Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
- HAC-D Approves $694.6 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill By Voice Vote
- ABMS Envisioned as ‘Autobahn’ of Air Force Network Operations
- Arlington Capital Acquires Government Services Provider J&J Worldwide
- DoD’s Acting AI Director Details Refined Business Model, Priorities For ‘JAIC 2.0’
- Truman Carrier Arrives In Norfolk For Months-Long Maintenance
- Director of California Nuke Lab Retiring
- Lord Focused On Bolstering DoD’s Domestic Supply Chain For Microelectronics, Rare Earth Mineral Processing
- Federal Partnership To Share Risk Information On Communications Supply Chain
- Three Main DoE Nuke Production Sites Closer to Normal Ops Amid COVID-19 Surge
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
- House Appropriations Releases $694.6 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill
- CISA Releases Strategy For More Proactive Approach To Industrial Control System Cyber Security
- House Homeland Security Panel Approves DHS Spending Bill Along Party Lines
- House Authorizers Push For Another MQ-4 Triton, Reports On Developing Missile With Japan and Law of the Sea Convention
- L3Harris Launches Classified Satellite for U.S. Air Force Constellation
- Defense Authorizers Propose Reductions in Air Force Request for Golden Horde
- Carnegie Mellon Receives $2.7 Billion Extension From DoD To Continue Operating Software Engineering Institute
- Lawmakers Concerned Over Delay In Removing Turkey From F-35 Program
- State Department Approves $23 Million Sale Of A UH-60M To Jordan
- HAC-D Bill Would More Than Halve Maximum DoD Reprogramming Amount
- Leidos Nabs Spot On Potential $379 Million CBP Award For Rail Inspection Systems
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
- HASC Looks To Hold Ligado Responsible For Costs To Mitigate Interference With DoD’s GPS Systems
- House Bill Strips Border Wall Funds, Boosts Border Security Technology And Cyber
- NNSA Sites Confirmed 13 New COVID-19 Cases Before Holiday
- No Big Raise for DoE Nukes In House Panel’s ’21 Spending Bill
- F-15EX Leverages Foreign Investments in Advanced Avionics, Boeing Says
- State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale To France For Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes; $3 Billion To Israel For Fuel
- Air Force Association to Hold Annual Conference in September Virtually
- U.S. Air Force Collaboration with Hypergiant to Provide Satellite Retasking Within Minutes
- Amendment to Senate NDAA Would Lesson Proposed Pentagon Influence Over NNSA Budget
- State Department Approves $380 Million Deal With Lithuania For UH-60Ms, $100 Million Stryker Sale To Argentina
- State Department Okays Sale Of Eight Ospreys To Indonesia For $2 Billion
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Monday, July 6, 2020
- Defense Watch: Telework More, HASC Army Amendments, Boeing Comms Chief Resigns
- House Defense Bill Adds Two Ships, Differs With Senate On Subs
- HASC Adds NDAA Amendments Based On Recommendations From AI, Cyber Commissions
- CBP Makes Autonomous Surveillance Tower System A Program Of Record
- Air Force Selects 18 More Companies for Advanced Battle Management System Competition
- House Armed Services Committee Unanimously Approves FY ‘21 NDAA
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
- HASC Approves NDAA Amendments To Assess Army’s Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Plans, FTUAS Strategy
- House Armed Services Approves Harder Look at Planned DoE Weapons Plant in South Carolina
- AFMC Commander: Hypersonic Development Efforts Not Waylaid by COVID-19
- SpaceX Launches Third GPS III Satellite For US Space Force
- Amazon Pushes Further into Space With New AWS Business Segment
- House Panel Directs Navy Subsystem Report, Echoing Senate Tech Concerns
- Oshkosh Receives $127 Million Order For 248 JLTVs
- Army Selects Kongsberg To Provide Wireless Fire Control Capability For RCVs
- Leidos Nabs $960 Million CBP Award For Traveler Processing
- HASC Takes On Amendments, Base Renaming, Last-Minute Pentagon Spending During NDAA Mark-up
- Despite No Authorities, Local Police Have Some Options To Respond To Drone Threats, Report Says
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
- HASC Chair Optimistic On Bipartisan NDAA Support, Predicts Less Contentious Mark-up Process
- HASC Leader Opposes Supplemental Funding To DoD For Industry’s COVID-Related Claims
- Command Structure of U.S. Space Force Finalized
- HII Wins $936 Million Award For Third FY ’20 Destroyer
- Cantwell Roasts NDAA for Ceding Control of Energy Dept. Nuke Budget to Pentagon
- Airbus Delivers First A330 MRTT, As Company Looks to Autonomous Refueling
- Senators Seek To Curb Ship Procurement Year Issue
- DHS Plans FirstSource III Solicitation This Fall For IT Products And Services
- Solar-Powered MALE Drone Developer Skydweller Aero Announces Oklahoma City as Headquarters
- Pair of Sandia Buildings Closed for Cleaning After COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
- Smiths Detection To Acquire U.S. Bio-Detection Firm
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
- Japan Scraps Aegis Ashore After Suspension
- Modern Day Marine Expo To Be Held Virtually
- Thornberry Sees Bipartisan Support For HASC’s NDAA, Previews Potential Amendments
- IG Says DHS Hasn’t Expanded Counter UAS Capabilities Due To Policy Issues
- More NNSA Employees Eligible to Return to Work for Phase 2 of DoE Reopening
- Senators Introduce Cyber Security Amendments To Defense Bill
- Slavonic Tapped As Acting Under Secretary Of The Navy
- GM Defense Sees ISV Win As ‘Cornerstone’ Program, Eyeing Future Vehicle Electrification Opportunities
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Monday, June 29, 2020
- Defense Watch: SASC Noms, FCAS, New F-35 Gun
- Army Picks GM Defense For Infantry Squad Vehicle Over Rival Bids
- AFMC’s ‘Digital Campaign’ Among Commander’s Top Priorities for 2020
- Space Force, Industry Partners Prepare for ‘Milestone’ Third GPS III Launch
- SealingTech Acquires Small Cyber Security Firm Quark
- House Dems Authorize Requested Funding for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency
- Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships
- Northrop Grumman Wins $333 Million Mod For Three More Australian MQ-4C Tritons
- HASC NDAA Includes $230 Million Cut To Army’s IVAS Program
- Army Selects Eight Capabilities For New Joint Counter-Drone Architecture
- Upgraded PAC-3 MSE Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target In Flight Test
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Friday, June 26, 2020
- Senate Panel Fences Off Half Of Layered Missile Defense Funds Until Report Submitted
- Boeing Outlines Fixes for Remote Vision System for KC-46A Tanker
- House, Senate NDAA Marks Largely Concur to Prevent Most Proposed Air Force Aircraft Retirements
- GAO Asks If Cost-Savings Methods at Pantex/Y-12 Could Work at Other Nuke Sites
- HASC NDAA Sets Up Debate With Senate On F-35 Cuts, Funds For Virginia-Class Submarine
- House Cyber Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish National Cyber Director
- Army Holding Limited User Test For IBCS In July
- Drug Seizures Up, Human Smuggling Down On Border As Criminal Organizations Shift Tactics, CBP Chief Says
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Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Senate Authorizers Push For Interim GBI
- DHS Set To Request Bids For Next Biometric System Procurement
- SASC Wants SDA Transferred to the Space Force by 2023, Adds R&D Funds for Future Launches
- Industry Team on Missile Warning Satellite Payload On Track for CDR Next May, Northrop Grumman Says
- SASC Looks To Transition Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Oversight To Joint Chiefs
- SASC Calls For Army To Assess Its Integrated Air And Missile Defense Capabilities
- F-35 Deliveries Temporarily Paused to Inspect Damage to Lightning Protection System
- Maxar To Acquire Full Stake In Satellite 3D Imagery Company Vricon
- DoD Would Get More Say in DoE Nuke Budget, Under Senate Committee’s NDAA
- Relativity Space Plans West Coast Launch Site, Signs Contract to Send Iridium NEXT Satellites Into Space