Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
- Shyu Details Top Technology Priorities, Efforts To Help Small Firms Work With DoD R&E Office
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Bill
- SASC Defense Bill Extends Amphib Block Buy, Seeks Upgrade Report
- DoD Seeks Input On Supply Chain Vulnerabilities And Opportunities
- NGA Awards HawkEye 360 Contract for Geolocation of RF Emitters
- Boeing Nabs Order For Five More P-8A Poseidons
- Eastern Shipbuilding Group Begins Construction Of Third Coast Guard OPC
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
- F-35 Deliveries to Top Out at 156 Per Year in Fiscal 2023, Per Rebaselining Plan
- SASC Wants Report on GMTI Efforts to Avoid Duplication with Space-Based Radar
- DARPA Flight Tests Raytheon, Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon For First Time
- USAF Awards Boeing Contract with Potential Worth of Nearly $3.5 Billion for C-17 Support
- Griffon Corp. Mulls Sale Of Defense Electronics Business
- Mercury To Acquire Avionics, Electronics Supplier Avalex Technologies
- Army Plans To Have Combat-Capable Battery Of 12 Dynetics’ IFPC Inc. 2 Launchers By Late FY ‘23
- TSA’s Initial Checkpoint CT Systems Fell Short Of Requirements, IG Says
- Space Force Awards Launch Prototype Awards to SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, and Blue Origin
- Navy Receives First New Block III Super Hornet
- JCO Completes Second C-sUAS Demonstration
- SASC Defense Bill Directs Navy Present Fleet Plans Straight To Congress, Limits Ship Retirement
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Monday, September 27, 2021
- Defense Watch: Lockheed Martin Dividends, New SAIC CISO, Bahrain Unmanned
- House Passes Its $768 Billion FY ‘22 NDAA With Bipartisan Vote
- Dynetics Beats Out Rafael, Raytheon’s Iron Dome For Army’s IFPC Prototype Contract
- U.S. Air Force Names Rolls Royce as Choice for B-52 Re-Engining
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $1 Billion Option For 16 More F-35s
- SASC Bill Would Approve NGI Development With Accountability Features
- Army Awards Nearly $350 Million In Full-Rate Production Orders For New Tactical Radios
- Serco Completes Phase 1A For DARPA NOMARS Program
- CV-22 Arrives at Bell Plant in Amarillo for Nacelle Improvement
- Navy Chooses Kongsberg For Autonomous Target Recognition Research Agreement
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Friday, September 24, 2021
- ACC Commander Would Like to See a ‘Manhattan Project’ Effort for NGAD
- SASC NDAA Supports Army’s Plans To Enter Into Final Apache, Black Hawk Multi-Year Deals
- Gilday: Australian Nuclear Sub Effort Could Take Decades
- House Votes Near Unanimously To Approve $1 Billion For Israel’s Iron Dome
- Pentagon Says Review of Aug. 29 Drone Strike Not Expected to Delay Final Instruction on Civilian Harm
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Wednesday, September 22
- U.S. Air Force Considers E-7 Wedgetail, Eyes Eventual AMTI from Space
- Close Air Support ‘a Mission, Not an Airplane,’ AFMC Commander Says
- Army’s Acting Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Nominated For Permanent Role
- House Democrats Remove $1 Billion For Israel’s Iron Dome From Stopgap Funding Bill
- No Plans to Add New Vanguards in Short Term, AFRL Commander Says
- Defense Industry Looks to Digital Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing to Compete with China
- Navy Delivers First F-5N Upgraded Adversary Fighter
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
- Hinote: NGAD Acceleration of Months, Not Years, Possible
- Kendall to Review Sustainment Costs for F-35A
- AFSOC Examinining MC-130 Amphibious Capability for Indo-Pacific
- House GOP Predicts Strong Support For NDAA, Progressives Look To Undo Defense Topline Increase
- BAE Systems Details Team Pursuing Air Force Program To Enhance Info Sharing IT Systems
- Navy Conducts Successful Trident Missile Test
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Monday, September 18, 2021
- Defense Watch: New Boeing DC Chief, CISA CoS, MQ-25 Production, U.S.-Australia Space Framework
- Lockheed Martin Offers LMXT Design for U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y Tanker Competition
- CBO Says Shipbuilding Plan Would Cost 10 to 43 Percent Over Current Costs
- Incentive Payments in New F-35 Sustainment Contract Contingent on LMT Meeting Goals
- DDG-121 Finishes Acceptance Trials
- U.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Possible $1.6 Billion for Minuteman III Guidance Repair
- Hyten Says No Intent To ‘Cut Off Any Allies,’ As France Pulls Ambassadors Over Submarine Decision
- Agility Prime Looks Toward Implementing eVTOLs in Air Force Operations in FY ’23
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Friday, September 17, 2021
- Army Leader-Follower Program Heading For Large Exercise; Nearing Production Readiness
- Australia Deems U.S./U.K. Nuclear Sub Technology Better Than French Barracuda Class
- Poll Commissioned by Nuke-Friendly Group Shows Broad Voter Support for ICBM Refresh
- Leonardo, Northrop Grumman Partner On VTOL UAS Opportunities
- Lockheed Martin Intends to Link 12 F-35 Simulators at Each Training Site
- Blue Origin, SpaceX Win NASA Awards to Develop Further Lunar Lander Concepts
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
- Australia To Pursue Nuclear-Powered Submarines In New Partnership With U.S., U.K.
- POGO Analysis Points to Possible Unavailability of 63 Percent of A-10s by 2023
- Dissenters Say FTC Vote To Rescind Vertical Merger Guidelines Creates Uncertainty For Businesses
- Reconciliation Package Includes More Than $1 Billion For Coast Guard Icebreakers
- New Biden Administration Actions to Spur DoD Use of Advance Sustainable Aviation Fuels
- Northrop Grumman Awarded $41 Million Contract For 16 AARGM-ER Missiles
- UAV Factory Acquires Jennings Aeronautics, Boosting UAS Capabilities
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
- House Panel Adds $1 Billion For CISA As Part Of Budget Reconciliation
- Raytheon Technologies To Acquire Space Electronics Company SEAKR Engineering
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Contract Stepping Stone to Potential PBL Contract Next Year
- MQ-25 Test Aircraft Conducts First F-35C Refueling
- BAE Systems Acquires Small U.K. Satellite Company In-Space Missions
- Dem Senators Urge Unspent Afghan Forces Funds Be Used For Relocation Aid, Not Defense Spending