Defense Daily
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UncategorizedNominee For Army Chief Weapon Buyer Supports Overhaul Of Acquisition System
As with all recent political appointees to Army civilian posts, the service’s presumptive chief weapon buyer did not escape questioning during his confirmation hearing on how he would remedy the […]
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Homeland SecurityPanel Delays Vote On Nielsen Pending Answers To Senators’ Questions
A Senate panel on Thursday postponed a confirmation vote on Kirstjen Nielsen to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security until at least Monday until she supplies answers to nearly […]
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
- NDAA Conference Report Boosts Navy And Missile Defense Spending
- Defense Authorization Bill Boosts Army Combat Vehicle, Aircraft Modernization
- Navy Reduced Columbia Submarine Cost By $80 Million Per Unit
- Navy Ship Work, Acquisition Lead HII To Strong Third Quarter Results
- Senate Cyber Subcommittee Chairman: FY 18 Defense Bill To Include National Cyber Warfare Strategy
- DHS Led Team Demonstrates That Commercial Aircraft Can Be Remotely Hacked
- Sweden Chooses Patriot To Upgrade Air And Missile Defenses
- Boeing Closes Deal For Aurora Flight Sciences
- Navy Releases Final Future Frigate RFP
- FBI Senior Analyst: More Cyber Attacks Now Originate from ‘Legitimate Credentials;’ Blend in with Normal Network Behavior
- Senate Panel Backs Bridenstine To Head NASA
- Cyber Industry Panel: Social Practices Factor Into Potential Breaches
- Lawmakers Agree To Space Revamp Without Space Corps
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Navy/USMC
NDAA Conference Report Boosts Navy And Missile Defense Spending
The fiscal year (FY) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report released Nov. 8 strongly boosts Navy and Missile Defense spending over the Defense Department’s initial requests. The House […]
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CyberFBI Senior Analyst: More Cyber Attacks Now Originate from ‘Legitimate Credentials;’ Blend in with Normal Network Behavior
Recent trends in malicious cybersecurity activity show that hackers are becoming much more adept at breaching networks using acquired “legitimate” credentials (such as outdated test log-in accounts to VPNs) and […]
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BudgetLawmakers Agree To Space Revamp Without Space Corps
House and Senate negotiators have crafted a final version of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill that overhauls military space management but stops short of accepting a controversial House proposal […]
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Cyber
Cyber Industry Panel: Social Practices Factor Into Potential Breaches
Speakers at the 2017 CyberSat Summit emphasized that improving technology capabilities is only a piece of the larger cybersecurity puzzle. During a panel assessing the evolving threat landscape in aerospace, […]
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CongressSenate Panel Backs Bridenstine To Head NASA
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Nov. 8 narrowly approved Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) to be NASA administrator. By a party-line 14-13 vote, the panel sent Bridenstine’s nomination […]
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CyberSenate Cyber Subcommittee Chairman: FY 18 Defense Bill To Include National Cyber Warfare Strategy
As negotiations wrapped up on the final version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2018, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Cyber cited the importance of including […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Final Future Frigate RFP
The Navy released the final conceptual design (CD) request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday for its new future frigate program, the Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)), in a post on FedBizOpps. Last […]