Defense Daily Archive
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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
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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
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- Leidos To Acquire Naval Architects Gibbs & Cox; Posts Higher Income, Sales In Fourth Quarter
- Navy Starts Testing Long-Range UAS Cargo Prototype
- GBSD Flight Tests Scheduled to Start in FY 2024
- U.S. Air Force Keeping Tabs on NTSB Investigation into 777 Engine Failure
- CISA Adds Viasat To Early Warning Program; Announces New Leaders
- Northrop Grumman Sees Opportunity for Freedom Radio on Future Aircraft
- Germany To Integrate Trophy Active Protection System On Its Leopard 2 Tanks
- Austal USA President Resigns Amid LCS Investigations
- Boeing Begins U.S Production Line for U.S. Air Force Red Hawk Trainer
- Redwire Acquires Deployable Space Systems, Building Out Product Suite
- Schumer Details Work On New Bill To Bolster Semiconductor Manufacturing To ‘Outcompete China’
- Time For Government To Mandate Cyber Breach Notification, Tech Heads Say
- BWXT Closes Out 2020 With Increase in Quarterly, Annual Revenue
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
- B-21 ‘Well Positioned’ for Meeting Milestones, LRIP Decision, Northrop Grumman Says
- Lockheed Martin Receives Air Force Contracts for JASSM and LRASM
- Mayorkas Announces Initial Plans To Bolster U.S. Cyber Security; SolarWinds CEO Has Ideas Too
- Courtney Wants More Unmanned Vessel Answers Before Full Production
- AeroVironment Completes Acquisition Of Arcturus UAV
- Silent Arrow Looks for CV-22 Flight Testing Award This Spring
- HII Wins $3 Billion Contract For USS John C. Stennis Refueling And Overhaul
- Army Investing In Air Force’s THOR Counter-Drone Microwave Prototype
- Commission Calls For Doubling AI R&D Spending, Billions More To Bolster Microelectronics Manufacturing
- U.S. Wants More Information From Lockheed Martin On Deal For Aerojet As RTC Raises Concerns
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Monday, February 22, 2021
- Defense Watch: AFA Kickoff, Hypersonic Hercules, Boeing Board Changes
- Number of Options Eyed for Boeing KC-46 Tanker Role in ABMS, Company Says
- Courtney and Wittman Continue Submarine and Navy Push
- Austin Discussed Disruptive Technologies, ‘Increasingly Aggressive’ China With NATO Allies
- Immigration Bill Includes Focus On Border Security Technologies
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Friday, February 19, 2021, Vol 289, Issue 31
- Hack Shows Federal Cyber Insights, Public-Private Sector Information Sharing Require More Work, Neuberger Says
- BAE Systems Delivers First ACV Command And Control Variant, Working On Turreted Version
- CISA Releases International Strategy; Wants Attache Network
- Israel and U.S. Start Developing Arrow-4 Missile Defense Interceptor
- Space Force Tested Geo-Location of Jamming Signals for WGS Satellites
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
- U.S. Air Force and CAPE Conducting Tactical Aircraft Study, May Involve Clean Sheet for F-16 Replacement
- Applied Insight Acquires Small Company Serving Intelligence Community
- Northrop Grumman Receives $237 Million From Marine Corps For Eight More G/ATOR Radars
- BAE Systems Working on Improved M-Code GPS Receiver Under $247 Million Contract
- Essex Industries Acquires Stevens Manufacturing To Expand Aerospace And Defense Products
- Raytheon Begins Installing SPY-6 Radar On DDG-125
- State Department Approves $91.2 Million Deal With Finland For Extended Range GMLRS
- Army ‘Taking A Hard Look’ At End Strength Requirements As It Looks To Save Funds, McConville Says
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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