Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, December 13, 2021
- Defense Watch: Raytheon Updates, New Customs and Border Protection Chief, Saudi FMS
- Finland Selects F-35A In $11 Billion Fighter Competition
- Hacker Outreach, Workforce, Hygiene Among Initial Tasks Of New CISA Advisory Panel
- U.S. Army Japan Head Says More Air And Missile Defense Capabilities Needed In The Region
- Emerging Space Warfighting Doctrine May Include Maneuver Warfare
- At Least One Civilian Nuclear Contractor Suspends COVID Vaccine Mandate After Federal Judge’s Ruling
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Friday, December 10, 2021
- F-35 Nuke Cert, GBSD Warhead Test Launch on Track, AF General Says; Announcement Coming on GBSD Rename
- Kendall: NGAD, B-21, F-22, F-35 May Be ‘Play Callers’ for Combat Drones
- Official Details DoD’s Approach To Upcoming National Defense Strategy
- TSA Releases Roadmap For Air Cargo Security
- Fairbanks Morse Defense Acquires Navy Supplier Welin Lambie
- NGA Awards $4.5 Billion To General Dynamics For IT Support
- General Atomics Mojave Drone May Fit SOCOM and USAF Visions
- Defense Authorizers Want Air Force Secretary to Submit Report on Restoration of Funding for Pave Hawk DVE System
- Pentagon To Establish New Chief Digital And AI Officer Role
- Caudle Succeeds Grady As Commander of Fleet Forces
- Navy Commissions USS Daniel Inouye
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
- Vice Chairman Nominee Cites ‘Even Faster’ Joint Requirements Process, Nuke Modernization As Top Priorities
- Authorization Bill Approves 13 Ships, Saves Cruisers, and Adds Super Hornets
- Defense Authorization Conference Bill Allows 159 USAF Plane Retirements
- House Passes Final FY ‘22 NDAA With More Republicans Than Democrats Voting In Favor
- Judge Blocks Contractor Mandate; Most DoE Site Contracts Already Contain Mandate
- Senate Passes Bill To Establish Categories Of Cybercrimes To Improve Data Collection
- Biden Administration Officials Meet With Tech Companies On Cybersecurity
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
- Lawmakers Reach Deal On Final Version Of NDAA, Includes Boosts To Topline And Procurement Plans
- Cyber Incident Reporting Provision Excluded From Defense Bill
- DoE Nuke Agency Authorized for $500 Billion Extra in Compromise NDAA
- MDA Completes Construction, Initially Fields LRDR in Alaska
- U.S. Central Command Looks to Bolster ISR Coverage
- Vertex Completes Acquisition Of RTC’s Training And Mission Solutions Businesses
- J.F. Lehman Acquires L3Harris’ Narda-MITEQ Unit
- U.S. Space Force Launches STP-3 Mission from Cape Canaveral
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
- Shyu Details Her Plan For DoD’s Microelectronics, Aims To Build On Potential CHIPS Act Funds
- SecDef Urges No Year-Long CR, HASC Chair Says ‘50/50’ Shot Full Spending Bills Passed By Feb. 18
- Kendall: 30-Year Old Aircraft an ‘Anchor’ Holding Back USAF Modernization
- SAIC Posts Strong Earnings In Third Quarter
- DoE Staff Could Return On-Site by Mid-February, Re-entry Memo Says
- Thales Acquires Moog’s Navigation Aids Business
- MQ-25 Boards CVN-77 For Non-Flight Tests
- Safran In Talks To Acquire U.S. PNT Company Orolia
- Federal Judge Refuses to Block Vaccine Mandate at DoE Nuclear Site
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Monday, December 6, 2021
- Defense Watch: Army in Asia, AUKUS, GLSDB, FireNet
- CR Signed To Fund Government Through Feb. 18, Lawmakers Considering New Path For NDAA After It Stalls Out
- CISA Selects CrowdStrike For Federal Cybersecurity Tools And Services
- USAF to Apply KC-46 Lessons Learned to Future Contracts
- Navy To Host Workshop To Explore UUV System Capabilities
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Friday, December 3, 2021
- Army Network Modernization Lead Details Progress Made At Project Convergence, Improvement Opportunities
- EC-37B Receives Electronic Warfare System of Compass Call
- TSA Plans Further Cybersecurity Mandates For Aviation Sector
- PAE Says Deal With Amentum Still On After It Can’t Find Another Buyer
- Fluor Announces Subcontractors for New Nuke Site Contract with DoE
- DoE Nuclear Site Forced Out 2 Vaccine Refusers, Employees Say in Anti-Mandate Lawsuit
- Canada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement
- GD NASSCO Starts Building ESB-7
- NNSA Finishes First B61-12 Gravity Bomb
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
- Army May Be ‘Linchpin Service For The Joint Force’ In Potential Fight With China, Wormuth Says
- CSIS Report Warns of Looming USAF Inventory Losses
- CISA Names First Members To New Advisory Committee
- Public Support for Increasing Pentagon Spending Ranks Behind Health Care and Education
- New Strategy Elevates Commercial GEOINT, Gets Everyone On Same Page, NGA Official Says
- Navy Accepts DDG-121 Destroyer
- The First National Space Council Focuses on Space Security in the Wake of ASAT Test
- Navy Awards $1.7 Billion In San Diego Ship Maintenance And Modernization Contracts
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
- Shyu Details Progress On Rapid Experimentation Campaign, Future Opportunities For Industry
- Senate’s Progress On NDAA Stalls Out Again Over Amendments Disagreement
- USAF to Prioritize Integration of Autonomous Systems
- Fluor-led Team Wins Long-Term Contract to Manage Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites
- Biden Taps Former Air Force Procurement Head LaPlante To Lead Pentagon’s Acquisition Office
- Silent Arrow Glider to Be Modified for Swarm Cargo Deployments Under AFRL Contract
- NGA Releases RFP For Cybersecurity Help
- Northrop Grumman Receives $153 Million In Contracts For AARGM Lots 10 and 11
- Senate Commerce Committee Calls for Action After ASAT Test
- Lightfoot To Succeed Ambrose At Lockheed Martin Space
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Tuesday, November 30
- Pentagon’s Global Posture Review Includes Infrastructure Upgrades In Indo-Pacific, Much To Remain Classified
- General Atomics Says Weather Satellite for U.S. Space Force Now a 3-5 Year Prototype
- Navy and Raytheon Conduct First StormBreaker Test On F-35B
- Mercury Systems Acquires Small RF Company Atlanta Micro
- U.S. Space Force Wants More Sensors to Track Orbital Debris
- Oshkosh Defense Receives $591.6 Million JLTV Order, Includes International Deliveries
- TSA Seeks Contractor To Operate Public Transportation ISAC
- CPI Completes Acquisition Of L3Harris’ ESSCO Unit
- Dynetics Awarded $478.6 Million To Work On Hypersonic Thermal Protection System Prototypes
- Raytheon Technologies Acquires SEAKR Engineering