Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, August 7, 2020
- Army Wrapping Up First Robotic Combat Vehicle Experiment, Working With Marines On Light Variant
- Official Lays Out 2021 Hypersonic Weapon Glide Body Test Schedule, Industrial Transition
- DoE Opening, Closing Buildings at Nuke Engineering Lab After COVID-19 Cases
- Multiple Reentry Vehicle Tests of Minuteman III Uncommon
- Delivery of 18 to 24 F-35s Likely Delayed Due to COVID-19, Lockheed Martin Says
- Huntington Ingalls Hits Rough Seas In Second Quarter
- Will the Next Presidential Fleet Travel Faster than an SR-71?
- Missile Defense Of Hawaii Test Readying, To Occur By End Of The Year
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
- MDA Pauses Hypersonic Defense Design To Split Focus
- DoE Kicks Off Competition for Contract That Will Fund Nuke-Core Work for ICBMs
- Esper Talks COVID’s Impact On DoD’s Budget Pressures, Legacy Cuts
- Air Force Contract with BlackSky Shows Promise, Challenges Ahead for Supply Chain Monitoring
- CISA Releases Career Path Tool For Current And Future Cyber Security Professionals
- Minuteman III Test Launch Featured Multiple RVs, Airborne Control Center
- CBP Solicits For Hybrid-Lift Small UAS
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
- MDA Chief Sees Poland Aegis Ashore Progress, But Affected By Pandemic
- Divesting Legacy Platforms Key Challenge for Air Force, Monasco Says
- Lockheed Martin Enters NGI Competition
- Acquisitions, Payment Boost Leidos In Second Quarter
- Smiths Detection Completes Acquisition Of PathSensors
- BAE Systems’ Delivery Of First AMPVs Pushed To August Due To Pandemic
- Navy Does Not Have “Credible Pathway” For 355-Ship Plan, CAPE Director Nominee Says
- Navy Biz Insulates BWXT From Worst of Pandemic Ills; Partial Va. Sub Order Suits Company Fine, CEO Says
- U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman Complete Critical Design Review for EPS-R CAPS
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
- Barnes: Rapid Reprogramming for U.S. Space Force Would Retain Program Oversight
- Raytheon, Israel’s Rafael To Open U.S. Iron Dome Production Facility
- Air Domain Awareness Evaluation Keeps Slipping But DHS Still Hoping To Begin This Year
- Tata Appointed To DoD’s Acting Deputy Policy Role After Original Nomination Falters
- Arlington Capital Partners To Acquire Triumph’s Composite Business
- Draft Solicitation for New Pantex-Y-12 Contract Coming This Month, NNSA Says
- NNSA Budget Needs Threatening Other Defense Programs, GAO Repeats
- EPF-12 Finishes Integrated Sea Trials
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Monday, August 3, 2020
- Defense Watch: AARW, More DPA, Space Force Caucus
- House Passes $694.6 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill, As White House Issues Another Veto Threat
- Lockheed Martin Bids F-35 for Canada Future Fighter Competition
- Earnings Fall At L3Harris On Divestiture, COVID Costs
- House Passes $18B Budget for DoE Nukes, White House Threatens Veto
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Friday, July 31, 2020
- Northrop Grumman Posts Strong Second Quarter, Raises Guidance
- DoD Readying JEDI Cloud Re-award Decision For Late August, Dozens Of 5G Pilot Program Deals, CIO Says
- Military Space Officials Continue Discussions on Missile Defense Architecture
- Geurts: MQ-25 Progressing, Moving To EMD Production Soon
- Highnam: DARPA Work Has Aided COVID-19 Vaccine Development
- TSA Backs New Open Architecture Initiative For Airport Security Systems
- State Department Okays $126 Million Deal With Philippines For Scout, Assault And Light Support Boats
- McAfee Discovers North Korean-Backed Cyber Campaign Targeting Aerospace And Defense Industry
- No Pandemic Delay Yet for Navy, AF Nuke Refurbs, DoE Official Says
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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