Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
- Serco To Acquire U.S. Defense Contractor Whitney, Bradley & Brown
- Northrop Grumman Announces Completion of GBSD Review Last November
- April Showers May Bring Pit Factory Milestones at LANL, SRS
- Deputy DoE Nomination Lands in Senate
- DARPA’s UAV LongShot Project Begins To Use Air-To-Air Weapons
- ‘Armed Overwatch’ Development Continues in Expectation of Fiscal 2022 Procurement
- SASC Names Subcommittees Leaders, Including Kelly And Duckworth As New Chairs
- NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Drone Program Reaches Initial Operational Capability
- Lockheed Martin To Integrate Modular Active Protection System Base Kit On Army Combat Vehicles
- State Department Approves $197 Million RAM Missile Sale To Egypt
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
- Defense Watch: F-35 Engines, HASC Vice Chairs, Ellen Lord
- Montana’s Tester Is The Senate’s New Top Defense Appropriator
- MDA Examining New Pulsed Laser Directed Energy Project
- Army Looking for New High Energy Lasers for C-sUAS
- Montreal Company Looks To Skylark To Provide Timely Space Situational Awareness
- Scaled Up Peraton Will Have Agility, Size And Resiliency, Shea Says
- HII Says Committed To Unmanned Systems
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Friday, February 12, 2021
- Pension Benefit, Operating Gains Boost Huntington Ingalls In Fourth Quarter
- BAE Systems Receives $184 Million Order From Marine Corps For 36 More ACVs
- State Department Approves $60 Million Sale To Jordan For F-16 Training Center
- Krebs, Alperovitch Recommend Greater Role For CISA In Protecting Civilian Networks
- Textron’s King Air-350 Key ISR Asset For Iraqi Security Forces
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
- Army To Begin Delivering Equipment For Hypersonic Weapon Prototype To Unit In March
- Amentum, Apex, Leidos Create Joint Venture To Compete For ICBM Support
- KC-46A Pegasus Refueler for Japan Conducts Maiden Flight
- Neuberger Says Biden Administration Will Work ‘Hand-in-Glove’ With Private Sector On Cyber Issues
- Biden Announces Pentagon’s New China Task Force
- Fincantieri Starts Building New Facility For Frigates
- Army Has Second Successful Test Of New Multi-Mode Seeker, Planning Max-Range PrSM Test Shot This Fall
- Krebs Says CISA Needs More Resources For Outreach Efforts
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- Rapid Innovation, Increased Partnerships Will Color Defense Industry In Future, Warden Says
- Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks As Deputy Defense Secretary
- DHS Issues RFI To Understand Future Satellite Communications Capabilities
- Navy Plans To Field Initial Project Overmatch Network on Roosevelt Carrier Group In 2023
- BAE Systems Offering AI Tools, Data Labeling Service On AWS’ Marketplace
- AFRL Looking At Flexible Effects for JDAM, Laser JDAM
- Vice Chief of U.S. Space Force Predicts More Than 10,000 Satellites on Orbit in Near Term
- SAIC Receives $830 Million Deal From Army To Continue Aviations Systems Engineering Work
- Oshkosh Defense Produces 10,000th JLTV, Confident In Competing For Follow-On Production Deal
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
- Veritas Stays Busy, Teams With Evergreen To Acquire Cubic In $2.8 Billion Deal
- Threat of Small Drones Rises to Level of First Use of IEDs in Iraq, CENTCOM Commander Says
- Gillibrand Calls For Investigation Into ‘Disturbing Trend’ Of Recent Black Hawk Crashes
- Longtime Alabama Senator And Top GOP Appropriator Shelby Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022
- DHS Awards Potential $2 Billion COVID Testing Contract
- L3Harris Wins Frigate Systems Integration Contract
- Sikorsky Wins Another $479 Million Mod For Five More VH-92A Presidential Helos
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Monday, February 8, 2021
- Defense Watch: DynCorp Wins Again, Hicks Advances, Cruz’s Hold
- U.S. Air Force Considering New Vanguard Programs
- Kilby Outlines Factors Leading To Faster New Light Amphib Development
- DDG-118 Finishes Acceptance Trials
- CISA Extends ICT Supply Chain Risk Task Force To Continue Work
- Army Set To Conclude Future Tactical UAS Assessment Period With ‘Rodeo’ Event
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Friday, February 5, 2021
- AFRL to Test Multiple Skyborg Prototypes This Year
- MDA Changes Hypersonic Missile Defense To Glide Phase Interceptor Effort
- Following Northrop Grumman Deal, Peraton Realigns Operating Structure
- Peters Outlines Priorities For Senate Homeland Security Committee
- Geurts Designated As Temporary Navy Undersecretary
- Marine Corps Commandant Says He Must Do ‘Better Job’ Of Securing Long-Range Fires Funds
- CBP Reaching Out To Industry For Counter-Drone Solutions
- Senate GOP Taps New Alabama Sen. Tuberville To Serve On SASC
- Senate Energy and Resources Easily Approves Biden Energy Secretary Nominee Granholm
- DoE HQ Seeking Regular COVID Tests for Employees in Washington Region
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
- Berger: Trusted AI and Unmanned Tools Needed In the Future
- Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman To Support Air Force’s Platform One Software Program
- New START Extension Official, Secretary of State Says
- Biden Administration Plans to Move Ahead on Space Rules of the Road
- Navy Commander Stresses Allies, Partnerships For Help With Arctic Operations
- Senate Panel Approves Raimondo Nomination To Lead Commerce
- Senate Dems Nominate Kelly, Rosen To SASC, HASC Gets Organized With 16 New Members
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
- Boeing Announces First Flight of F-15EX in Anticipation of Early Delivery of First Two Planes
- Acting SecNav: DoD Aims To Submit Budget In May, Unsure Of New Administration Changes Yet
- JCO Looking to Scale Directed Energy Capabilities for C-sUAS
- Nuke Site Ally Heinrich Moves to Senate Appropriations Committee From Armed Services
- AEI Merges Portfolio Companies NuWave, PCI To Scale-Up Data Analytics Platform
- DHS Moving Ahead With Plans For New Bio-Detection System
- Senate Confirms Mayorkas As DHS Secretary
- Reviews of Nuclear Modernization, Navy Shipbuilding Plan Among Top Items on Hicks’ Priority List