Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, April 12, 2021
- Defense Watch: White House Summit, Cyber Command, Space Force
- JAIC Director Details Need For Network Of Operating Platforms To Employ AI At Tactical Edge
- Biden To Request $715 Billion For Pentagon In FY ‘22; Slight Increase Over Current Budget
- Homeland Security Budget Proposal Increases Cyber Security Funding
- No Nuclear Spending Proposal in White House Skinny Budget; Posture Review Ongoing
- New Type of Non-Structural Modification Contract to Return C-5 Transports to Fleet More Rapidly
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Friday, April 9, 2021
- Interference with Space Maneuver and Communications of Concern, Space Force Official Says
- Army’s ‘Project Angel Eye’ Leveraging Industry To Bolster Open Source Intelligence Collection
- Trussler Says Final Approval Of JADC2 Strategy Soon
- GAO: DoD’s Ground Readiness Increased, Sea Readiness Decreased In Recent Years
- Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Optionally-Manned Firebird Aircraft In Maritime Envirionment
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
- U.S. Air Force Expects Program Initiation for B-52 Radar Modernization This Month
- CNO: Lasers On Carriers, USVs May Defend Against Chinese Missiles
- U.S. Air Force Rolls Out F-15EX, While Danes Showcase F-35A
- Pentagon To Roll Out Document This Spring Detailing New Joint Data Structure Requirements
- Russia Added 100-Plus Warheads Under New START in Last Year
- Northrop Sets GBSD Baseline; Doesn’t Divulge Details
- Leidos Delivers Seahawk USV To Navy
- SAIC Secures $4.4 Billion In New Deals To Continue Supporting Army’s Aviation & Missile Center
- Arms Control, Modernization Consensus Gone, Modernization Architect Says
- Cyber Sprints Create Urgency In Priority Areas, DHS Official Says
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
- Air Force Halts ARRW Launch Sequence During First Planned Booster Flight Test
- Pentagon’s Financial Management Office Cutting Down On Improper Payments With AI, New Tech
- Project Overmatch Communication Network Tests Planned This Year
- Recent Cyber Attacks Will Embolden Congress To Make Policy Changes, Dem Staffer Says
- AFWERX Invests in Nap of the Earth Flight with Vy 400 VTOL
- BAE Systems Highlights Flight Testing of Software for Future EC-37B Compass Call
- Elbit America Completes $380 Million Acquisition Of Sparton
- Peters, Portman Dig Into Federal Response, Capabilities Following Major Cyber Attacks
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
- Gilday Against Cruiser Life Extension And VLS Cells But Open To Debate
- Army Moves Ahead With Program To Find A New Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle
- Sixth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Features First Weapons Bay Release
- Lockheed Martin Names Lauderdale As New F-35 Chief
- Lockheed Martin to Use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 Rockets for Rapid Launches
- Coast Guard National Security Cutter To Patrol With Navy’s Sixth Fleet
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Monday, April 5, 2021
- Defense Watch: Cyber EOs, Supply Chain Meeting, Project Convergence
- Biden Nominates DIU Director Michael Brown To Serve As Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official
- TSA Awards Raytheon Technologies $319 Million Support Contract
- Space Warfighting Analysis Center to Examine Shortfalls in Space Domain Awareness
- Sikorsky Conducts Autonomous Test Flight Of Black Hawk Under Pilot Supervision
- Lockheed Martin Wins $610 Million Contract For Phase II Of Saudi Arabia THAAD Sale
- LHA-7 Finishes FOA, Sea Trials Next
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Friday, April 2, 2021
- CBO Projects Army’s Combat Vehicle Acquisition Costs To Total $5 Billion Annually Through 2050
- Space Rules of the Road Agreement Urged for DoD and Intel Agencies
- Elbit Acquires BAE’s Rokar GPS Solutions Business
- J.F. Lehman Invests In Gimbaled Camera System Developer Trillium Engineering
- Anduril Acquires UAS Developer Area-I
- Boeing Wins $1.6 Billion Mod For 11 More P-8A Posiedons
- Air Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130
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Thursday, April 1, 2021
- DHS Set To Launch Cyber Sprints; Mayorkas Outlines Cyber Priorities
- Air Force Continues KC-46 Flights While Finishing Final Deficiency Fixes
- Army’s Plan For FLRAA Competitive Demo Phase II Will Allow For Earlier Milestone B Decision
- Tester Says He Will Keep GBSD ‘On Track;’ Ex-Obama Official Says GBSD ‘Vulnerable’
- DroneHunter Able to Integrate with FAAD C2 as C-sUAS Solution, Company Says
- Biden Unveils US Plan To Invest Billions In R&D, Manufacturing; Raise Corporate Tax Rate
- Cubic Accepts Revised Private Equity Offer Despite Higher Bid From ST Engineering
- Microsoft Receives Army Deal Worth Up To $21.9 Billion To Move IVAS Into Production
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
- Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing Each Receive Nearly $300 Million To Continue FLRAA Competitive Demo Work
- Tyndall AFB to Receive Three, New Squadrons of F-35As Starting in September 2023
- DHS Hopes To Issue RFP For Next-Generation Biodetection System In FY ’22
- U.S. Air Force Considering Replacement for EO/IR Sensor on MQ-9 Reaper
- Air Force to Test Freedom Radio, Freedom Pod on U-2, Ghost Reaper
- NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Framework For Election Infrastructure
- Navy’s Super Hornet Successor Likely Manned But Aims Future Airwings To Be Over 50 Percent Unmanned
- DHS, Israel Issue Call For Collaborative Homeland Security Projects
- Lockheed Martin Receives $1.1 Billion GMLRS Order, Conducts Second Successful Test Of Extended Range Version
- Communications Fog Led to KCNSC Accepting Faulty Weapon Parts, DoE IG Says
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
- Air Force Researching Prototype Display for B-52 Advanced Targeting Pods
- Army To Begin Going After New Navigation Warfare Situational Awareness Capabilities
- GD Demos TRX Robotic Vehicle For The Army, Will Participate In 2022’s RCV Phase 2 Experiment
- U.S. Space Force Authorizes Loan of GPS M-Code Receiver Cards for U.S. Allies
- Zumwalt Destroyer To Control Unmanned Forces In April Exercise
- Air Force Returns to 76 Congressionally Mandated B-52s After Restoration of Boneyard Bomber
- Navy Seeks Info From Industry To Integrate Hypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt-Class Destroyers