Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Friday, January 15, 2021
- House Seapower Subcommittee Leaders Talk Increasing Navy Funds, Biden Admin Support For Fleet Plan
- VTG Acquires Intelligent Shift, Adding Intelligence Community To Customer Base
- Commerce Rule Identifies China, Russia, Iran And Others As Threats To Supply Chain
- DHS Releases Action Plan To Counter Threats From China
- Roper: F-35 Program at an ‘Inflection Point,’ as Air Force Looks to Reduce Flying Hour Cost to Bank for Future Systems
- Navy And Marines Move To Buy New Light Amphibs In 2022
- Lockheed Martin Will Also Pause Donations To Lawmakers
- Navy Looks To Add Anti-Ship Missiles To LPDs
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
- Next Destroyer Envisioned With Lasers, Hypersonic Missiles, And Upgradeable
- With More Resources, Coast Guard Sees Need For Nine Polar Icebreakers
- New Frigates To Start With Single Crews, LCS Study Underway
- Boeing Joins In Pausing Donations To Lawmakers
- U.S. Space Force Looks to Bolster ‘Orbital Warfare’ Capabilities
- Biden Adds Cyber Security Expert, Homeland Security Advisers To NSC
- AeroVironment To Acquire Arcturus UAV, Expanding Portfolio Into Larger UAS
- Army’s IBCS Program Approved To Move Into Production
- Pentagon Details New Digital Marketplace To Connect Innovative Companies, Trusted Investors
- USAF: Redstone Arsenal ‘Preferred Location’ for U.S. Space Command HQ, but Polis Raises Questions
- Navy Advancing Effort To Arm DDG-1000 With Hypersonic Missiles, Develop Larger VLS
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
- U.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Nearly $1.7 Billion for Lot Six of KC-46 Tankers
- Several SASC Democrats Likely To Vote Against Granting A Waiver For Lloyd Austin
- International Navies Look Toward Leveraging AI
- Biden Transition Team Speaks with Roper About Possible Role
- CNO Releases Navigation Plan, Cites Frigate Example For New Ships
- Acting NNSA Chief Bookless Leaving on Inauguration Day
- Navy Unmanned Campaign Plan To Be Released Within Weeks
- Major Defense Firms, Including Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Pausing Donations To Lawmakers
- Boeing’s Insitu Unit To Pay $25 Million In Settlement Over ScanEagle Contracts
- State-Backed Hacker Group Sought Information For Espionage, FireEye Official Says
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
- Lockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS To Navy, Boasts Additional Capability
- Army Selects Palantir, Raytheon To Support Development Of TITAN Intelligence System
- Northrop Grumman to Finish F-16 EW Suite Under OTA Agreement
- DoD, Commerce Agency Seek Help On Developing Open 5G Ecosystem
- State Department Cyber Reorganization ‘Misguided,’ Hill Officials Say
- BWXT Taps Rob Smith to Lead Government Ops
- Smartronix Acquires Data Analytics Company Datastrong
- SecDef Nominee Austin Discloses Ties To Industry, Will Recuse Himself From Raytheon-Related Decisions
- Oak Ridge Congressman Tests Positive, 16 New Cases Turn Up at DOE HQ
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Friday, January, 8, 2020
- DoD Releases C-sUAS Strategy
- New Arctic Strategy Says Naval Presence Necessary To Counter Russia And China
- Pompeo Elevates Cyber Security With Creation Of New Bureau
- DISA Migrating Users To New Cloud-Based Platform For Microsoft 365 Access By Mid-June
- Boeing To Pay $2.5 Billion To Settle 737 MAX Issues With U.S.
- Trump Withdraws Nomination Of Wolf To Lead DHS
- SpaceX Receives $150M Contract to Launch SDA Tranche 0 Satellites
- Axiologic Acquires Knowledge Link, Doubling Business
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Thursday, January 7, 2020
- Requirements for Joint Warfighting Concept Upcoming in Late Spring
- STRATCOM Chief Argues Against Delaying Next-Gen ICBM
- Leonardo DRS, Rafael Complete Deliveries Of Trophy APS For Abrams Tanks
- STRATCOM Commander Met With Biden Transition Team; Worries About Weapons Complex
- Vectrus Adds Work For Intelligence Community In New Acquisitions
- New Underground Subcritical Nuke Tests Underway; Second Shot Set for Spring ’21
- Naval Engine Maker Fairbanks Morse Acquires Aftermarket Services Company Ward Leonard
- Democrats Gain Control Of Senate Following Georgia Runoffs, Including Defeat Of SASC Member Perdue
- Elbit America To Acquire Navy Contractor Sparton
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
- U.S. Says Hack Into Federal Networks Likely By Russia
- U.S. Air Force 57th Wing to Receive Two F-35As This Summer, As Service Moves to Reactivate 65th Aggressor Squadron
- U.S. Space Force ESPA Flight System to Demonstrate Independent Launch of Up to 18 Satellites from NASA Landsat-9
- SureScan, Viken Charge OSI Systems Preying On Them Through Baseless Lawsuits
- Trump Issues Cyber Security Plan For Maritime Transportation System
- Wind River, Curtiss-Wright Teaming To Offer Cyber Security Solution For Defense Systems
- France Signs LOA To Buy Three E-2Ds
