Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
- Boeing’s Losses Narrow But Sales Tumble As Outlook Remains Bleak
- Amid Pandemic, GD’s Earnings, Sales Fall In Second Quarter Led By Aerospace, IT
- NORTHCOM Nominee ‘Optimistic’ on Acceleration of Next Generation Interceptor
- Pentagon Details Plans To Pull Nearly 12,000 Troops Out Of Germany
- Navy Researching Long-Range Aerial Delivered Maritime Mines
- Inhofe Delays FCC Commissioner Approval Until Nominee Agrees to Overturn Ligado Order
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
- Commercial Woes Trip Raytheon Technologies In Second Quarter
- ‘North Star’ Federal Government Vision for Future Space Needed, Report Says
- State Department Approves $59.6 Million Deal With Kuwait For M1A2 Tank Training Ammo
- Aerospace And Defense M&A Deal Values, Volume Down In First Half, PwC Says
- DoE Should Delay Nuclear Warhead For Cruise Missile or Justify Why it Won’t, GAO Says
- Roper Foresees U.S. Air Force ‘Logistics at the Edge’ Capabilities
- AirMap Parts Ways with CEO David Hose, Initiates Search for New Chief Executive
- ‘Many’ COVID-19 Transmissions at DoE Nuke Sites Were Outside of Work, Senior Official Says
- Republican COVID Relief Bill Includes $2.2 Billion For Shipbuilding
- House Democrats Pull DHS Bill From Minibus Appropriation
- $7 Billion For Weapons Procurement In Senate’s Proposed Relief Bill Draws Sharp Partisan Divide
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
- Senate’s Proposed Relief Bill Covers $29 Billion For Defense, Including $19 Billion To Assist Industry
- Senate Stimulus Would Provide $3 Billion For DHS
- AFWERX Base of the Future Initiative Examining Innovative Capabilities, Including AI
- Accuracy Of Face Recognition Technology Declines With Masked Faces, Study Says
- DoE Headquarters, Site See Jump in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
- Cyber Security Efforts Lag Move To Federal Multi-Cloud Adoption, Survey Says
- Turner Proposes Small Funding Boost for DoE Nuke Weapons Programs
- GAO: MDA Needs Independent Assessment For Flight Test Plan Development
- Group Of Senators Call On Tata To Withdraw His Nomination For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job
- State Department Approves $39 Million Deal With Netherlands For AMRAAM Missiles
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Monday, July 27, 2020
- Defense Watch: DPA Funds, China Group, Knifefish, COVID Traps
- U.S. Loosens Restrictions On Export Of Military Drones
- Gen. Raymond Discusses U.S. Space Force Efforts to Reduce Duplication
- China, Russia, Iran Trying To Influence, Compromise U.S. Elections, Senior Intel Official Warns
- GAO Warns MDA Faces Big Technical Challenges For Hypersonic Defense
- Army Awards SRC Potential $426 Million Deal For E-LIDS Counter-Drone System
- Ball Aerospace To Build Zumwalt Antenna Prototype
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Friday, July 24, 2020
- Air Force Awards Skyborg Contracts with Possible Ceiling of $400 Million
- GAO Finds MDA Had Numerous Warnings About RKV Issues, Costs Tripled
- Senate Committee Approves Border Security, Cyber, DHS Bills
- BAE Systems Receives First Order From Army Under $823 Million DCGS-A Support Deal
- Navy Certifies Second Ford Magazine Elevator
- Energy Department Releases Blueprint For Quantum Internet
- State Department Approves Possible FMS Sale to Chile for F-16 Modernization
- Senate Passes $740 Billion FY ’21 NDAA With Veto-Proof Majority
- White House, Senate GOP’s Relief Package Proposal Includes $11 Billion For Defense Industry’s COVID Claims, Press Report Says
- CISA, NSA Warn Of Malicious Cyber Threats To National Security Op Tech
- AFRL Moving Forward with Miniature Self-Defense Missile, As Raytheon Secures Contract
- House Appropriators Advise $80 Million Cut to SOCOM “Armed Overwatch” Procurement Request
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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