Americas * Draft acquisition documents seen by Flight Global reveal that the US Air Force is planning to go ahead with upgrading its A-10 fleet and revive the tank-killer's production line after March 2019. Even though a contract with Boeing to re-wing the fleet...
Americas * The US Army awarded Wednesday, February 7, a $476 million contract to Oshkosh to build the latest A2 variant of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). Production will be completed by February 2022, with work locations to be determined with each...
FMTV Family (click to view full) The 14 variants in the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) form the core of the USA's new state-of-the-art medium military transport truck fleet. Which in turn forms the core of the "mature logistics capability" seen in the Iraqi...
Americas * Lockheed Martin has declared that the Extended Range variant of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the JASSM-ER, is now fully operational on the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter. A company statement released by the firm on February 6 said that the...
Americas * A new comprehensive weapon system designed for the Sikorsky S-70M and S-70i Black Hawk helicopters has received military standards qualifications, Lockheed Martin announced Monday, February 5. In development since 2011, the system is capable of being...
Americas * The first Italian Navy F-35B assembled in Italy has arrived at NAS Patuxent River after a transatlantic flight on January 31. Having rolled off the Cameri F-35 final assembly line in Italy on January 25, the aircraft will now spend three months at Patuxent...
Americas * Textron AirLand's self-funded Scorpion light-attack aircraft has been omitted from the next phase of the US Air Force's (USAF) OA-X experiment, a blow to the joint venture's five-year-old campaign to win the endorsement of the service. The two aircraft that...
Americas * The US Air Force (USAF) granted Raytheon a $105.2 million contract modification on Wednesday, January 31, for the provision of an undefined number of AGM-176 Griffin missiles. The contract award also includes options for all variants of Griffin standoff...
Americas * Lockheed Martin announced on January 30, the successful controlled test of its upgraded short-range Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile. Conducted on January 26 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the firm said the test was the "first ever for...