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Nuclear ModernizationTriad Needs All Three Legs ‘At Least In This Current Moment,’ Pentagon Official Says
The Biden Administration will maintain all three legs of the U.S. nuclear triad, which need to be modernized to remain relevant, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. “At least in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCD-2 For Savannah River Pits Expected in Fiscal 2025
Critical-decision 2 for a new plutonium pit production plant at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is now expected in fiscal 2025, a state panel heard […]
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Defense Watch: Falcon Launch, Nuke Triad, Unmanned Ship Count
Falcon Heavy Launch. The U.S. Space Force is to launch its USSF-44 classified mission by Nov. 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The last Falcon Heavy launch for the […]
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Defense Watch: Lockheed Martin Transformation, L3Harris Cash, Top DoD Contractors
Long-Term Transformation. Lockheed Martin is undergoing a “multi-billion dollar, seven-year, company-wide” effort to transform its business to help fuel its 21st Century Warfighting concept, James Taiclet, the company’s chairman, president […]
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Defense Watch: Chip Dependencies; Vulcan Rocket; THAAD Deliveries
Senate NDAA. The Senate on October 11 officially opened debate on the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. While the upper chamber is not set to vote on the […]
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Defense Watch: Hypersonic Testing, C-40 Retirement, SBIR Reauthorization, NGA Contract
Hypersonic Testing. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wants to amend the Senate’s draft fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill to create a testing area for military and civil supersonic and hypersonic aircraft. […]
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Defense Watch: HACM Award, CH-53 Use, Supplier Concerns
HACM Partnership. Under the more than $985 million contract the U.S. Air Force awarded to Raytheon Technologies last week for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM), Northrop Grumman is to […]
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Defense Watch: Navy Wargames, Aussie MQ-4C, KC-135s Vs EMPs
Wargame Ship Size. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday this week said naval wargames analysis is pushing the service to have fewer large surface combatants like destroyers and more […]
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Defense Watch: Quantum Resistance, Thales Expands, EMP Protections
Quantum Resistance. The National Security Agency last Wednesday released its second round of requirements for algorithms to assist owners, operators and vendors of national security systems owners in the transition […]
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Force MultipliersBrian Morrison, General Dynamics Mission Systems
In this 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 resource […]
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