Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
- DoE Could be Ready to Go With Minimal Nuke Test in Nevada in ‘Months,’ Pentagon Official Says
- Secret Service Looks To Establish UAS Program To Further Missions
- Space Force Completes Preliminary Design Review for Next Missile Warning Satellite Payloads
- Perspecta To Work With HP On Legacy NGEN Hardware
- Senate Armed Services Committee Releases FY ’21 NDAA Markup Schedule
- Random COVID-19 Tests Mandatory at Nuke Weapons Lab
- Kongsberg To Deliver Latest Version Of Its Protector Remote Weapon Station To Canada
- Navy Ship Shoots Downs UAV In Laser Test
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
- Defense Watch: COVID-19 Travel, Space Force Updates, Ligado Pushback
- Senators Want Regular GAO Assessments Of KC-46 Progress
- Commission Calls For Greater Support During Pandemic To Smaller Firms Working On AI Capabilities
- House Members Ask Congressional Leadership To Boost Support For State And Local IT
- Navy Releases Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle RFP
- Navy Hosting LDUUV Industry Days In June
- LCS-24 Finishes Acceptance Trials
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Friday, May 22, 2020
- Air Force to Award Initial F-15EX Engine Contract to GE, Considering Open Competition for Next Lots
- Trump’s New Arms Control Negotiator Says Hurting Nuke Modernization Hurts Arms Control
- Ford Ahead On Maintenance, Reducing Work Needed After Shock Trials
- Pandemic Heightens Importance Of Certain National Critical Infrastructures, Krebs Says
- State Department Approves $180 Million Deal With Taiwan For MK-48 Torpedoes
- Viasat And Data Link Solutions Win $2 Billion Contracts For Navy Radios
- U.S. to Formally Withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
- JAIC Director Places Battlefield AI As Top Priority, Discusses Need For Acquisition Authorities
- Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Selects Google For Multi-Cloud Security Solution
- Senate Confirms Braithwaite for Next Navy Secretary
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
- Air Force Formally Launches Skyborg Drone Program with Multiple Contracts Possible
- McConnell: Senate Could Confirm Defense Nominees Before Memorial Day Weekend
- Navy Finishing Next-Gen Jammer Low Band Tests
- F-35A Crash Lands Days After F-22 Crash
- Air Force Releases Final RFP to Replace B-52 Engines
- Navy Finished Frigate Debriefs, Geurts Comfortable With Program
- Army Has Delayed Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiments, Restructured Later Phase To Boost Competition
- Flexible, Neural Networks Will Be Part of FCAS Design, Airbus Official Says
- NIST Initiates Building Block Effort With Private Sector On 5G Cyber Security
- Respirators for COVID-19 Protection Will Cost NNSA More Than it Bargained For
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
- Marine Corps To Use Army’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon Program To Replace Its M27 Rifles
- Lockheed Martin to Slow F-35 Deliveries Due to COVID-19-Related Supplier Delays
- L3Harris Completes Sale Of Instrumentation Business Unit
- Navy Vet Garcia Sworn In As New CA-25 GOP Lawmaker
- Energy Dept. Publishes Return-to-Work Guidelines
- CBP Guardian UAS Damaged After ‘Hard Landing’
- Key Milestones Reached for Space Force’s Next Weather Satellite Program
- DHS Releases Draft Scope For FirstSource III Contract
- Pentagon’s Technology Office Places Microelectronics As New Top Priority
- GAO Details Denial Of Airbus Navy Helo Trainer Protest
- After Corrective Action, CBP Awards $1.3 Billion Aircraft Maintenance Contract To PAE
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
- Number of Contractors to Work on Air Force’s ABMS Program Expected to Ramp Up
- Northrop Grumman Nabs $2.3 Billion for Two Satellites in Space Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
- TSA Releases Insider Threat Roadmap For Transportation Sector
- ULA Launches X-37B Spaceplane for Space Force
- Navy Looking Into Grenades For C-UAS
- Army Seeking Second Source Supplier For Small Caliber Ammo
- Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Awards Booz Allen Hamilton $800 Million Deal For Battlefield AI
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Monday, May 18, 2020
- Defense Watch: DHS CFO, Drone Security, Blackjack Launch F-22 Crash
- Air Force Expands Criteria for Future U.S. Space Command Headquarters Location
- U.S. Puts Further Restrictions On China’s Huawei
- Air Force Completes Key Milestone for Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
- MDA Considering OTA Consortium Manager For Research And Prototyping
- Navy To Hold Industry Day For Next Generation Logistics Ship
- Texas A&M Approves $79.3 Million To Begin Construction Of Army Futures Command Facility This Fall
- Oshkosh Defense, Saudi Arabia’s Al Tadrea Establish New Armored Vehicle Joint Venture
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Friday, May 15, 2020
- Trump Questions Value of F-35’s Global Supply Chain
- DHS Needs To Review Cyber Security Guidance For Chemical Facilities, GAO Says
- Leonardo Cleared To Build New Navy Helo Trainer
- Report To Congress Seeks Clarification On Marine Corps’ Redesign Plans
- AeroVironment Receives $75 Million From Army For Swtichblade Loitering Munitions
- TSA Not Monitoring Key Performance Requirements For Body Scanners, IG Says
- Sikorsky Wins $905 Million Contract For 24 MH-60R Helicopters
- FAA Targets 2021 for Launch of Drone Remote ID Service
- Boeing Wins $2.6 Billion In International Missile Sales
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
- SOCOM’s Armed Overwatch Program Renews Industry’s Light Attack Ambitions
- Air Force May Spend Hundreds of Millions on Electric VTOL Aircraft By 2025
- BAE Systems Selects Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret For ACV Variant
- House’s $3T COVID-19 Relief Bill Offers Protections, Aid for Federal Contractors
- Navy Holding MCM USV Industry Days This Month
- Navy Explains NavalX Successes And COVID Work
- Johnson Backs Need For National Cyber Director But Wants Details
- GAO: Removing Turkey From F-35 Program Risks Pushing Test Schedule Right
- SOCOM’s Near-Term Modernization Push Includes Sensor Fusion Tools, Platform Mobility, Next-Gen ISR
- FBI, DHS Warn Of Chinese Cyber Hacking Against U.S. COVID-19 Research
- McPherson Suspends Future Carrier Study
- Navy Tests MQ-8C With AN/ZPY-8 Radar
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
- Space Force Official: DoD Could Assist OneWeb, Other Space Startups Impacted By COVID-19
- Air Force Selects Three Companies to Prototype New Ground-Based Radars
- SOCOM Details Modernization Priorities For Enterprise Network, Tactical Communications
- LANL Wants to Test Own Employees for COVID-19 Starting Today
- GAO: New Navy Maintenance Approach Lowers Costs But Still Runs Late
- Navy Announces Six More NavalX Tech Bridges
- Weaknesses, Lack Of Independent At DHS Make It ‘Susceptible’ To White House Control, Report Says