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Air ForceMultiple Reentry Vehicle Tests of Minuteman III Uncommon
While the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test on Aug. 4 of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM with three test reentry vehicles, such tests with dummy, […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Bids F-35 for Canada Future Fighter Competition
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is bidding its F-35 fighter for the Royal Canadian Air Force Future Fighter competition to replace 76 Boeing [BA] CF-18s, according to a July 30 submission to […]
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Uncategorized‘North Star’ Federal Government Vision for Future Space Needed, Report Says
The U.S. Space Force and other federal entities must formulate a top-level space vision and protect future space commerce, according to a new, 86-page report from the Air Force Research […]
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UncategorizedABMS Envisioned as ‘Autobahn’ of Air Force Network Operations
While the U.S. Air Force has had advanced information capabilities on fifth generation Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 and F-35 fighters and the sensor-shooter MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft […]
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UncategorizedAmendment to Senate NDAA Would Lesson Proposed Pentagon Influence Over NNSA Budget
The Senate last week adopted language that would scale back, but not eliminate, some of the new oversight and influence the chamber’s Armed Services Committee proposed to give the Pentagon […]
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UncategorizedMDA Working With Japan Aegis Ashore Concerns
The Defense Department is working with the government of Japan to address its concerns after it suspended the planned two Aegis Ashore system deployments due to technical and cost issues. […]
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UncategorizedFitzgerald Leaves Repair Yard Three Years After Collision
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left a Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] shipyard on June 13, almost exactly three years after a deadly collision off the coast of Japan. DDG-62 collided with […]
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UncategorizedNNSA Needs More Powerful Manager For Microelectronics Sustainment At Sandia, GAO Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) agreed to share a strategic management plan it is preparing for sustaining microelectronics infrastructure at the Sandia National Laboratories with the Government Accountability Office […]
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UncategorizedCorrection
The story “Boeing To Deliver New Minuteman III Crypto Units This Year” (Defense Daily, Volume 287, No. 49) should have said that Electrostatically Supported Gyro Navigator units help guide Ohio-class […]
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UncategorizedDoE Nuclear Sites Still Resolving Subcontractor Reimbursement for COVID-19 Costs
Three weeks after the Department of Energy authorized operators of nuclear-weapon sites to bill the government for expenses associated with COVID-19 prevention, most of those prime contractors are still working […]