Defense Daily Archive
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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
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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