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John Robinson
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Thursday, September 6, 2018
- Futures Command To Open ‘Shark Tank’-Like Tech Incubator, Gets Two New Leaders
- New Nuke Cruise Missile Needs DoE Plutonium, But Plutonium Plans are in Peril
- House Passes Slew Of Homeland, Cyber Security Bills
- U.S. Army Begins To Arrest Pilot Shortage 10 Years In The Making
- Inhofe Gets SASC Gavel, Kyl to Fill McCain’s Senate Seat
- Columbia Sub In Good Shape, But May Require More Oversight, CNO Says
- Nielsen Ties Effective Cyber Deterrence To Creation Of Operating Cyber Agency In DHS
- State Dept. Approves $105 Million Netherlands Patriot Recap
- Air Force Secretary Says Space Force Proposal Coming in 2020 Budget Request
- Boeing’s KC-46 Receives Final FAA Certification Ahead Of Expected October Delivery
- Pekoske Touts Operational Testing Results For CT Scanners At Checkpoints
- Top HASC Dem Says U.S. Wants to Buy Too Many New ICBMs
- ManTech Nabs $668 Million Cyber Security Order To Help Protect Federal Agencies
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
- Planned Heavy Polar Icebreaker Fleet Pegged At $10 Billion; Program Faces Risks, GAO Says
- Officials: MDR Hopefully Out Within Weeks
- Structural Enhancements Completed On Second National Security Cutter
- Sierra Nevada Corp. Receives $1.8 Billion To Deliver More A-29s To Afghanistan
- Northrop Grumman Looking To Deliver Cyber Command’s First Joint Warfighting Platform
- GA-ASI Expands Solution Bid for Australian Air Force Drone Program
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018
- Defense Watch
- MQ-25 Award Covers 72 Vehicles, Moves Up IOC
- Lawmakers Increasingly Question U.S. Weapons Sales to Saudis in Yemen
- McCain, Tough on Defense Acquisition, Will Be Hard to Replace
- L3 Closes Deals For New Trenchant Business Unit
- Russia Plans New Helicopter Carriers, Attack Rotorcraft In Coming Years
- Army Awards $491 Million To Cummins Power Generation For More AMMPS Generators
- Raytheon Awarded $60 Million For CH-53, V-22 FLIR Systems
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Friday, August 31, 2018
- Boeing Wins Navy MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Competition
- Nuke Weapons Council Chief Wants Plutonium Factory Buildup in S.C. by Mid-2019
- BAE Systems To Offer BvS10, Beowulf For Army Tracked Vehicle Replacement Program
- CBP Begins Facial Comparison Evaluation Of Travelers In Vehicles
- New DoD Unmanned Systems Report Maps Future Interoperability And Open Architecture Efforts
- Approval of $6 Billion Military Acquisition Provides Shot in the Arm for Indian Navy’s Helicopter Programs
- Army Awards L-3 $454 Million For Tactical UAS Laser Designator Payload
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
- Esper: Futures Command To Cost $80 Million – $100 Million Per Year, Oversee $30 Billion Modernization Portfolio
- Report: Air Force Fleets Ill-Prepared to Meet Tomorrow’s Battles
- DHS Set To Let Contracts For Replacement RPMs While Planning For Open Architecture Based Future
- Alaska Airlines Case Study In Managing A Cyber Attack
- Turkey Receives First of Five CH-47 Chinooks on Order
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
- Mattis Mum on Space Force Cost Estimates
- Lockheed Martin Makes Second Investment In Ocean Aero
- Arlington Capital Partners Acquires Federal IT Business Of Black Box
- F-35C Conducts First Integrated Air Wing Ops On CVN-72
- Former US Army Depot Bosses Arrested For Faking UH-60 Rotor Blade Records
- Federal Safety Board Details Fears of Lost Access at Nuclear Weapons Sites
- Army Deploying New Brain Injury Detection Devices In September For Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
- House Commerce Committee Republicans Urge DHS, MITRE To Improve Management Of Cyber Security Database
- Boeing Acquisition Of KLX Progresses
- UTC’s Predikto Acquisition Will Improve F-35 Engine Analytics, Company Says
- Bell Takes Home Half-Billion Dollars in AH-1Z Work for US Marine Corps
- Army Activates New Futures Command In Downtown Austin
- US Government Lets Hundreds of Millions In Contracts for Afghanistan Rotorcraft Services
- First GPS III Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral
- Aquabotix Gets Aboard Navy Info Warfare Consortium
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Monday, August 27, 2018
- Defense Watch
- Army Abandons Iron Curtain APS For Strykers, Testing New Solutions In November
- Hurdles Remain for FY ’19 Defense Spending Bill
- DHS Finalizes FY ’18 Security Grant Allocations
- Navy Reestablishes 2nd Fleet, CNO Says Will Extend To Edge Of Russia
- New LANL Manager Should Pay Gross Receipts Tax, NM Tax Agency Says
- NNSA, TVA Forge New Interagency Agreement on Uranium for Tritium Production
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Friday, August 24, 2018
- Senate Easily Passes FY ’19 Defense Funding Bill
- Inhofe: ‘They’re Winning Me Over’ on Space Force
- Modern Aircraft Modeling Software May Save Army From Past Development Pitfalls
- Army Wants Next-Gen Combat Vehicles To Be Electric, Facing Large Capability Gaps
- MALD-X Expendable Decoy Finishes Free Flight Demos
- Army Working On New Legged Robot Prototype
- Navy Takes Delivery Of LCS-11 and 13, LCS-13 Getting MCM Modules FY ‘19
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
- Indictment of HASC Member Hunter Could Affect Supported Defense Efforts
- Official: Meeting Early 2020s Goal For Hypersonics, Directed Energy Will Require Unified Service Effort
- DHS S&T Nominee Plugs Counter UAS Bill
- NNSA Takeover of Savannah River Would Be ‘Logical,’ Eventually, DoE Official Says
- Air Force Declares Second GPS III Satellite ‘Available for Launch’
- BVLOS Commercial Drone Flights Launch at Grand Sky
- DNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg
- Insitu Wins $54 Million Contract For Four New Blackjack UAS