John Robinson
Managing Editor
Defense Daily
Ph: 703-522-5655
Articles By John
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
- Pentagon Budget Officials Wanted $17 Billion More For FY ’17 Budget
- Administration Requests $12.9 Billion for NNSA in FY ’17
- DHS Trims Discretionary Budget In FY ’17 Request, Proposes New CBRNE Office
- White House Proposing Major Increase In Federal Cyber Security Spending
- Air Force Requests 2.4 Percent More Funding In FY ’17 Budget
- Army Cuts Procurement Deeply To Pay For Readiness In FY ’17 Budget Request
- Navy’s $33.3 Billion Procurement Budget For FY ’17 Contains Less Funding For Aircraft, Shipbuilding Than FY16
- NASA Budget Features New Start Public-Private Partnership For Cis-Lunar Habitation Capability
- Marine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
- Air Force, ULA Set For Wednesday’s NROL-45 Launch
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
- McCain, Reed Slam LCS Mission Modules
- TSA Sees Near And Mid-Term Opportunities To Introduce Open Systems Architecture To Screening Equipment
- NASA CRS-2 Decision Finds Orbital ATK With Lowest Price, SpaceX With Highest Score
- F-35A Completes First Transatlantic Ocean Crossing
- Salient CRGT Wins $1.44 Million Contract To Provide IT Services To The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Monday, February 8, 2016
- Defense Watch
- Funding for Anti-Ship SM-6, Additional F-35Cs and F-18s Included in Budget, Carter Says
- Senators Introduce Bill to Accelerate Acquisition of Electronic Warfare Tech
- Pentagon, Studies Agree: Army Has Too Few Soldiers And Lacks Adequate Equipment For Fight With Russia
- Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin For GPS III Temporary Contingency Operations Services
- Clapper Says Cyber Is Top National Threat Over Terrorism
- Air Force, ULA Successfully Launch GPS IIF-12 Satellite
- White House Promises More Consultations In Response To House Wassenaar Cyber Worries Letter
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Friday, February 5, 2016
- Neller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
- U.S. Commander: U.S.-Built Airframe Should Replace Afghan Air Force’s Russian Helicopters
- Navy Details Potential Fixes for Super Hornet Pilot Health Issues
- Cubic Swings To Loss In First Quarter; Completes GATR Acquisition
- Arlington Capital To Acquire iRobot’s Defense And Security Business
- NASA Official Defends Allowing Re-Engined Antares Mission Without Test Flight
- CACI Reports Higher Sales And Earnings In Second Quarter
- ULA, Air Force Set For Friday’s GPS IIF-12 Launch
- George Washington University Announces New Cyber Project
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Thursday, February 4, 2016
- FY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
- Report: Oshkosh JLTV Five Times More Reliable Than Lockheed In Army, Marine Corps Testing
- SpaceX At Least Two Years From Flying At Texas Launch Site
- CRS Analyst Estimates $1 Billion In Savings If Coast Guard Shifts Shipbuilding To Multiyear Contracts
- Report: Cuts to Nuclear Modernization Could Save $120 Billion
- Marine Corps Awards Contract For Delivery Of Open Architecture Marksmanship Training Simulators
- Boeing To Provide P-8 Maintenance Training Systems For Australia
- MD Helicopters To Supply Six MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopters To Malaysia
- Elbit-KBR Joint Venture Wins $713 Million UK Military Flight Training System Program Contract
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
- In $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
- In Budget Speech, Carter Touts New Technology Such as Driverless Boats, Arsenal Plane
- Committee Says Bollinger Only Bidder For Second Phase Of FRC Program
- House Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill
- Blue Origin Official Sees Reusability, Human Space Flight Changing Launch Business
- Seapower Committee Chair Sees Shift To Support For Larger Navy, Increased Budgets
- Harris Swings To Loss In Second Quarter On Oil And Gas Woes
- Blue Origin Lays Out New Shepard Test Schedule
- Harvard Report Says Law Enforcement Going Dark Encryption Worries Are Overblown
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
- Procurement, Modernization Will Cover Most Of Expected Defense Budget Shortfall In FY2017
- F-35 Entering IOT&E By August 2017 Is Unrealistic, DOT&E Says
- Navy to Award Contracts for LCS Sonar Designs
- DOT&E Questions Logic, Legality of DoD’s F-35 Block Buy Approach
- Ball Acquires Engineering Cyber Firm Wavefront Technologies
- Johnson Directs DHS To Develop Capabilities Against Unknown Cyber Threats
- CACI Completes $550 Million Acquisition Of L-3’s National Security Solutions Segment
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Monday, February 1, 2016
- Defense Watch
- Army Commission Calls For Permanent Armor Brigade In Europe To Legitimize Russian Deterrence
- Report on LCS 5 Casualty Upcoming in Weeks Ahead
- Commission: Army Focus On Readiness Should Not Come At Expense Of Modernization
- Cobham Sells Surveillance Business To Private Equity Firm
- Space Ground System Vulnerability Concerns Air Force
- DHS Cyber Security System Limited In Meeting Objectives, GAO Says
- MDA Successfully Evaluates Alternate Divert Thrusters In GMD Test
- International Cyber Group Announces Board of Directors
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Friday, January 29, 2016
- Acquisition Costs Trim Raytheon’s Income In Fourth Quarter As Sales Rise
- Northrop Grumman Reports Lower Sales, Income In Fourth Quarter; Still Beats Estimates
- L-3 Swings To Fourth Quarter Loss On Charge, Sales Dip
- Commission Calls For Fully Intergated Army Kept At Or Above 980,000 Troops, Current Funding Levels
- Army Commission’s Solution To Aviation Restructure Adds $165 Million In Annual Costs
- GMD Program To Collect Data In Space For First Time
- If Confirmed, Next U.S. Commmander in Afghanistan to Reevaluate Military Presence
- New CSIS Report Examines North Korean Cyber Operations
- Airbus Delivers First Of Three H145 Helicopters to Papua New Guinea
- Battelle Wins $5 Billion Successor Defense Department Cybersecurity Contract
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Thursday, January 28, 2016
- GD Posts Higher Income As Sales Fall In Fourth Quarter
- Boeing’s Sales, Earnings Down In Fourth Quarter On Fewer Aircraft Deliveries, 747 Charge
- McCain, McCarthy Plan Bills Reinstating NDAA RD-180 Caps
- Air Force Plans To Award Northrop Grumman, Raytheon JSTARS Radar Contracts
- F-35 Will Cross Atlantic For International Debut At U.K. Airshows It Missed In 2014
- Report On Army’s Future, Aviation Structure To Be Released Thursday
- Next President Will Grapple With Defense Acquisition Bow Wave, Study Finds