Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
- Air Force Awards JADC2 Contracts with $950 Million Ceiling
- Air Force Considering Possible Autonomous, Stealth Attributes for Future Tanker
- BWXT Head Expects SSN(X) Columbia-Sized, Sees Navy Plans Favorable
- Key Elections Shaping The Defense Committees, Senate Control Uncertain As More Results Roll In
- Private Equity Firm Acquires Linkware And Pangiam To Create Travel Security Company
- CISA Credits State And Local Officials, Federal Partners For Smooth Election Process So Far
- BWXT Earnings Steady in Third Quarter
- Navy Facilities Engineering Command Changes Name
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
- Cyber Command’s Hunt Forward Teams Bolster Election Security, CISA Officials Say
- BAE Systems Developing Autonomy Technologies For Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program
- Army Wrapping Up Latest Soldier Evaluation For Future IVAS Headset
- Curtiss-Wright Closes Deal For PacStar
- Avon Rubber Acquires Helmet Manufacturer Team Wendy
- Engel Introduces Bill to Limit Arms Sales to Middle East
- State Department Approves $600 Million Sale Of Four MQ-9B UAS To Taiwan
- AFRL Opens Lab for Testing New, High-Strain Composites for Space
- Navy Awards HII $315 Million Mod For CVN-79 Single Phase Delivery
- Navy Seeks Industry Info On Sub-Launched UAS
- L3Harris Wins $88 Million U.S. Marine Corps VSAT Contract
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020
- Acquisitions Propel Leidos To Record Third Quarter Growth, Company Sees Strong 2021
- Belcan Acquires Federal IT Services Provider Telesis
- L3Harris To Missionize King Air 350ER Aircraft With ISR Equipment For Canada
- Project Overmatch To Push Naval Tactical Grid And Align Services
- Navy League Pushes Sea-Air-Space 2021 Back To Summer
- Ex-No. 2 at DoE Nuke Agency Doesn’t Rule Out Return to Club Fed
- U.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex
- TE Connectivity Acquires Relay Manufacturer For Aerospace, Defense Applications
- EMD on B-2 Cockpit Display Upgrade to Begin This Fiscal Year
- Krone Puts Real Estate, Trade Shows Under Review For Post-COVID World To Boost Margin
- One-Quarter Continuing Resolution Fine, Full-Year Bad, DoE Nuke Procurement Honcho Says
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Monday, November 2, 2020
- Defense Watch: Space Updates, New Arctic Mission, L3Harris Radio
- Taxes Take A Bite Out Of L3Harris’ Income, Sales Eke Out A Gain In Third Quarter
- SecNav Touts $46 Billion In Navy Savings Toward Shipbuilding
- Lockheed Martin to Demo Airlifter Palletized Munition Next Year
- JCO Releases Base Requirements For C-sUAS
- Pentagon, GSA Re-Awards Multi-Billion Dollar Enterprise Cloud Deal To GDIT Team
- C-UAS Training Academy Coming to Fort Sill
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Friday, October 30, 2020
- HASC Chair ‘Confident’ Biden Administration Will Consider Minimum-Deterrent Nuclear Arsenal
- Boeing to Build Two Additional KC-46As for Japan
- SecNav Says Navy Will Build More Frigates, Floats It For Allied Sales, Boosts Light Carrier Idea
- Parsons To Acquire Braxton Group, Expanding Capabilities In Space
- Redwire Acquires Small Satellite Technology Company Roccor
- UAS Remote ID Could Come This Year
- Defense Contractors Target Contributions To Several SASC, SAC-D Members Facing Tight Races
- General Atomics Acquires Optical Systems Developer
- Arlington Capital Forms New Defense Company BlueHalo
- DoD Releases Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy
- Electronic Warfare Interoperability PDR for B-52 Radar Modernization Program Upcoming