Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, June 25, 2021
- While Military Services Develop AI for Weapons Systems, JAIC to Focus on Accelerating Sound Decisions by Commanders
- Army Budget Chief Expects To Start FY ‘22 Under A Continuing Resolution
- State Department Approves $2.6 Billion In Philippines F-16 Weapons Sales
- Hyten: Artificial Intelligence Underpins Information Advantage in Joint Warfighting Concept
- MDA Head Updates Status Of SKA And Use For Hawaii Radar
- Bell Retires V-280 Valor From Flight Testing As Focus Shifts To FLRAA Program Of Record
- Leonardo to Deliver Additional Subsystems for F-35 Training, As U.S. Air Force Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets
- Model Rocket Maker Estes Launches Company To Service Government, Industry
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Thursday, June 24, 2021
- Competition Likely on Airborne Edge Node for KC-46 Tanker
- Milley Tells HASC Don’t Pause GBSD To Save Funds For Other Priorities, Cites Capability Gap Concerns
- MDA Finishing Guam Defense Architecture Options, May Be Hybrid Capabilities
- Biden Nuclear Review Will be Bundled With National Defense Strategy Next Year; Force-Structure ‘Signal’ This Year DoD Official Says
- SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 to Transport First SDA Experimental Satellites on June 25
- CNO: Navy Improving Drydock Improvement Estimates After Underestimates
- Integration of MH-139 Defensive Systems Causes FAA Certification Delay
- COVID Could Spell Delay for Nuke Refurb but ‘A Lot of Margin’ Remains
- Agility Prime Invests $1.5M in eSTOL Aircraft from Electra
- Sen. Rounds Says Time To Consider Mandate To Industry To Disclose Cyber-Attacks
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
- U.S. Air Force Negotiating with Lockheed Martin on Three Year Sustainment Contract for F-35
- Hill Talks MDA Budget Decisions, Unfunded List, And Missile Movements
- Study Finds Small Defense Suppliers In Manufacturing, R&D Present Greater Cyber Risks
- Autonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, As DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles
- Boeing Receives Nearly $600 Million To Deliver 14 H-47 Chinooks To UK
- Inhofe Leads Bill To Hold Ligado Responsible For Costs To Mitigate Interference With Any GPS Systems
- Army’s ‘Not There Yet’ On Going After Full Electrification For JLTV, McConville Says
- Biden Nominates Russia Expert To DoD International Strategy Position
- Israeli MoD Uses Airborne Laser to Counter Drones
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Monday, June 21, 2021
- Defense Watch: NGAD Color; Goodbye Railgun; Hypersonics Testing
- Senate Appropriators Press Austin On Request To Delay Procurement Of A Second New Navy Destroyer
- Officials Defend Cost Balancing In Cruiser Retirement Plans
- Air Force Weighs Planned Global Hawk Block 40 Retirements and Replacement Fielding
- U.S. Space Force Looks to Qualify GPS OCX Software Baseline This Fall
- SpaceX Launches GPS III Satellite on Reused Booster in a US Military Milestone
- Parsons Wins Nearly $3 Billion In MDA Contract Work
- Boeing Inks Deal With Two German Firms For Possible Germany P-8A Support
- Army Demonstrates Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher Concept
- Agility Prime Completes First eVTOL Operational Exercise
- Mayorkas Will Update Congress On Russian And Chinese Cyber Behavior Toward US Infrastructure
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
- USAF Looks to Airborne Edge Node as Leader for Fielding ABMS on Aircraft
- Officials Outline Cruise Missile And Guam Defense Progress, Value Of More Hypersonic Defense Funds
- Senate Panel Advances Biden Cyber Nominees Easterly And Inglis
- Fincantieri Marinettee Marine Appoints Mark Vandroff As New CEO
- TSA Plans Second Cyber Directive For Pipeline Operators
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
- HASC Delays Full NDAA Markup Until September 1
- Army Secretary Tells Lawmakers She Would ‘Certainly Welcome Additional Funds’ To Service’s Budget
- Wittman And Palazzo Push To Hold CAPE Funding Until Amphib Block Buy
- U.S. Space Force Tests Pegasus Rocket for Responsive Space Missions
- Ranking Strategic Forces Republican Roasts Acting SecNav Over Cancelling SLCM-N
- NATO Embarks on Offensive Cyber and Cybersecurity Efforts
- GBSD Armored Against Treaty, Posture Changes, AF Officers Say
- Rep. Clarke Plans Bills Mandating Cyber Incident Reporting, Aiding CISA’s Visibility Into Private Sector Networks
- General Atomics Acquires Swiss Opto-Electronics Company Synopta
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
- Initial Operational Capability for New GPS Command and Control Expected in Third Quarter of FY 2023
- Ship-to-Shore Connector Breaches Nunn-McCurdy With Rising Costs
- Army Taps L3Harris, Raytheon To Develop Multi-Domain Sensing System For Future HADES ISR Aircraft
- MDA Unfunded List Leads With More SM-3 IIA Rounds, THAAD Interceptors
- Eastern Shipbuilding, Huntington Ingalls Also Bid On Coast Guard OPC Program
- NATO Agrees To New Cyber Defense Policy, Defines Response To Activities Considered ‘Armed Attacks’
- Northrop Grumman ALQ-131C EW System for F-16 Tested Out With AESA Radar, Company Says
- Coast Guard Setting Up New Round Of USV Tech Demonstrations
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Friday, June 11, 2021
- Austin, Milley Defend ‘Tough Choices’ In FY ‘22 Budget Request
- Biden Administration Launching “Imminent” New Missile Defense Review
- Pentagon Leaders Not Consulted On Acting SecNav’s Memo To Scrap Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
- DoE Nuclear Agency Can’t Fully Meet Production Deadline for Warhead Cores, Agency Official Tells Lawmakers
- Leonardo Delivers First New Navy Helo Trainer
- DARPA Demos Autonomous C-UAS System to Target Multiple Drones
- L3Harris to Provide ABMS Radio for AFSOC
- Parsons To Acquire BlackHorse Solutions, Scaling Cyber, EW Capabilities
- Easterly, Inglis Suggest Need For Cybersecurity Standards For Private Sector
- Insitu Forms Partnership for Drone Operations in the Arctic
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Thursday, June 10, 2021
- U.S. European Command/NATO May Have 450 F-35s by 2030
- ABMS To Be Fielded on First KC-46s By 4th Quarter of Fiscal 2022
- Murray ‘Optimistic’ Army’s Next Future Years Spending Plan Will Protect Full Range Of Modernization
- Raytheon Lands Possible $3.1 Billion Contract for F-15EX Radar
- Navy Has “Handshake Agreement” On Four Ship Amphib Buy, But Pentagon Delaying Decision For New Force Assessment
- Austal Wins $44 Million Mod To Build EPF-13 As Autonomous Prototype
- Austin Issues China Task Force Recommendations
- Senate Passes $250 Billion China Competition Bill, Schumer Urges Quick House Consideration
- Spending Deferrals on Civilian Nuclear Weapons Programs Headed Home to Roost, GAO Says
- Navy Should Scrap SLCM, Acting Secretary Says
- Colonial Pipeline Chief Rejects CISA’s Help, Says Has Plenty Of Private Sector Expertise
- Senate Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Nominees
