Defense Daily
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Navy/USMCBell, Leonardo Vying For Potential Navy Training Helicopter Contract
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter and Leonardo are touting two different approaches, pitching cost effectiveness against full requirements, for a potential Navy contract to replace its fleet […]
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CongressTRANSCOM Head Defends Plan To Buy Foreign-Made Cargo Ships
The leader of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is defending the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 request to buy up to 24 foreign-built, used commercial ships for the military’s reserve fleet, […]
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Navy/USMCOnly V-22 Can Ferry Spare Engines To F-35s Aboard Navy Carriers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Without the V-22 Osprey to deliver spare engines, nations buying the naval version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be able to deploy them […]
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Homeland SecuritySome Years Coast Guard Acquisition Budget Will Need To Spike Above $2 Billion, Zukunft Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–To keep pace with its modernization needs, there will be times when the Coast Guard’s acquisition budget will need to rise above its desired $2 billion floor, Adm. […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Seeking Foreign Buyers To Extend H-1 Production Line Out To 2030s
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Having nearly fielded its planned fleet of upgraded attack and utility helicopters, the Marine Corps is seeking foreign buyers to keep the Bell [TXT] H-1 production […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Nearing Multi-Year Destroyer Contract That Ramps Production To Three Ships Per Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is nearing a multi-year procurement deal for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers that would take production out to fiscal 2022 and ramp production back […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Tests THAAD And Patriot Interoperability
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army jointly successfully tested a missile defense tracking exercise last week to demonstrate the interoperability between the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Continues To Expand Testing Envelope For E-2D Refueling Upgrade
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Since its first aerial refueling flight last summer, testing of a modification to the Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft so that it can refuel in flight […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin’s MQ-25 Has No Prototype, But An F-18 Engine
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin [LMT] revealed Monday its MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker offering does not have a completed prototype and will use the General Electric [GE] F404 […]
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
- DoD Deputy Gets ‘Deep Dive’ Briefing On Air Force’s B-21 Bomber
- L3 Introduces Next-Generation Of Its Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- Air Force Probing Rise In Minor Aviation Mishaps
- DoD Research Chief: Acquisition Rules Threaten U.S. Military Might
- Triton On Track For Early Operational Capability This Year, Navy Official Says
- Italy Live Fire Tests AARGM, U.S. Navy Says AARGM-ER Will Have Notable Range Improvement