Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, November 20, 2020
- Airbus Submits Eurofighter, Lockheed Martin F-35 for Swiss Competition
- Navy Looking To Extend Ohio SSBNs To Add To Columbia-Class Margin
- 5 NATO Nations Sign NGRC Letter of Intent
- Parsons Completes Acquisition Of Braxton
- Voyager Space Holdings To Acquire The Launch Company
- Army Selects Palantir, General Dynamics To Deliver Prototype Network Data Security Tools
- U.K. Announces Plan To Spend Billions More On Defense Over Next Four Years
- Air Force Names New Locations As Possible HQ for U.S. Space Command
- CBP Estimates Three To Five Years To Complete Biometric Entry-Exit At Airports
- Nuclear Weapons Council Needs More Civilian Influence, Ex-DoE Nuke Boss Says
- Disarmament Message May Have Cost Dems Chance to Slow ICBM Program, House Armed Services Chair Says
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Thursday, November 19, 2020
- Pentagon Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord Discusses Remaining Priorities
- Army’s FY ‘22 Budget Request To Include Cuts To “Dozens Of More Programs,” G-8 Says
- TSA Releases RFP For Next Tranche Of Checkpoint CT Purchases
- FAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program
- Belcan Acquires TransDigm Business Unit AVISTA
- Space Force Looks to Award ‘SpEC Reloaded’ Contract This Year
- Navy MH-60R Gets New Submarine Detection Sensor
- Senate Panel Passes Bill To Help US Telecom Providers Remove Untrusted Equipment
- Army Releasing Final RFP For Rebooted OMFV Competition in Mid-December
- Navy Plans Hypersonic Weapons On SSGN Subs By 2025
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
- SecNav Promotes New First Fleet At Indian And Pacific Oceans
- SM-3 IIA Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target, Proving Potential Underlayer For Homeland Missile Defense
- Senate Panel Would Redirect HBTSS Funding From SDA Back To MDA
- BAE Systems’ IFF Transponder for F-22 Gains DoD Certification
- Cooperating on Nukes Better Than Sharing Them, Navy Strat Systems Chief Says
- SAIC Nabs $973 Million CBP Award To Aid Threat Assessments
- Pentagon Fails Audit Again, Expects To Reach Full ‘Clean’ Financial Review By 2027
- Thornberry: Georgia Runoffs, Base Renaming Debate Could Delay NDAA’s Passage
- Despite Pandemic, DHS Use Of Innovative Procurement Practices Up
- Head of RAF Points to ‘Kessler Effect’ Danger of Russian ASAT Tests
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
- Air Force Secretary Barrett Issues Call for Clean-Up of Space Debris
- Early Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says
- Navy Examining Three SSN(X) Hull Options
- McKean Defense To Acquire Small Navy Contractor Mikros Systems
- FLIR Receives $32 Million To Deliver 250 More Centaur Ground Robots To Army, Air Force and Navy
- Army Seeking Industry Input On Enhanced Command Post Mobility Tools For CAPSET 23
- Navy Developing UAS For Ship Cargo Resupply
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Chief Evans Taking Temporary Leave
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Monday, November 16, 2020
- Defense Watch: Checkpoint Boost, Coast Guard UAS Success, CNAS Event
- Panel Advises DHS Procurement To Focus On Securing Unclassified ICT Supply Chain
- Galinis: Future Fleet Plans Still Moving After Esper Fired
- Pilot Error, Ejection Seat Malfunction Contributed to Fatal F-16CM Crash
- Army Activates Two Units To Use The New Iron Dome System
- Sikorsky Plans To Demonstrate AI Co-Piloting Technology On Black Hawks With Army In 2021
- Appropriators Knock Navy’s Large Surface Combatant Schedule Plan
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Friday, November 13, 2020
- Coast Guard Needs Greater Commitment To Acquiring Unmanned Systems, Report Says
- Fluor Narrows 2Q Losses; 3Q Report Possible by December
- ManTech Acquires Minerva, Bolstering Cyber Work For Intelligence Community
- Biden Taps Former NASA Chief Scientist to Lead NASA Review Team
- QinetiQ, Pratt Miller Deliver First Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light Prototype To The Army
- Senate Appropriators Want Air Force Acquisition Strategy for ABMS
- Senate Appropriators Block Funds For Second Frigate Until CAPE Sends Updated Cost Estimate
- Biometrics Need Elevated Oversight, Coordination At DHS, Panel Says
- Army Seeking Stinger Missile Replacement For Man-Portable Air Defense System
- GAO Says Coast Guard OPC Design Unstable, Schedule Optimistic
- Final Solicitation for Y-12, Pantex Contact Drops; Senate Questions Lack of Competition for DoE, NNSA Contracts
- Biden Announces Transition Team Reviewing Pentagon, Led By CSIS’ Kathleen Hicks
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
- Senate Appropriations Releases $696 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill, Sets Up Debate With House On F-35, Shipbuilding Funds
- Private Equity Firm Acquires Linkware and Pangiam to Create New Travel Security Company
- DoE Nuke Boss Fired While on Leave; Energy Secretary Tracked Her for Months
- Raytheon Technologies To Acquire Small Satellite Company Blue Canyon
- Controversial Former Nominee Tata Named To DoD’s Top Policy Job, Amid Several Resignations
- Second Polar Icebreaker, Offshore Patrol Cutter Funded In Proposed Senate Bill
- Senate Appropriations Bill Would Fund Border Wall
- SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite in Qualification Testing, As Lockheed Martin Finishes PDR on Next Gen OPIR
- Biden Names Transition Team For DHS, Led By Immigrant Rights Advocate
- Pentagon Has Been Preparing for Transition for Last Six Months
- Fairbanks Morse Chosen For LHA-9 Generators
- State Department Approves $23 Billion Sale Of F-35s, MQ-9Bs, And Munitions To UAE
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
- Trump Fires Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper
- Space Force Developing Non-Kinetic Counterspace Systems
- GAO: Navy Did Not Assess Cost/Benefit Of Hybrid Electric Drive Before Moving To New Effort
- Lockheed Martin To Integrate Navy SM-6, Tomahawks For New Army Mid-Range Missile Prototype
- Boeing and Northrop Grumman Successfully Test Open Mission Systems AESA Sensor
- Viasat’s Mark Dankberg to Transition Away from CEO Role
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Monday, November 9, 2020
- Defense Watch: Mobility AI, Knifefish, Romania FMS
- Army Details Lessons Learned To Date On Robotic Combat Vehicle Effort
- SpaceX Launches Fourth GPS III Satellite for US Space Force
- Navy And GD Target Shorter Build Sequence For Columbia, Aim To Fix Virginia Delays By Block V
- CISA Report Says COVID Stressing ICT Global Supply Chains
- DoE Civilian Nuke Chief Quits
- Pacific Defense Acquires Technology Firm Spear Research
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Friday, November 6, 2020
- Navy Awards GD $9.47 Billion Contract For First Columbia SSBN And Advance Work On Second Sub
- BAE To Build $100 Million Facility In Iowa For Navigation And Sensor Business
- Navy Intends To Award Northrop Grumman AARGM-ER LRIP Contract
- Army Studying Potential Universal Robotic Controller, Details Plans For Fielding Ground Robots
- Rocket Lab Founder Says Space Force Will Be Able to Use the Company’s New Vehicles or Reusable Ones
- Industry Can Build Three Virginia Subs But Government Must Commit, Petters Says
- Pension Tailwind, Lower Tax Rate Boost Huntington Ingalls In Third Quarter
- State Department Approves $500 Million Deal With Canada For SM-2 Block IIIC Missiles