Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
- Two of Six KC-46 Category I Deficiencies Resolved, AMC Says
- Eaton To Acquire Cobham’s Mission Systems Business For $2.8 Billion
- General Atomics Acquires Small Space Systems Company Tiger Innovations
- Air Force Paid $787.2 Million to Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin for Meeting LSA Development Milestones
- Coast Guard Issues RFP For New Round Of Offshore Patrol Cutter Competition
- Lockheed Martin Confident in SPY-7 Progress and Performance; Offers alternative for DDG Backfit
- Veritas Completes $3.4 Billion Acquisition Of Northrop Grumman’s IT Business
- Raytheon Wins $291 Million Contract For F-35 Engine Maintenance
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Monday, February 1, 2021
- Defense Watch: Future NCA Weapons, Mayorkas Confirmation, Taiclet Adds Chairman Role
- U.S. Air Force Testing Dialable Effects Munition This Year
- COVID Dampens L3Harris’ Top And Bottom Lines But Cash Generation Strong
- Navy Starts Looking At Replacements For MH-60R/S and MQ-8B/C
- Germany Reboots Heavy-Lift Helicopter Competition Between Sikorsky, Boeing
- New NAVSEA Campaign Plan Focuses On On-Time Delivery, Digital Capability
- Upcoming Court Decision Could Force Pentagon To Reassess Future Of JEDI Cloud
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Friday, January 29, 2021
- Northrop Grumman Ends Strong Year On High Note, Adds To Share Buyback Program
- U.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
- Northrop Grumman Exiting Cluster Bomb-Related Work As Warden Touts Sustainability
- U.S. Air Force Conducts First DEUCE Directed Energy Wargame
- Biden Admin Clarifies Support For Maintaining Ban On Huawei
- L3Harris Boosts Dividend, Authorizes $6 Billion Share Repurchase Program
- AEI To Build Out Unmanned Tech Platform Starting With UAV Factory Acquisition
- Budil Will Be Director of Livermore Nuke Lab in California
- Rafael Demos Lightweight Version Of Spike Anti-Tank Missile For The Army
- Cornyn, Hassan Reintroduce National Guard Cyber Security Bill
- U.S. Officially Proposes Five-Year New START Extension; Russia Accepts
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
- GD’s Earnings, Sales Dip In Fourth Quarter But Better Days Ahead
- Defense A Bright Spot As Commercial Woes Pummel Boeing
- Veritas To Acquire Perspecta For $7.1 Billion, Elevating Peraton To Top-Tier
- USAF Plans to Stand Up Spectrum Warfare Wing to Focus on Offensive EW
- Biden Administration To Pause And Review Foreign Arms Sales Approved By Trump
- Army Aims To Push Extended Range Cannon Artillery’s Lethality, Rate Of Fire In 2021
- USAF to Incorporate Work on Space Alternative Acquisition Report into NDAA Ordered Framework
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
- Lockheed Martin Punctuates Strong Year With Strong Fourth Quarter
- Income Down Sharply At Raytheon Technologies Amid Continued Commercial Weakness
- U.S. Space Command Unlikely to Settle in Permanent HQ in Next Few Years
- FTUAS Key Capabilities Include Runway Independence, Army Says
- Switch to Air Force Bomber Task Force Frees Up Planning Time for Theater Threats
- Senate Committee Moves Mayorkas Nomination To Floor
- House Republicans Nominate Nine New Members To Armed Services Committee
- Army Places Third Order For Thales’ Two-Channel IMBITR Handheld Radios
- Nuke Agency’s Rad Scanning Crew Again to Rack Up Yardage in Sky Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
- Sweden Navy Chief Says Information Sharing Necessary For Gray Zone Threats
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Monday, January 25, 2021
- Defense Watch: CACI’s London Dies, Cunningham Pardoned, Oshkosh Wraps Up Deal
- Air Force Pays $787.2 Million to End Launch Services Agreements with Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin
- Navy Stops Delivery of Freedom LCSs After Combining Gear Problem
- Lloyd Austin In Place As Biden’s Defense Secretary
- Air Force Looks to Mid-2022 for First Flight of B-21 Raider
- Coast Guard Awards Lockheed Martin $850 Million For New H-60 Hulls
- State Department Selects CGI, GD, PAE To Compete On $3 Billion Global Support Contract
- Northrop Grumman Wins $155 Million For Second Hypersonic Tracking Satellite Prototype
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Friday, January 22, 2021
- Northrop Grumman Receives BACN Contract Worth Up to $3.6 Billion
- Lockheed Martin Outlines Strategy To Increase Laser Weapon Production
- NNSA’s Huizenga is Acting Secretary of Energy
- Congress Approves A Waiver For SecDef Nominee Austin, Paves Way For Confirmation Vote
- Most Major DHS Acquisition Programs Meeting Cost, Schedule Goals, GAO Says
- Harker Succeeds Braithewaite As Acting SecNav
- Space Arms Control Effort Needed, Experts Say, As Biden Administration Considers Space Force Future
- Leonardo DRS Receives First Order To Supply Mission Equipment Packages For IM-SHORAD
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Thursday, January 21, 2021
- In Departure Letter, Air Force Acquisition Chief Urges Continuance of Risk Taking Culture
- Pekoske Serving As Acting DHS Secretary
- New Frigate Construction Starts This Year
- Ryan McCarthy Steps Down As Army Secretary
- Boeing Rakes in $3.8 Billion for 27 KC-46s in Eight Days
- Austin Extends Recusal From Raytheon-Related Decisions For 4 Years, Won’t Seek Defense Firm Job After Service
- ‘Smart Border Controls’ Emphasized In Biden’s Immigration Bill
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
- Austin Pressed On Budget, Nuclear Modernization Views, House To Hold Thursday Waiver Vote
- Mayorkas Will Review Effectiveness Of Key DHS Cyber Security Programs
- U.S. Collateral Damage Estimation Process Could Benefit from Real-World Data
- Redwire Acquires Spacecraft Engineering Firm Oakman Aerospace
- Executive Order for Security Assessment of Foreign-Made Drones
- No Single Solution For Border Security, Mayorkas Says
- Army Won’t ‘Have A Dollar To Waste’ In Modernization Effort Facing Tighter Budgets, McConville Says
- U.S. and U.K. Agree HMS Queen Elizabeth Deployment To Use American F-35Bs
- Navy USVs Will Have Range In Manning
- Longtime Dem HASC Staffer Headed to Pentagon Nuke, Missile Defense Post
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
- Defense Watch: DHS Confirmation, Coast Guard-USMC Support
- White House Releases Implementation Plan To Secure 5G
- Navy Weighing Need for New Core in its Next Nuclear Warhead
- Navy Pushing Aegis Ashore To Army, No Agreement Yet
- Pause in Defense Company PAC Contributions Raises Larger Questions
- Nuke Agency’s Contractor Scorecards for Pandemic Fiscal Year Show Headaches for Warhead Cores, Non-nuclear Components, Test Instruments
- Boeing Wins $974 Million In PAC-3 Seeker Subcontracts
- GAO: Design Tool Delays Lead To Columbia SSBN Construction Delays
- Lord Discusses New Report’s Steps To Help DoD Address Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
- CISA Launches Cyber Risk Reduction Venture For Nation
- L3Harris Wins $122 Million For Hypersonic Tracking Satellite Prototype