by Philipp Schramm | Oct 15, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Parts of the global F-35 fleet are currently grounded in the wake of one of the aircraft crashing in South Carolina two weeks ago. The initial investigation that followed the incident, concluded that the crash was caused by a faulty fuel tube. The DoD’s...
by Philipp Schramm | Oct 12, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Air Force is awarding a series of contracts for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The contracts are part of a portfolio that aims to leverage commercial launch solutions to meet National...
by Philipp Schramm | Oct 11, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Army is introducing a more lethal long-range missile to its inventory. The service is now able to fire Raytheon’s DeepStrike missile from its M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS launchers. The launchers are now outfitted with a launch pod missile...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2018 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
Zephyr Flight (click to view full) QinetiQ’s Zephyr is a very high-flying, ultra-light solar powered UAV designed to break existing flight length records. It’s one of the contenders in DARPA’s Vulture program, which eventually expects to field an...
by Philipp Schramm | Oct 10, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Raytheon is being contracted to develop a new propulsion system for the US Army’s TOW missile. The contract is valued at $21 million and covers three years of research and development necessary to make required performance improvements to the...
