Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
- Marine Corps Commandant Talks Divestitures, Budget Outlook To Meet 2030 Force Redesign Plan
- Air Force Considers Legacy Platform Retirements and Replacement by eSeries Systems
- House Passes CR To Fund Government Through Dec. 11
- DHS IG Blames CBP For Failing To Protect Biometric Data That Ended Up On Dark Web
- First MQ-8C Delivered To East Coast
- Army Reviewing $16 Billion Ammo Production Modernization Plan Over Safety, Supply Chain Concerns
- If CR Goes Longer, Navy Will Ask For More Exemptions
- Coast Guard Awards Bollinger $222 Million For Four FRCs
- Sievers Taking Over as Y-12 Site Manager as CNS Leadership Shuffle Continues
- BAE Unveils New Medium UUV
- Army Flies CH-47 Chinook With GE Aviation’s T408 Engine
- Coast Guard Cutter Waesche Suffers Fire, Arrives In Port For Inspection
- NNSA Estimates W87-1 Will Cost Almost $15B, GAO Questions Ready Date
- Sandia Office Space Being Cleaned Up After Confirmed COVID-19 Case
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
- Geurts: ACV On Track, Full-Rate Production Decision Soon
- Marine Corps Taking Close Look At Army’s FVL Efforts To Inform Future Attack/Utility Aircraft
- NASA Administrator Suggests Challenge to Nations Violating OST Liability Convention
- HII Signals Deep Commitment To Unmanned Systems With New Facilities
- AF Chief: Digital Engineering ‘Key Aspect’ of NGAD
- Air Space Limitations, Awareness, State And Local Authorities Will Aid Drone Security, Industry Official Says
- Nuke Brain-Drain in Military ‘Bottomed Out,’ ‘Turned the Corner,’ LLNL Resident Scholar Says
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- Wideband Global Satcom-11 Satellite to Feature Agile Beams to Avoid Jamming
- HII Wins $352 Million Mod For More Early Boise Work
- Kongsberg Tapped To Deliver XM914 Remote Weapon Stations For Marine Corps’ JLTVs
- SAIC To Consolidate Business Groups
- Nuclear Weapons Labs Picked Up Four Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Last Week
- Government Services Provider QuantiTech Acquires Dynamic Concepts
- BAE Nabs $189 Million Contract For Archerfish Mine Neutralizers
- Pentagon Considers Operating Its Own 5G Networks, Seeking Industry Input On Spectrum Sharing
- House Dems’ CR Includes Exemption For Columbia Subs, Extends Deadline For Defense Industry’s COVID Claims
- Esper: Unmanned Vessels Will Push Fleet Over 355 Ships
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Friday, September 18, 2020
- Army Won’t Submit Its Own Design For Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
- Negotiations on Consideration Package for F-35 Sustainment Contracts Expected to End Soon
- Navy Considers Extending Nimitz-Class Carriers
- Nuke Refreshes ‘Just Barely in Time,’ NNSA ‘Challenged’ to Deliver, Hyten Says
- JAIC Holds Virtual Forum with Allied Nations on Artificial Intelligence Principles
- Bollinger Lands Contract To Build Floating Dy Dock For Columbia Sub Construction
- NNSA Officially Picks Up Honeywell FM&T Contract Option at Kansas City
- House Bill With Requested Funds for B61-12 Would ‘Impair’ Delivery of B61-12, Senior Pentagon Official Says
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Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Esper’s Navy Force Study Plans Over 355 Ships, Billions More Annual Shipbuilding Budget
- White House Sends Congress List Of Items It Wants Out Of FY ‘21 NDAA, Including Base Renaming
- Army Approves First Assured PNT Requirement With MAPS Capability Development Document
- DoE Nuke Chief Slated for SASC Hearing Thursday With DoD, STRATCOM Heavyweights
- Air Force Negotiating with Boeing on Communications Upgrade for KC-46
- F-35 Program and Lockheed Martin Starting Transition to Cloud-Based Logistics Program
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
- Roper: Air Force Developing Two eSats, Has Flown NGAD Demonstrator
- SURFDEVRON One Lays Out USV Schedule, Advancing CONOPS
- Army Test Pilots Flew Bell’s V-280 Valor FLRAA Offering In August
- Oak Ridge Contract Briefing Sparks Huge Virtual Turnout
- Senate Committee Advances Nominee for Nuke Council Staff Director Job
- Valiant Shield 2020 Exercise Begins In Pacific
- Germany Selects Competitor To Replace Heckler & Koch’s G36 Rifles
- Volansi Secures $50 Million Series B for Autonomous VTOL Cargo Delivery
- Raytheon Wins $13 Million Contract to Connect Military Aircraft to LEO Internet
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
- U.S. Air Force Goal for 220 Bombers Could Change
- Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett Names Red Hawk As First System to Carry “e” Designation
- Ford ‘On Track’ For Deployment in 2022
- Marines To Operate Armed MQ-9 Reaper In ‘Coming Months’
- GBSD Program a Model for Acquisition Strategy That Lets U.S. Pace China on Weapons
- Pentagon Announces Nominations For Next DISA, JAIC Directors
- Army Conducts First Flight Of Fully-Upgraded UH-60V Black Hawk
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Monday, September 14, 2020
- Defense Watch: AFA Week, New Boeing Comms Leader, U.S. R&D Lagging
- Unit Cost of F-15EX to Be $80 Million, Boeing Says, As Company Prepares to Deliver First Two Jets
- Official: Integration Will Make New Navy Unmanned Systems More Cost-Effective
- Joint Warfighting Concept To Be Delivered to Esper by End of Year
- Delayed Future Navy Plan Gets Delivered To Esper Next Week
- Rheinmetall’s $2.4 Billion Deal With Hungary Covers Over 200 Lynx Fighting Vehicles
- New Ghost 4 sUAS from Anduril Offers More Endurance, Autonomy and Teaming Capabilities
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Friday, September 11, 2020
- Strong U.S. Industrial Base for Small UAS Needed to Counter China, Lord Says
- Navy Plans 2021 Unmanned Fleet Battle Problem In Pacific
- Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program Receiving ‘Significant Interest’ From International Partners
- Army’s Project Convergence Proving Out Next-Gen ‘Sensor-To-Shooter’ Network Possibilities
- Agile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year
- Rapid Prototyping Can Cut Procurement Times In Half, TSA Official Says
