Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
- U.S. TRANSCOM Mulling Possibility of Rocket Deliveries
- New Navy Fleet Plan Gets Mixed Reception on Hill
- McCarthy: Army To Assess Readiness Requirements, ‘Borderline Contentious’ Divestitures To Save Funds
- Coast Guard Begins Evaluations Of Autonomous Surface Vehicles
- More Big Companies, Another University Hopeful, Looking at DoE Nuke Production-Site Contract
- Honeywell Acquires Thermal Management Solutions Company Rocky Research
- Lawmakers Push For Sanctions Over Turkey’s Potential Use Of S-400 To Track F-16s
- Pentagon Seeing Success With New Adaptive Acquisition Reforms
- Xenith Solutions Acquires TRI-COR Industries, Providing Access To DoD Market
- NATO Looks to the Future of Medium Rotorcraft Development
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
- Esper Outlines Plan For 500-Ship Fleet By 2045
- Several Members Of Joint Chiefs Quarantining After Exposure To Official With COVID-19
- Raytheon Looks to Provide Sustainment for Army OMFV
- DHS Releases First Homeland Threat Assessment
- DoE Clears CARES Reimbursements for COVID Leave to Continue
- Joint Warfighting Concept Assumes ‘Contested Logistics’
- HASC Chair Sees DoD Budget Dispute Among Dems If Biden Wins
- Pentagon Expects Final Rule For CMMC Next Spring, Starting With Up To 15 Contracts In FY ‘21
- House Panel Calls For More Federal Basic Research Spending To Aid Intelligence Community
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
- Space Development Agency Awards Contracts for Missile Tracking Layer
- Boeing Named 3rd Competitor for Space Force ESS Satellite System Contract
- Navy Establishing First MQ-25A Stingray UAV Squadron In 2021
- KBR Completes Acquisition Of Centauri
- Army Looking For Single-Channel Radios To Support IVAS
- Northrop Grumman Nabs Up To $1.16 Billion In Follow-On SEWIP Block 3 Production Contract
- Air Force Envisions Improved Communications and Sensor Capabilities for Arctic
- AEVEX Aerospace Acquires IKHANA, Geodetics To Bolster Airborne ISR Capabilities
- Livermore Wraps Customer Requirements Review for W87-1, Holds to 2030 First-Production Date
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Monday, October 5, 2020
- Defense Watch: Stone Sea Trials, DHS Reform, Lockheed Martin Dividend
- SpaceX Launch of GPS III Important for NSSL
- New Pentagon Document Details Push To Expand Use Of Irregular Warfare Tools
- BAE Wins Contract For Naval Guns On UK Type 31 Frigate
- House Passes Bill Creating Cyber Security Grant Program For State And Local Governments
- MDA And Army Conduct Successful THAAD/Patriot Intercept Test
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Friday, October 2, 2020
- Delivery Of A KC-46 Tanker Delayed Due To Electrical System Issue
- DoE May Need to Ready First GBSD Warhead Variant for Tests in Three Years, AF Official Says
- Low-Cost Attritable Drones May Have Range of Air Force Roles
- Trump Declares National Emergency Due To U.S. Dependency On China For Critical Minerals
- Intelligence Community Issues New Guidance To Reduce Supply Chain Risks
- Trump Signs Continuing Resolution To Keep Government Open Through Dec. 11
- GD’s $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Deal Begins With $230 Million Order Covering 28 Vehicles
- AeroVironment Details ‘Bigger, Faster, More Effective’ Version Of Switchblade Loitering Missile
- Moton Lays Out PEO USC FY ’21 Priorities
- Navy Pushes To 30-Day USV Transits in FY 2021 Plans
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
- Army Awards $1.2 Billion IM-SHORAD Contract To General Dynamics
- DoD CIO: Pentagon Has No Plans To Own And Operate Its Own 5G Network
- Lickety Split, Senate Panel Advances Wolf Nomination As DHS Secretary
- OSI Systems Acquires Nuclear Security Company Nucsafe
- NAVSEA Disestablishes Directorate, Shifting Offices To PEO USC And Other Offices
- Army Begins Receiving First Iron Dome Battery From Israel
- Pentagon Finding Interim Cloud Options For Near-Term Efforts While JEDI Is Delayed, DoD CIO Says
- State Department Approves Billions In Potential FMS To Switzerland For Super Hornet, F-35 And Patriot
- CISA Needs To Improve Quality Of Cyber Threat Information Being Shared, Hire More Staff, IG Says
- Agreement with Lockheed Martin on Fixing F-35 Spare Parts Problems ‘Step in Right Direction,’ Democrats Say
- Teaming Arrangements Taking Shape for Competition to Manage Civilian Nuclear Weapon Production Sites
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
- Bi-Partisan Future of Defense Task Force Advises ‘Manhattan Project’ on AI
- House Passes Trio Of Bill On Energy Cyber Security
- Army’s Long Range Fires Leader Discusses Interest In New Mid-Range Missile
- Avantus Aerospace Acquires Fastener Company
- MDA Initiates New Sea-Based Hypersonic Terminal Defense Project
- Pentagon Publishes Interim Rule For New CMMC Cyber Security Contracting Standards
- Naval Research Lab Designated as Navy Quantum Research Center
- Democrats’ Updated Pandemic Relief Bill Excludes Billions For Defense Industry
- Classification Regime Challenge for Bringing Non-Traditional Companies into Military Space
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
- Excelitas Acquires Defense Electronics Unit From Silicon Power
- Protector Drone Achieves First Flight, As General Atomics Looks for RAF Delivery Next Summer
- Construction of New Weapons Generation Facility at F.E Warren Begins
- Air Force to Hold Public Hearings on B-21 Bomber Bed Down Locations
- LANL Had a Couple New COVID Cases Last Week
- State Department Approves Potential Sale Of RAM Missiles To Japan
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Monday, September 28, 2020
- Defense Watch: Unmanned Tankers, Bigger Fighters, DHS Conflict of Interest?
- Budget Constraints Due To Pandemic May Slow Down Marines’ Force Redesign, Commandant Says
- Preliminary Design Review for B-52 Radar Modernization Set for Next Month
- Amentum To Acquire DynCorp, Creating $6 Billion Service Company
- US Space Force Contracts SpaceX to Fly Upcoming GPS III Satellites on Reused Boosters
- FAA Surveys Market For UAS, Counter UAS Support Services
- ONR Global-X Challenge Awards $1 Million To Four Winners
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Friday, September 25, 2020
- Air Force Completes $1.27 Billion Upgrade for B-1B Fleet
- Boeing Partners With General Atomics And Aerojet Rocketdyne In NGI Bid
- Army Sees Success At Project Convergence With Future Tech Pushing Target Data ‘In Seconds’
- Pentagon Aims To Solve Data Management Challenges By 2030, Hyten Says
- NATO Atlantic Command Reaches IOC
- State Department Approves $401.3 Million C-17 Support Deal With U.K., $241 Million PAC-3 MSE Sale To Netherlands
- Cuccinelli Asks Congress For Funding To Acquire Counter-Drone Systems
- Isotropic Systems, SES Win DoD Contract to Test Multi-Beam O3b Terminal