Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
- Defense Contract Management Agency Negotiating with Lockheed Martin on Possible F-35 ALIS Repayment
- Huntington Ingalls Adds To Autonomous Capabilities With Investment In Sea Machines
- AI Commission Delivers Latest Recommendations To White House, Congress
- Investment Firm KPS Capital To Acquire AM General
- Top INDO-PACOM Priority To Add Aegis Ashore To Guam By 2026
- Army Official Details New Strategic Operations Directorate
- Raytheon Delivers First SPY-6 Radar Array For DDG-125
- BAE Systems Receives $33 Million From Army To Continue Developing Long Range Precision Guidance Kits
- House Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
- Taiclet Looks To Bring Commercial, Other Tech Innovation Methods To Lockheed Martin And Defense Industry
- House Oversight Committee Hearing To Address F-35 Spare Parts Issues
- U.S. Air Force Releases Arctic Strategy to Guide Power Projection, Deterrence Efforts
- Geurts Confident Navy And Hill Can Work Out USV Balance
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Announces Completion of Second Series of Propulsion Tests for Hypersonic Missile
- House Passes $740 Billion FY ‘21 NDAA As White House Threatens Veto
- House’s FY ‘21 NDAA Establishes National Cyber Director Position
- AUSA Conference To Be Held Virtually This October
- HII Reorganizes Technical Solutions Business
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Strong Second Quarter, Raises Outlook
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
- Army Selects General Atomics For Digital Guided Missile Prototype Program
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $762 Million Mod For Redirected Turkish And Air Force F-35s
- National Security Commission Approves Latest AI Recommendations
- Navy Awards Raytheon $126 Million Mod For Radars Units
- COVID-19 Cases At NNSA Up By 26 As Y-12 Worker Dies
- Leonardo DRS Receives $120 Million To Continue Work On DAIRCM Aircraft Protection System
- Sierra Nevada Continues Work On DVE Systems For Air Force, Army Helicopters
- Northrop Grumman Partners With Startup Firm Epirus To Leverage Tech For C-UAS Platforms
- Democrats Want FBI Briefing On Foreign Interference In 2020 Presidential Election
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Monday, July 20, 2020
- Defense Watch: Cyber Success, DPA Funds, LHA-7
- Army Releases Draft RFP For OMFV Digital Design Phase, Contract Awards Set For Next June
- Air Force Buying Anti-Jam JDAM Kits in Response to PACAF Urgent Need
- Draper Designing Autonomous Software Suite for Small Army UAS
- Katko Introduces Bills To Bolster CISA
- LHD-6 Fire Out, Investigations Next
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Friday, July 17, 2020
- BAE Systems Offering Beowulf Platform For Army’s Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle Competition
- U.S. Space Force Working with U.K. on Small Satellites, Space Deterrence, SATCOM, Launch
- Northrop Grumman Completes Multi-Mission Demo Of Firebird System
- CBP Acquisition Planning For Border Wall Inadequate, DHS IG Charges
- U.S., U.K., Canada Say Russian Intelligence Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Development
- Lord Details Push To Reshore DoD’s Microelectronics Supply Chain
- BAE Systems Receives $32.2 Million To Work On Army Vehicle Electrification Prototype Project
- GAO Explains NGREN-R Protest Denials
- House Appropriators Encourage Pentagon to Move to ‘Zero Trust’ Cybersecurity Architecture
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
- GD Wins Army’s SMET Ground Robot Competition For The Second Time
- House Appropriators Pass DHS Spending Bill, Granger Warns Of Veto
- U.S. Space Force Launches Four Classified Payloads for NRO Aboard Minotaur IV
- DoE Headquarters Not Going Back to Normal Anytime Soon
- Boeing Nabs $150 Million Mod For GMD Interceptor Boost Vehicles
- Some Republicans Raise Concerns About Proposed National Cyber Director
- Army Awards BAE Systems $179 Million Production Order For Missile Warning System
- Defense Industry Urges Congress To Provide Emergency Funds For DoD In Next COVID Response Bill
- U.S. and Australia Expand Next Generation Jammer Work
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
- Fielding of MQ-9 Follow-On Envisioned Before 2030, Air Force Acquisition Chief Says
- Industry Group Urges Billions For TSA Security Technology To Support Contactless Operations
- Chair of House Energy Committee Rips ‘Rogue’ DoE Nuclear Weapons Agency
- No Missed Milestones During COVID Pandemic, NNSA Boss Says Again
- House Appropriations Approves $694.6 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill Along Party Lines
- U.S. Delivers First V-22 Osprey To Japan
- Most Big DoD Nuke Programs Get Requested 2021 Budget, or Close, From House Appropriators
- Cyberspace Commission Staff Publishes Legislative Proposals To Help With Recommendations
- Navy Conducting Research For Cobra Block II Mine Detection System
- House Appropriations Panel Wants TSA To Expand Drone Security Testing
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
- Boeing Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract For First Lot Of F-15EX Fighters
- L3Harris Wins $35 Million MUSV Prototype Contract
- Pentagon Names White House CTO As Acting Technology Chief
- House Appropriators Seek To Restore Army’s CH-47F Block II Funds, Propose Cut To IVAS
- Fire Rages on USS Bonhomme Richard For Over A Day
- Army Stands Up New Program Office To Lead Network Modernization Integration Efforts
- House Appropriations Defense Panel Wants ‘MQ-Next’ Before 2030
- House Spending Bill Would Blank W93 Warhead, Continue Plutonium Pit Investment
- DHS Again Revises Timeline For Data Center And Cloud Optimization Acquisition
- Drone Startup Skydio Raises $100 Million
- Canada’s Calian Acquires Norway-Based Training Company
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Monday, July 13, 2020
- Defense Watch: More CBP Winners, Army Ammo, Patrol Boats
- House Panel Would Restrict Navy LCS Cuts And Private Maintenance Program
- House Appropriators Condemn Pentagon For ‘Unacceptable And Unsustainable’ Budget Moves
- House Panel Boosts Air Force F-35s, Directs Program to Submit Answers on ALIS Support Costs
- Secret Service Consolidates Electronic And Financial Crimes Units Into Cyber Fraud Task Force
- DoD Investing $84.4 Million To Bolster UAS, Space, Shipbuilding Industrial Bases
- House Appropriations Defense Panel Cuts Proposed Funding for NSSL
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Friday, July 10, 2020
- Army Begins Search For Next Generation Future Truck
- State Department Approves $23 Billion Deal With Japan For More F-35s
- Air Force to Add 12 Weapons Systems for AI/ML-Informed Predictive Maintenance This Year
- Bath Iron Works Starts Layoffs Amid Strike, Admits Production “Well Below” Typical
- Elbit Tests Mini-Unmanned Aircraft Flown Off Seagull USV
- RTCA Progressing Toward Small Drone Detection Standard
- State Department Approves $620 Million PAC-3 Missile Recertification With Taiwan, Torpedo Sales To Germany, Belgium