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Thursday, June 13, 2019
- Army Prioritizing Position, Navigation and Timing Technologies Across Service Portfolio
- South Korea, Japan to Plus-Up Position, Navigation and Timing Satellite Systems
- Dem Senators Want FBI To Explain Response To Russian Hacking Of Election Systems Firm
- House Panel Approves IoT Cyber Security Bill
- Cost Big Factor in GE Win on Army ITEP, As Outlined In GAO Report
- Air Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command
- HASC Naval Amendments Direct More Reports and Briefings
- GAO: Air Force Shifting Funding from Delayed KC-46 Program to Sustain KC-135 Operations
- Nuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
- HASC Adds NDAA Amendments For Reports On Unmanned Projects, Air Force’s 386 Squadron Requirements
- HASC Seeks Joint Hypersonics Transition Office With NDAA Amendment
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
- Air Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command
- Thornberry To Push For $750 Billion NDAA Topline At Wednesday’s HASC Markup
- House Appropriation Committee Sends $49.7 Billion DHS Bill To House On Party Line Vote
- HASC More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding
- AeroVironment Acquires Pulse Aerospace, Adding VTOL UAS To Product Suite
- House Passes Bill Authorizing Cyber Hunt Teams Within DHS
- DoD Arctic Strategy Highlights Domain Awareness, Russia/China Activities
- Sikorsky To Build First Six Production VH-92A Presidential Helos Under $542 Million Contract
- BALTOPS 2019 Putting Emphasis on Mine Warfare
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
- Trump Signals Concerns With Raytheon, UTC Mergers But Companies Don’t See Regulatory Hurdles
- Raytheon, UTC Aerospace Businesses To Combine Into $74 Billion Aerospace And Defense Company
- HASC Committee Expects to Bring FY ’20 NDAA Bill to House Floor by Early July
- House Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
- Low-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
- HASC Chair Seeks Increased Space Launch Competition, Smaller Space Force With NDAA Proposal
- F-35’s Lot 12 Agreement Reached, With Options Available for Future Lots
- BAE Systems Sitting Out Army’s OMFV Competition, Setting Sights On Robotic Combat Vehicle
- HASC Wants More Information on Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment in FY ’20 NDAA
- House Defense Bill Adds Over $1 Billion In Unfunded Navy Priorities
- Smith Defends HASC’s $733 Billion NDAA Mark, Cites Low-Yield Nuke Cut As Main Point Of Contention
- Paris Air Show Comes at ‘Pivotal Time’ for European Aerospace
- Lockheed Martin Gets Another $1.8 Billion For F-35 Block 4
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
- Poland Formally Requests New F-35As to Replace Aging Fighters
- SASC Markup Increases Funds To Build Up U.S. Rare Earth Supply To Counter China
- Trump Reiterates EMALS Criticism, Says New Carriers Will Use Steam Catapults
- AEA Investors Acquires Defense Electronics Company From J.F. Lehman
- NATO Air And Missile Defense Exercises Used Kratos Targets And Raytheon Missiles
- Sikorsky Offers CH-53K to German Air Force
- France’s Parrot Working On Army’s Prototype Program For New Small Surveillance Drone
- Administration Bypassing Congress To Approve $8.1 Billion In Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, UAE And Jordan
- France Accelerates Joint Light Helicopter Program, Names H160M ‘Guépard’
- Leonardo DRS Receives Potential $977 Million Deal To Continue Supporting SOCOM Network
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
- Defense Watch: Disaster Relief, Space X vs Air Force, NATO Cyber
- Griffin Prepares To Halt RKV Work Due To Technical Issue
- Air Force Cuts 100 Years of ‘Unnecessary Schedule’ from Existing Programs, Completes ‘Century Challenge’
- Navy Establishes Surface Development Squadron For DDG-1000, Unmanned Systems
- Sierra Nevada To Install Degraded Visual Environment System on Air Force Pave Hawks
- HII Starts Construction On Columbia Subs
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Friday, May 24, 2019
- SASC Approves $750 Billion FY ’20 Defense Budget with Uncertain Path to Success
- SASC Authorizes ‘Measured’ Space Force Establishment in FY ’20 Markup
- SASC Bill Adds Advanced Procurement To Navy’s Shipbuilding Funds
- Serco To Acquire Alion’s Naval Systems Business For $225 Million
- Five Companies Win Stryker 30mm Design Integration Study
- Additional AH-64Es, UH-60Vs advised by SASC
- Senate Committee Authorizes Full Funding for Controversial Nuclear-Warhead Core Plants
- Inspection Technology Deployments Will Increase Drug Seizures At Land Ports, McAleenan Says
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
- Florida House Appropriators Push for Light Attack Aircraft, Criticize Air Force’s Backtrack
- Florida Evaluating Elections Systems Security In Wake Of Cyber Hack Disclosed By Mueller
- HASC Leaders Criticize New DoD Memo Restricting Congressional Access
- Nuclear Weapons Spending Bill Moves to House Floor
- Austal Lodges Protest Over HII’s LCS Planning Yard Services Win
- HAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub
- Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System Detects Debris from Indian ASAT Test
- Army To Award Four Contracts For Enterprise IT “As A Service” Pilot Programs By August
- Raytheon Completes Test Of Warhead On Missile Offering For Army’s PrSM Program
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
- House Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee
- Electric Boat Wins $497 Million Mod For Sub Industrial Base
- Trump Nominates New Air Force Secretary As Wilson Bids Farewell
- V-280 Has Met All Tech Demo Key Performance Parameters in Flight Testing, Bell Says
- Raytheon Completes Demo Of LTAMDS Offering For The Army
- Coast Guard Expects Impact To OPC Program From Hurricane Michael, Commandant Says
- GAO Urges Independent Study to Prevent Further Delays of Air Force’s GPS OCX Program
- Bipartisan Senate Bill Looks To Invest $2.2 Billion In AI Over Next Five Years
- Pentagon Awards Perspecta $75 Million To Modernize Background Investigation Process
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
- House Appropriators Seek To Block Funds For DoD’s JEDI Cloud Program
- House Bill Proposes Funding Army’s $12 Billion R&D Request, With Adjustments For Advanced Laser And Vehicle Technology
- Boeing to Test More Powerful GE Engine on CH-47, as House Appropriators Advise Restoring Block II Funding
- House Appropriators Plus-Up Air Force Fighters In FY ’20 Defense Markup
- House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
- Despite Space Concerns, HAC Cuts Back on Air Force Space R&D Citing Underexecution
- House Panel Recommends Three More P-8As For Navy Reserve
- House Panel’s NNSA Funding Bill Tees Up More Work for JASON
- Biometrics Evaluation Shows Vendors Making Technology More User Friendly
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Monday, May 20, 2019
- Defense Watch: T-X Market, P-8s To Europe
- House Panel Funds Navy Nuclear SLCM AoA, But Directs Report
- Sikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions
- Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight
- Esper Acknowledges Pushback On Planned CH-47 Chinook Cuts
- Trump’s New Border Security Proposal Calls For Scanning All People, Goods Entering U.S.
- Lockheed, Rafael Partner to Offer SPICE Guidance Kit to U.S. Buyers
- New Drone Rules Set the Stage for Remote ID
- Boeing to Start Delivering Modernized Little Birds to Night Stalkers