Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, July 2, 2021
- U.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $2 Billion EMD Contract for LRSO
- U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Presses Staff to Analyze Needed Capabilities, Not Numbers
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $1.8 Billion Award For More F-35 Logistics Support
- US, UK Expose Ongoing Russian Global Cyber Campaign
- Skyborg Program Conducts Another Test of Autonomy System on Different Drone
- UK Nuclear Complex Management Renationalized
- State Department Okays $445 Million Sale Of Heavy Tactical Vehicles To Kuwait
- Northrop Grumman Delivers Spacecraft Bus to L3Harris for NTS-3 Air Force Vanguard Program
- Oshkosh Receives $152 Million JLTV Order, Has ‘No Plans To Stop Building’ The Vehicle
- SAIC Continues Counter-Drone Support For DoD With Air Force Contract
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
- Switzerland to Buy 36 F-35As for $5.5 Billion
- HAC-D Advances $706 Billion FY ‘22 Defense Spending Bill
- New Navy Mid-Band Jammer Gets Production Approval
- Garamendi Introduces Bill To Pause GBSD Development Until 2031
- Germany Signs Deal To Buy Five P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
- Space Development Agency Launches First Two Satellite Missions
- Kubasik Will Expand L3Harris’ International Partnerships
- House Defense Appropriators Advise Restart of Air Force MQ-9 Buy, Add Six Reapers
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves $52.8 Billion DHS Funding Bill
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
- House Appropriators’ $706 Billion Defense Bill Boosts Procurement By $1.7 Billion, Cuts Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
- Rein in Nuke Spending ‘Til January, Keep GBSD, Avoid ‘Big Leap’ on LRSO, Armed Service Chair Says
- U.S. Space Force: Automated Flight Safety System to Allow More Rapid Launches
- Draft House Spending Bill Adds Second Destroyer, Bars Cutting 3 LCSs
- House Appropriators Restore Funding For CH-47F Block II Procurement In FY ‘22 Defense Bill
- House Spending Bill Gives Slight Boost To DHS, Adds To Coast Guard, CISA
- DOE Approves Cost Range for S.C. Nuke Core Factory: $6.9B-$11.1B
- DHS Adds Boston, New Orleans To Radiological And Nuclear Detection Program
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
- Blue Dog Democrats Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Defense Spending Cuts
- Navy Reducing Cost For CH-53K As It Awards Nine More, Expects IOC In Fall
- BAE Systems Highlights Continued Deliveries of F-35 EW System
- Construction Of First Polar Security Cutter Slipping
- ‘Challenging’ to get 30 Pits a Year at Los Alamos in 2026, Director Says
- Hanscom AFB and Air Combat Command Working to Establish Zero Trust Across U.S. Air Force
- Austal Delivers LCS-28 To U.S. Navy
- Coast Guard Plans To Upgrade Biometrics At Sea Program
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Monday, June 28, 2021
- Defense Watch: DDG-51 Budget Saga; USAF Battle Lab; Mack Truck
- JAIC’s Joint Information Warfare Team Helps Field Malware Detection, Looks to AI for Space Applications
- Allies And Partners Asking COCOMs for Cybersecurity Assistance, DoD Official Says
- Air Combat Command Establishes 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing
- Kongsberg Demos Javelin Shot From Multiple CROWS Configurations, Including From Army’s RCV-Light
- MDA Director Provides Updates On Aegis Ashore Poland, Lessons Learned
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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
