Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
- Crisis Will Likely Force Pentagon to Adopt and Scale Up Commercial AI, Air Force Acquisition Chief Says
- HASC Chair Supports Flournoy For Next SecDef, Wants New National Defense Strategy Under Biden
- Coast Guard Evaluation Shows USVs can Help With Missions
- Paris Air Show Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns
- Little Chance of Deviating From Obama, Trump Nuclear Posture Reviews, HASC Chair Says
- Congress Puts Breaks On Layered Missile Defense Without Reports
- Mercury To Acquire Electronic Warfare Company Physical Optics
- HASC Leaders Confident Congress Will Override President’s Potential NDAA Veto
- Air Force Awards Skyborg Prototype Contracts to Kratos, Boeing, General Dynamics
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Monday, December 7, 2020
- Defense Watch: Bomber Task Force, IT Law, Aquilino To INDOPACOM, USS Congress
- Final FY ‘21 NDAA Includes $230 Million Cut To IVAS, Presses Army On Future CH-47 Block II Plans
- SAIC Posts Higher Earnings, Sales In Third Quarter
- Authorizers Mandate CAPE Report on NGAD
- Final Defense Bill Establishes National Cyber Director
- U.S. Reports Arms Sales Increased To $175 Billion In FY ’20
- Final NDAA Adds F-35s, Additional Virginia-Class Sub, As Lawmakers Prepare For Potential Veto Override
- Milley Supports DoD Budget To Bias Navy, Air Force, Space In Future Years
- Compromise NDAA Also a Compromise on DoE, Pentagon Control Over Civilian Nuke Budget
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Friday, December 4, 2020
- Coast Guard, Partners Assessing Options For More Polar Icebreaking Capacity
- Milley: Battle Force 2045 Numbers Are “Aspirations,” Elaborates On Carrier Plans
- House Republicans Pick Mike Rogers As Next HASC Ranking Member
- NuWave Strengthens Data Analytics Capabilities With BigBear Acquisition
- Military Aviation Commission Advises Creation of Joint Safety Council to Advise Deputy Secdef
- Pentagon Plans To Launch Virtual Trusted Capital Marketplace This Month
- Russia Still Willing to Deal With Trump Administration on New START, Ambassador Says
- Recent and Impending DoE Leadership Churn Highlight Need to Fix NNSA Chief’s Term, Nat’l Academies Panel Says
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
- FLIR Acquires Small Drone Manufacturer Altavian
- SecNav Renaming Fleet Forces To Atlantic Fleet, Reiterates New 1st Fleet
- Navy Officials Explain LHD-6 Scrapping, Mitigating Impacts
- Milley: Pentagon Could Look To Save Funds With Adjustments To Overseas Basing, Exercises
- Fifth SBIRS GEO Missile Warning Satellite Complete, Ready for Launch Next Year
- Congress Completes Final Version Of NDAA, Defies Trump’s Latest Veto Threat
- CISA Services In High Demand Related To COVID Vaccine Response
- U.S. Space Force Looks to Broaden Applicability of Commercial Systems
- Democrat Concedes as California Congressional Race for Santa Susana District Finally Ends
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
- Air Force Plans to End Launch Services Agreements with Northrop, Blue Origin By End of Year
- Another Democrat Lawmaker Pushes for Biden Nuclear Posture Overhaul
- Three Senators Introduce Resolutions to Block UAE Arms Sales
- New COVID Cases at DOE Nuke Agency Again Top 250 in a Week, With Another Fatality
- Uranium Purification Pact With BWXT Subsidiary Won’t Cost Y-12 Jobs, Nuke Agency Says
- New DoE Loan Guidance States Preference For Critical Minerals To Bolster Domestic Supplies
- Oshkosh Defense Receives $911 Million Order For JLTVs
- Kymeta Launches u8 Satcom Land Mobility Antenna Built for Defense, First Responder Customers
- British Army Modernizes with Apache AH-64E Helicopters
- State Department Approves Naval Weapons Sales To Brazil And South Korea
- State Department Approves Ground Vehicle Sales To Croatia And Lebanon
- Army To Accelerate Development Of Synthetic Training Environment’s Live Component
- Boeing Starts Build of Simulator for U.S. Air Force Red Hawk Trainer
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
- Raytheon, C3.ai Partner To Bring AI To Military Customers
- Jacobs To Acquire Majority Stake In Technology Consulting Firm
- Trump Administration Reverses, Asks For Second FY ’21 Virginia-Class Submarine
- Lockheed Martin Completes Acquisition Of i3 Hypersonics Portfolio
- U.K. Awards BAE Systems $3.2 Billion Deal To Continue Supplying Munitions
- Army Wraps Up Soldier Experiment To Test Emerging Tech On Robotic Vehicles
- U.S., Australia To Partner On Air-Breathing Hypersonic Weapon Development
- Legacy Aircraft Retirements and Lower Cost ISR Needed, Roper Says
- Navy To Scrap Bonhomme Richard After Fire
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Monday, November 30, 2020
- Defense Watch: Waiting on SecDef Pick, Coast Guard DIU Partnership, Project Convergence
- CAE To Acquire Textron Simulation And Training Unit
- Significant Changes to U.S. Space Force Would Need Congressional Buy-In
- HASC Chair Criticizes Timing Of Air Force’s C-130J Basing Decision In Georgia With Runoffs Looming
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
- U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office to Draft ABMS Acquisition Strategy
- Pentagon’s New Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Director Details His Priorities
- TransDigm To Acquire Aerospace Connectivity Business From Cobham
- Amentum Closes Deal For DynCorp
- HII Wins $2.2 Billion Mod For Columbia Work
- F-35A Nails Supersonic Test Drop With Mock B61-12, DoE Says
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
- Kratos Acquires Small Firm With Expertise In UAS
- AFSOC Chief: Use Existing Technology in Innovative Ways
- Biden Announces Picks For Key National Security, Foreign Policy Roles
- SLUAS Providing ‘Awesome Capability’ To Submarines
- Biden Picks Former DHS Deputy Mayorkas To Lead Homeland Security
- Two Senior, Career Feds Retire From DoE Nuke Agency
- General Atomics Receives $93 Million To Work On JAIC’s ‘Smart Sensor’ For UAS Program
- Middle East Institute: Drones ‘Decisively Employed’ in Libyan Conflict
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Monday, November 23, 2020
- Defense Watch: New Start Limits, Albritton, Lemmo Take New Jobs
- Navy Confident They Can Build 3 Virginia SSNs Per Year, But Studying Capacity Needs
- Air Force Examining Modernization of Early Warning Radars
- Navy Outlines Virginia Block VI Improvements, To Preview SSN(X) Capabilities
- Most DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds
- HASC Chair Urges Base Renaming To Stay In NDAA, Addresses White House’s Proposed Deal
- DHS Gets Clean Audit Opinion But Results Mixed
- Army Consolidates Its Europe And Africa Commands