Defense Daily
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CyberCyber 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 […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Closes Deal For Aurora Flight Sciences
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday completed its acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, boosting its ability to more quickly develop autonomous technologies for flight. Terms of the deal, which was first announced […]
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InternationalSweden Chooses Patriot To Upgrade Air And Missile Defenses
The Swedish government has decided to start negotiations on procuring Raytheon’s [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system for upward of $1.2 billion, the government said Tuesday. The Swedish Armed […]
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ArmyDefense Authorization Bill Boosts Army Combat Vehicle, Aircraft Modernization
Congress heavily backed Army modernization in the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released Nov. 8, adding billions to the service’s initial request to cover new tanks, […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Ship Work, Acquisition Lead HII To Strong Third Quarter Results
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Wednesday posted strong financial results in its third quarter driven by work on aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships for the Navy and the acquisition […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Reduced Columbia Submarine Cost By $80 Million Per Unit
The Navy has been able to reduce the cost of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine by $80 million per unit and the program remains on schedule, a top Navy acquisition official said […]
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CyberDHS Led Team Demonstrates That Commercial Aircraft Can Be Remotely Hacked
TYSONS, Va.—A team of government, industry and academic officials last year successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting, a Department of Homeland Security […]