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Defense Watch: Tester Challenger, Army CIO, MQ-9A Disaster Response
Norway FMS. The State Department on June 28 approved a potential $293 million foreign military sale with Norway for up to 580 RTX-built GBU-53/B air-launched, precision-guided glide bombs. The new […]
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Defense Watch: Weapons Replenishment, Fighter Inventory, Fourth Triton
Replenishment Bill. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced a new bill that would amend DoD’s emergency acquisition authorities to allow […]
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CongressHouse Committee Nixes plan to Repeal Binding Pit-Production Targets; Authorizes $24B for Nukes at DoE
Early Thursday, a House committee approved a bill to cap National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) spending in 2024 at about $23.8 billion and blocked a plan to repeal legal deadlines […]
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Force MultipliersKevin Kelly, Arcfield
In this new monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human […]
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Defense Watch: X-Bow, BlackSky Contract, GBAD Industry Day, China Space
X-Bow Bolt Launch. X-Bow Systems last week said it completed the second successful launch of its Bolt rocket, the first vehicle in the company’s new suite of modular boost solid […]
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CongressNuclear Weapon Programs Receive Modest Budget Boost in House Armed Services Defense Bill
A House committee’s first draft of an annual defense policy bill would increase funding for plutonium pit production, a controversial sea-launched cruise missile warhead and other nuclear weapons modernization programs. […]
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CongressHouse Strategic Forces Markup Could Again Halt Potential W76 Retirement, Limit Hruby’s Travel Until Reports Are In
Members of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee are proposing to withhold funding for retirement of the W76-2 warhead unless the military and National Nuclear Security Administration can prove […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Labs Complete Second Temperature Test of W80-4 Cruise-Missile Warhead
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have successfully performed a second joint abnormal thermal environment test for the W80-4 Life Extension Program, the labs recently announced. Carried out […]
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Defense Watch: Sentinel Supply Chain, TSA Academy, Cyber Bills, Anduril Expansion in Huntsville
Sentinel Supply Chain Mitigations. U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has told Congress that the service faces a challenge in ensuring that the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel meets its initial […]
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Defense Watch: BALTOPS, Super Hornet Mod, BAE Partnering, GM Defense/C-UAS
BALTOPS 2023. The 52nd NATO Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2023 maritime exercise is set to start in Tallinn, Estonia on June 4, lasting through June 16. The alliance’s primary Baltic region […]