Defense Daily Archive
-
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
- INDO-PACOM Head Pushes Higher Funding And Guam Defense
- ULA and SpaceX Win Task Orders for Four Missions Under Second Phase of National Security Space Launch
- Teledyne Clearing Milestones On Way To Closing FLIR Acquisition
- U.S. Air Force to Review, Update Doctrine to Adhere to CSAF’s ‘Accelerate Change or Lose’ Mandate
- Navy T-45 Trainers Get New Oxygen Concentrators
- Army Awards Honeywell $476 Million Deal For CH-47’s T55 Engines
- Report Calls For Reforming U.S. Security Assistance Program, Shifting $7 Billion From DoD To State Department
- Biden Appoints OPM’s Martorana As Federal CIO
-
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
- Senate-Passed Relief Bill Extends Sec. 3610 Contractor Reimbursement Program Through FY ‘21
- Defense Appropriator Sen. Roy Blunt Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022
- FLIR ‘Actively Working On Teaming’ For Army’s OMFV, Supporting Project Convergence
- ‘Re-Imagining’ of DoD Budgeting Needed, U.S. Air Force Requirements Official Says
- DHS Makes Small R&D Awards For Mobile Network Security
- Navy Surface Force Atlantic Changes Command
- PCX Aerosystems To Acquire Component Manufacturer Senior Aerospace Connecticut
- Pits, Command and Control on HASC Chair’s Radar in Coming Budget Debate
- DoD Announces Nominations For INDO-PACOM And Pacific Fleet
-
Monday, March 8, 2021
- Defense Watch: HASC Task Force, New Ingalls President, B-21 Shelter
- HASC Chair Smith Calls Out ‘Painful’ F-35 Program, Wants Cost-Effective Mix Of Fighter Aircraft
- INSURV: Surface Ship And Sub Readiness Driving Lower Material Condition
- Cyber Security Requirements In Weapon System Contracts A Work In Progress, GAO Says
- Annual GAO Report Gives Civilian Nuke Agency Credit for Improved Contractor Oversight
- Volansi and Roper Pledge to Use Roper’s Ideas on Commercial/Military Integration, Not His Access
- DHS Awards Small Video Analytics Contract To Help With Checkpoint Self-Screening
-
Friday, March 5, 2021
- Coast Guard Evaluating Detect And Avoid Technologies To Enable Longer-Range UAS Missions
- DHS IG Identifies Shortcomings In DHS Bio-Threat Detection Program
- Quad A Cancels 2021 Army Aviation Summit
- Former Air Force Acquisition Secretary Roper Joins Volansi
- INDOPACOM Chief Expects FY ‘22 Budget Request To Include Key Investments For Pacific Deterrence Initiative
- Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Cancel Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile, Low-Yield Warhead
- Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful Test Of Extended Range GMLRS
- Nuclear Fuel Services Gets $57M NNSA Contract to Prep for Weapons Uranium Work in Tennessee
- Nominee For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job Faces Tough Scrutiny From Republicans At Confirmation Hearing
- Air Force Looks to Hybrid Electric Solution for eVTOL and UAS Energy Concerns
-
Thursday, March 4, 2021
- Progressive Lawmakers Call On Biden To Pause GBSD Program, Cancel Low-Yield Nuke
- U.S. Space Force Developing De-Classification Strategy to Aid Deterrence
- Wicker Urges Biden To Support Coast Guard In Budget Request
- Biden Issues Interim National Security Guidance, Puts Defense Focus On People, Readiness, New Systems
- Mack Defense Receives Order To Deliver 99 Of Army’s New Heavy Dump Truck
- Network Integrator Tyto Athene To Acquire AT&T’s Defense IT Services Business
-
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
- Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Herald First Flight of Loyal Wingman
- Army Impressed With Results From FTUAS ‘Rodeo,’ Set To Formalize Requirements Soon
- INDOPACOM Seeking $27 Billion To Fund New Pacific Deterrence Initiative
- TransDigm Selling Visualization Solutions Businesses to Private Equity Firm
- House Panel Wants Updated Coast Guard Fleet Analysis To Factor In New Demands
- AI Commission Approves Final Report To White House, Congress
- BAE Systems Begins EPAWSS Production for F-15E Strike Eagles
- Ambit Group Acquires GreenZone Solutions
- DARPA Selects L3Harris To Design NOMARS Concept
- 5 Airports Selected by FAA for C-UAS Tests
- Anduril Tapped To Support Palantir On Army’s TITAN Intelligence System Program
- Pentagon Inspector General to Probe Selection of Huntsville As USSPACECOM HQ
-
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
- CAE, RENK To Acquire L3Harris Military Training, Engine Businesses In Deals Worth $1.5 Billion
- Nacelle, Strut Builders Looking to B-52 CERP, As Award Possible This Summer
- Raytheon Wins $33 Million For Coyote Block 3 Unmanned Vessel Work
- Pentagon Announces New $125 Military Aid Package With Ukraine, Includes Patrol Boats
- Austal Wins $235 Million To Build EPF-15
- Israel Selects Sikorsky’s CH-53K Over Boeing’s CH-47 For Future Heavy-Lift Platform
-
Monday, March 1, 2021
- Defense Watch: Boeing Fine, More Vanguards, Cyber Diplomacy
- ACC Commander Not Optimistic About Reducing F-35 Cost Per Flying Hour to $25,000
- House Members Working On Cyber Incident, Breach Reporting Requirements
- Protected Anti-jam Tactical SATCOM Marquee Effort for SMC
- MDA Demos Japanese Aegis Software on SPY-7 Radar
- Blue Origin Pushes New Glenn’s Debut Launch to Q4 2022
- Warner, Rubio Introduce Bill To Extend Sec. 3610 Contractor Reimbursement Program Through FY ‘21
-
Friday, February 26, 2021
- Air Force Global Strike Command Briefs Congress on ‘North of 220’ Bomber Plan
- White House Doesn’t Have Timeline For Budget Release
- Granholm Confirmed as Secretary of Energy; Civilian Nuke Sites Under New Management
- Army’s 5th SFAB Using Drones in Training with Foreign Militaries
- Pentagon Continues To Push Congress For $11 Billion To Help Cover Industry’s COVID Costs
- Mayorkas Plans Cyber Security Sprints To Tackle Pressing Challenges, Including Ransomware
- U.S. And Japanese Naval Forces Begin Resilient Shield Exercise
-
Thursday, February 25, 2021
- NGAD and E-7A Among Top Priorities for PACAF, Commander Says
- Biden’s Secure Supply Chain Order Includes Defense Industry, Critical Minerals And Semiconductors
- AeroVironment Acquires Provider Of AI-Enabled Technology To Expand Autonomy Capabilities
- France Starts Third-Generation SSBN Submarine Program
- Air Mobility Command Plans to Increase Operational Use of KC-46s
- Hyten Argues For Integrated Nuclear Posture and Missile Defense Reviews
- SASC To ‘Look Harder’ At Legacy System Cuts Facing Flat Budgets, Reed Says
- Hyten Says Supply Chain Is Weak, Explains JROC Input on NGI
- SASC Chair Says Completion Of F-35 Combat Simulation Testing Is ‘Long Overdue’
- Government Services Firm IDS International Acquires Two Training Services Companies