Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Friday, March 26, 2021
- Army Can Show Results On Modernization With Two Or Three Years Of ‘Good, Solid Budgets,’ McConville Says
- Recent Cyber Attacks Highlighted ‘Inability To See Everything,’ Cyber Command Chief Says
- L3Harris Looks for Viper Shield Flight Testing and Production Contract Award Next Year
- Space Company Redwire Going Public Through SPAC; Sees $1.4 Billion Sales In 2025
- Senate Confirms Turk to be DoE DepSec, 98-2
- Biden Admin Looks at Ex-Sandia Director for Top NNSA Post
- Galinis: Navy Looks To Recapitalize Public Shipyards Faster
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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