Defense Daily Archive
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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
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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