Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, March 25, 2021
- Leonardo Postpones Public Offering For U.S. Business DRS
- SASC’s Vote On Nominee For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job Results In A Tie
- Navy Begins Program To Upgrade EA-18G Growlers
- Collins Aerospace Looks to Leverage DoD Recognition of Company’s F-16 and C-130 Brake/Wheel Sustainment
- Blinken Says Effective Nuclear Deterrence, Military Readiness Part Of Improving Alliances
- Cyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
- MDA Chooses Lockheed Martin And Northrop Grumman For NGI Over Incumbent Boeing
- New Army Paper Details Capability Requirements To Enable Multi-Domain Forces By 2035
- US Spending $15 Billion On Hypersonic Weapons Over 10 Years, GAO Says
- Private Equity Firm Agilitas Acquires TenCate Advanced Armour
- Toshiba Invests In Counter-Drone Company Fortem; Form Strategic Alliance
- Omnispace and Lockheed Martin to Pursue Space-Based 5G
- Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Common Development Platform Reaches IOC
- Aquilino Says Nine Of 11 Ford Elevators Finished
- Foreign Actors Trying To Compromise U.S. Workers, ODNI Warns; Issues Guidance To Counter Insider Threats
- INDOPACOM Nominee Does Not Specifically Defend F-35, But Says Fifth and Sixth Generation Planes Needed
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021
- Rogers Won’t Support Defense Budget Without Increased Topline, Predicts HASC Will Block Nuke Modernization Cuts
- Smith Outlines DoD Technology Procurement Issues
- Cut Other Programs for Nukes, Not Nukes for Other Programs, ICBM-State Senator Says
- L3Harris Sees Foreign Military Sales Potential for F-16 EW Suite
- Singapore’s ST Engineering Attempting To Outbid Veritas, Evergreen For Cubic
- Curtailing U.S. Air Force F-35A Buy, Increasing Procurement Rate Among Debated Items
- AMETEK To Acquire Embedded Computing Systems Developer Abaco Systems
- GD Nabs $2.4 Billion Contract To Build Second FY ’21 Virginia-Class Submarine
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Monday, March 22, 2021
- Defense Watch: F135 Transfer, Army Working Capital, RPA Command
- US Air Force Tests F-35 Emissions Control Tactics In Combined Orange Flag/Black Flag Exercise
- Army Assessing Proposals From New Cohort On Ideas To Increase ERCA’s Rate Of Fire
- GD Delivers First Of Five Knifefish UUV Systems To Navy
- Biden Nominates Former Sen. Bill Nelson For NASA Administrator
- Pangiam Acquires Facial Recognition System Developed By Airport Authority
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
- Army Shouldn’t Have An Issue Affording Both FLRAA And FARA, Lead Official Says
- US Air Force To Forego Sixth Planned ABMS Demo This Summer
- Navy Releases Unmanned Plan Outlining Developing Capabilities Across Platforms
- US Air Force Readies Airborne ISR Modernization Plan For Congress
- Army Currently Negotiating Final Multi-Year Black Hawk, Apache Contracts As Priority Shifts To FVL
- Army Expects FY ‘23 Budget Request Will Include Near-Term Items For New Arctic Strategy
- State Department Approves Four European Weapons Sales
- White House Working Group, With Help From Private Sector, Responding To Microsoft Hack
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
- UK Makes Higher Warhead Cap Official: 260 For Trident Fleet
- US Space Force Looks Beyond Space Fence Radar To Improve Tracking
- Army’s New Arctic Strategy Details Capability Needs For The Region
- Initial Testing Of LRDR On Tap For April With IOC In September, Northern Command Chief Says
- Army Starts Integrating Autonomy Software On RCV Prototypes, Details Testing Schedule
- Army To Receive 64 AMPVs By November, Will Start Initial Operational Test In Early 2022
- Army’s Work With Air Force Informing Tactical Network Modernization Initiatives
- Luria Says Congress Needs More Information For Future Navy Plans
- Elbit America Provided Mars Rover Camera Tech, Planning Next Generation Work
- US Government Says No Foreign Actor Altered Voting Processes In 2020 Elections
- Final Drone Rules Start In April, FAA Announces
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- Army Expects To See Maximized Field Of Competitors For OMFV When Proposal Deadline Closes
- IronNet Cybersecurity Merging With Special Acquisition Company For Investment With Plans To Go Public
- Luria Argues Against Cutting Carrier Fleet
- Army To Detail Modernization Strategy Updates, Planning Release Of MDO Doctrine In Summer 2022
- Peraton Announces $44 Million Deal To Support Hypersonic Weapon Testing
- Bittner is New General Manager for BWXT Lynchburg
- U.S. Air Force Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for B-21 Locations
- Relativity Space Lands DoD Launch Contract for 2023 Mission
- Biden Admin Review of Nuke Matters Muzzles Pentagon Head of Nuke Matters
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Monday, March 15, 2021
- Defense Watch: AMPV Deliveries, Bomber Force Structure, ISR Report
- McConville Sees Critical Role For Army’s Future Long-Range Fires In The Indo-Pacific
- CBP Selects Leidos, Rapiscan, Smiths For $480 Million Cargo Scanning Contract
- Lockheed Martin Wins New Hypersonic Mod, Raising Total Value To $2.8 Billion
- Pentagon Needs New Acquisition Authorities To Stay Ahead In AI Tech Race, Commission Officials Say
- State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale Of Five P-8A Poseidons To Germany
- Collins Aerospace Enhanced Vision System May Gain Traction in C-130 Community
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Friday, March 12, 2021
- Russia, China Expected to Threaten All Space Orbits by 2025, U.S. Space Force Official Says
- Schultz Sees Coast Guard Drawing Down MH-65 Fleet, Increasing MH-60 Numbers
- NSCAI To Spend Next Six Months Helping Implement Recommendations From Final Report
- Kreitz Leaving Los Alamos; Nelson Returning to Lab to Helm Pit Infrastructure Projects
- GAO Recommends Navy Limit CH-53K Buys Until Testing Is Finished
- Inhofe To Oppose Colin Kahl’s Nomination, Committee Vote Likely Next Week
- Katko Introduces Bill To Strengthen CISA’s Role In Protecting Critical Infrastructure
- Critical Infrastructure Stakeholders Cite Challenges In Working With CISA, GAO Reports
- Fifth Generation Fighters Vital to Respond to Future Crises in Pacific Theater, Commander Says
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
- Northrop Grumman Offering ‘Sky Viper’ 20mm Chain Gun for U.S. Army’s FARA
- Davidson Touts Laser Weapons For Future Navy Defenses
- Supply Chain Task Force Leaders Want Legislative Fixes For Vulnerabilities In Next NDAA
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Shareholders Approve Deal With Lockheed Martin
- Navy Procuring Aerovironment Blackwings For Sub-launched UAV Program
- CISA Officials Outline Plans To Use $650 Million For Cyber Security In Stimulus Bill