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PentagonDoD Developing Third ‘Offset’ Strategy Focused On Precision Munitions
The Defense Department is developing a third “offset” strategy focused on maintaining the United States’ advantage in precision guided munitions (PGM), Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Tuesday. The […]
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SpaceSpaceX Responds To NASA’s CRS-2 RFP
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) “most definitely” responded to NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services program (CRS-2), company President and CEO Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday. According to a request for proposals […]
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Air ForceBridenstine Vows To Fund Air Force’s Pathfinder 2 COMSATCOM Program
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) vowed Monday to find funding for the Air Force’s commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) “Pathfinder 2” program, which he said was not funded in the service’s fiscal […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Boeing $714 Million Contract For CH-47F Chinooks
The Army on Friday awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth nearly $714 million for 26 remanufactured CH-47F Chinook helicopters, four new CH-47s and the option of building two more […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Unveils Offering For NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 Program
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on March 12 unveiled its offering for NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-2) program, which could be worth as much as $14 billion. The technologies behind the […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch
Lone Dissenter. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who cast the lone vote on Thursday opposing a cyber security information sharing bill marked up by the Senate Intelligence Committee, says the Cybersecurity […]
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Space
Commercial Crew Contractors Could Miss Key Deadline Without Full Funding, Bolden Warns
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden warned a Senate panel Thursday that commercial crew contractors Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) could miss their 2017 launch readiness deadlines if the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Wants Competition For Future GPS III Space Vehicles
The Air Force is developing plans to compete additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, starting with space vehicle 11, and hopes to have a request for proposals (RFP) out […]
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Air ForceCorrection
In the Feb. 26 issue, Defense Daily incorrectly reported that the Air Force delayed its Space Fence initial operational capability (IOC) goal to fiscal year 2019. FY ’19 was the […]
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InternationalBoeing, Saab Team To Offer Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb
Boeing [BA] and Saab AB are teaming on another project, this one a ground-based delivery system for Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), and the two companies say they’ve already successfully […]