Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Thursday, September 10 2020
- Reimbursing Industry’s Billions In COVID Claims Could Take Up To Six Months, Lord Says
- Bidders for New Civilian Nuke Production Contracts Can Tour Sites This Month
- Avon Rubber To Acquire Helmet Company Team Wendy
- GBSD Award Opens New Training Area For L3Harris
- DoE Should Split Up Contract for Big Nuke Production Sites, Interest Group Says
- Fluor Reports More Errors in Financial Filings
- Thornberry Says NDAA Conference Likely Delayed Until After Election
- TRU Waste ‘Far and Away’ Biggest Challenge for DoE Nuke Core Mission, Official Says
- Officials Lay Out Navy Unmanned Campaign Plan
- On Twitter, Speculation That Low-Yield Nuke is Secret Nuclear Weapon Trump Cites in Woodward Book
- CBO Projects Defense Costs To Rise In Decade Following 2025
- First DoD-Owned Geostationary Weather Satellite Achieves IOC
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
- Army Interested In Acquiring SM-6, Tomahawk Missiles, McConville Says
- Noblis Acquires Government Consulting Firm Inductive Minds
- Krebs Outlines Three Threat Lines Amid COVID Pandemic
- GOP’s New Coronavirus Relief Bill No Longer Includes Billions For Defense
- Reducing Development Risk Key to B-52 Re-Engining Program
- Navy Unveils Autonomy Integration Project For Unmanned Vessels
- White House Requests Exemptions In Likely CR For Columbia Subs, W93 Development, Space Force Funds
- FAA Chooses Airports to Host Counter-UAS Testing As Drone Sightings Rise
- Cyber Commission Provides Guidance To Develop Federal Cyber Workforce
- House Committee Voting on Bill This Week to Give Energy Secretary More Authority Over Nukes
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
- Defense Watch: NATO Drone Threats, EMP, ManTech Personnel Moves
- Navy Awards Six Companies $42 Million In LUSV Studies
- Pentagon Reaffirms Microsoft As Winner Of JEDI Cloud Over Amazon Web Services
- White House Releases Cybersecurity Policy on Space Systems
- ABMS Test Validates Cloud Computing for Military, Roper Says
- Lockheed Martin Wins Two More Aegis Mods
- Navy Commissions Polish Aegis Ashore Base
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Friday, September 4, 2020
- GD Mission Systems Invests In Counter-Drone Company Dedrone
- SAIC’s Earnings Down, Sales Up In Second Quarter
- Development Start of B-52 Radar Modernization Program Slips Six Months
- Navy Accepts Delivery Of USNS Newport EPF-12
- Northrop Grumman Awarded $135 Million Contract for ALCM Refurbishment
- DISA Readying Final RFP For Potential $12 Billion, Single Vendor IT Consolidation Contract
- Nuclear Dove Markey Beats Kennedy in Democratic Primary for Senate Seat
- Northrop Grumman Wins $81 Million Contract For AARGM New Technology
- Army Has Completed Critical Design Review For Next-Gen Helicopter Engine
- Technology Company Arete Demonstrates Ability To Detect, Track Swarms Of Small Drones
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Thursday, September 3, 2020
- BAE Systems Delivers First AMPV To The Army
- Pentagon Nuke Policy Chief Not Aware of Any Bomb, Warhead Delays at DoE From COVID-19
- NNSA Officially Approves Los Alamos to Make ICBM Pits Starting in 2026
- Navy Eliminates Dual Hatting Research Heads For CNR and N94
- Army Pursuing New Mid-Range Missile Capability
- CBP Exceeding Facial Recognition Accuracy Goal But Privacy Matters Need Work, GAO Says
- CISA Issues Binding Directive For Agencies To Develop Vulnerability Disclosures
- M-Code Navigation System for F-22 and E-2D Finishes Critical Design Review, Northrop Grumman Says
- DoD Report Says China’s Missile Capability Overtaking U.S.
- State Department Approves $350 Million Deal With France For C-130 Support, $248.5 Million AMRAAM Sale To Spain
- STRATCOM Commander Visits Livermore Lab
- Applied Composites Acquires Satellite Structures Company Alliance Spacesystems
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020
- DoD Report Finds China Ahead Of U.S. In Ships Numbers
- Captive Carry Tests of Two Hypersonic Configurations Completed, DARPA Says
- Citadel Defense Nabs $12 Million DoD Award For Counter UAS Systems
- Space Development Agency Awards Contracts for National Defense Space Architecture Transport Layer
- TSA Expands Biometric Evaluation To Self-Service Identity Check
- First Flight of B-21 Expected in 2022, as Air Force Moves to Lighten Training Load
- DHS To Propose Rule To Expand Use Of Biometrics
- Polaris Details New MRZR Alpha Light Tactical Vehicle For SOCOM
- Boeing Delivers First MH-47G Block II Chinook To SOCOM
- Lockheed Martin Receives $183 Million For HIMARS Launchers To Marine Corps, Romania
- Northrop Grumman Tapped To Build Prototype Ground Stations For Army’s TITAN Program
- GA And SENER Develop New NATO Pod For MQ-9 Reaper
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
- New Engines for B-52 Top Modernization Priority for Bombers, May Result in 30 Percent Fuel Savings
- Pentagon Names Tech Executive Victoria Coleman As New DARPA Director
- U.S. Air Force F-16s Receiving AESA Radars for Cruise Missile Defense
- DoE to Pay S.C. $600M to Settle Plutonium Lawsuit; State to Hold Off on More Legal Action for 15 Years
- Lockheed Martin Wins $912 Million THAAD Support Mod
- Elbit Systems Of America Awarded $79 Million Deal For Bradley Vehicle Components
- Navy Accepts Second Next Generation Ship-to-Shore Connector