 2018. Originally...
by Padraig McCarrick | Aug 18, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin’s AN/APR-52 radar warning receiver Technical level 6 status after a round of successful testing by the US Air Force Integrated Demonstrations and Applications Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base...
