by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 19, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Raytheon has received a $83 million contract modification for the procurement of full-rate production of 180 AIM-9X Block II air-to-air missiles. The US Navy award will see the firm will supply missiles to the Navy, USAF, Romania, Poland, Indonesia, Romania...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 16, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will unveil, for the first time, its XQ-222 Valkyrie and UTAP-22 Mako unmanned aerial systems at the Paris airshow. Both UAS aircraft are designed to act as the robotic wingman of fighter pilots, are highly...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 15, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Poor sales and a lack of interest in both the Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) and Reconfigurable Airborne Multi-Intelligence System (RAMIS) has resulted in Boeing dropping both platforms from its portfolio. The firm said that despite marketing the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 14, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * BAE Systems will provide Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) upgrade kits to the US Navy. The $181 million deal is funded under a recently announced indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract and will allow BAE to keep up with increased...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jun 13, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Austral is currently conducting final outfitting of the ninth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EFT) for the US Navy. The Spearhead-class vessel left an Austral shipyard earlier this month in Mobile, Alabama before moving to Bismark for final work. They feature...
