Defense Daily
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InternationalState Department Approves $500 Million MQ-9 Support Deal With U.K.
The State Department has approved a possible $500 million deal for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and MAG Aerospace to continue providing support services for the United Kingdom’s MQ-9 Reaper UAV […]
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InternationalSpain Purchases 17 CH-47F Helicopters For $1.3 Billion
Spain has purchased 17 Boeing’s [BA] CH-47F cargo helicopters with modifications for $1.3 billion, according to a State Department notice. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the potential […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s LCS Mission Modules, IDECM Breach Nunn-McCurdy
Two Navy programs have significant and critical Nunn-McCurdy cost breaches, the Defense Department said in its annual Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) covering 2017. The SAR, released late Tuesday, reported the […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $2.9 Billion Deal F-16 And Missile Deal With Slovakia
The State Department has approved a possible $2.9 billion deal with Slovakia for 14 F-16 Block 70/72 V aircraft, missiles and mission systems. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress […]
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Homeland SecurityAmid Resurgence Of Illegal Border Crossings, Trump Directs Deployment Of National Guard
President Trump on Wednesday ordered the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to work with the nation’s border governors to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S. Southwest border to […]
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Air ForceDoD Eyes Shifting F-35 Management To Military Services
The U.S. Department of Defense wants to restructure the F-35 Lightning II program to give the military services more control over the maturing fighter jet, according to Pentagon officials. DoD […]
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InternationalNATO Head To Visit F-35 Factory In U.S.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg plans to visit Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Lightning II production plant in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 5 as part of a two-day visit to […]
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CyberDARPA Selects Hardware Security Company To Develop New Chip Vulnerability Testing Solution
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA has awarded a contract to hardware security company Tortuga Logic to develop a new solution for improving the security of computer chips on […]
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ArmyArmy Missile, Truck Program Costs Jump $14 Billion While Network Drops $8 Billion
Three Army acquisition programs increased more than $1 billion each in 2017 while a canceled program drew attention for a dramatic decrease in program cost because it has been effectively […]
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Business/FinancialDay & Zimmerman Acquires Small Government O&M Services Company
The engineering and construction firm Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) on Tuesday said it has acquired M2 Services Corp., a small company that provides aviation and vehicle heavy maintenance, repair and […]