Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
- HASC Chair: Committee Moving Forward with NDAA, Bill Passage Not Likely Before FY ‘21
- Senate Armed Services to Quiz DoE, DoD Officials in ‘Paper Hearing’ on Nukes
- USA Rare Earth Closes Domestic Supply Chain With Acquisition Of Manufacturing Capability
- DoE Delays Decision About Extending Nuke Production Contract
- Aegis Technologies Acquires Excivity, Boosting Cyber And Intel Capabilities And Customers
- Daily Testing, Protective Equipment, Needed for Essential Workers, House Armed Services Chair Says
- Nuke Engineering Lab Allowing Some Workers Back in After COVID-19 Case
- Navy Finishing CVN-70 Maintenance Period Amid Pandemic
- Air Force: Robins AFB Contractor Is Service’s First COVID-19 Death
- Army Seeking Input on RF-Electronic Countermeasure Offerings For Aircraft, Plans For Demos In FY ‘21
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
- Goldfein: Extension of COVID-19 Travel Hold Could Go Through July
- Boeing Extends Suspension Of Puget Sound Production Operations Indefinitely
- NDIA Announces Annual SOFIC Conference Will Be Virtual
- Honeywell Appoints New Prez for Nuke-Weapon Parts Hub
- Woodward, Hexcel Call Off Merger Due To Coronavirus Impacts
- Civilian Nuke Assembly Site Confirms First COVID-19 Case
- Navy Commissions Latest Submarine, USS Delaware
- Army Completing Network CAPSET 21 Design Review By End Of April, Awarding Contracts Shortly After
- Electric Boat Chief Has COVID-19, Sub Builder ‘Dramatically’ Reducing Workers On Site
- Army Pauses Sending New Recruits To Basic Training Due To Pandemic
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Monday, April 6, 2020
- Defense Watch: Space Symposium Moves To Halloween, First Production SkyGuardian, KC-46 Upgrade
- Army Not Expecting Major Modernization Delays Due To Pandemic, Mitigating Near-Term Impacts
- Schiff Wants 9/11-Style Commission To Examine COVID-19 Readiness, Response
- To Cope With Commercial Crisis, Raytheon Technologies Will Transfer Some Workers To Defense
- SDA Soliciting Bids for First 20 Satellites in Mesh Network; Final RFP Expected in May
- Navy Awards HII $1.5 billion For LPD-31 Work, Accelerated For Pandemic
- Boeing Pauses Production At Philadelphia-Area Facility Due To Pandemic Impact
- Boeing Wins $85 Million Mod For Three More MQ-25A Stingrays
- Navy Awards Swiftships $50 Million In LCUs
- DoD Faces Avionics Terminal Challenges
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Friday, April 3, 2020
- Centrus Centrifuges Among First Projected DoE Work Delays Due to COVID-19
- U.S., Russia, Reduced Strategic Deployments Over Last Six Months, Latest New START Data Show
- Northrop Grumman Wins $404 Million For Two More E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes
- Boeing Offers Voluntary Layoff Plan And Sees Long Road For Aerospace
- Air Force, Boeing Find Path Forward to Fix Major KC-46 Deficiency
- Air Force to Release $882 Million in Previously Withheld KC-46 Funds to Boeing
- Eastern Shipbuilding Gets $343 Million For Second OPC, Long-Lead For Third
- Army Aims To Deliver 30 PrSM Missiles In FY ‘25, Extended Range Test Set For Early FY ‘22
- Army Completes Cohort Program To Find Autonomous Artillery Resupply Concepts
- Raytheon, L3Harris Each Receive $500 Million Ceiling IDIQ Air Force Contracts for Modems
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
- Navy Review Continues But COVID-19 Delays May Offset Savings
- Lockheed Awarded $4.7 Billion to Build 78 F-35 Aircraft
- Ohio Lawmakers Seek Guidance from Pentagon for Local Contractors
- Thompson Proposes Bipartisan Commission To Assess COVID-19 Readiness And Response
- Pentagon Soliciting 5G Prototype Proposals For Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Projects
- Raytheon Wins $641 Million To Modernize and Produce Maritime Tomahawks
- Lockheed Martin Receives $426 Million ATACMS Missile Deal From Army
- U.S. Must Enhance Arctic Influence On Broad Scale, CSIS Analysts Argue
- Goldfein: Air Force Undergoing ‘Reset’ to Protect Critical Missions During COVID-19
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
- Air Force Tacks Another Major Deficiency on KC-46 Program
- Air Force to Transfer 23 Missions, 1,840 Billets to Space Force
- Bath Iron Works Says Half Workforce Off, Adding Cleaning And Resources For Pandemic
- DHS Ends Cyber Vulnerability Testing Of Boeing 757-200
- Air Force to Begin Rapid Solicitation for Skyborg Program Soon
- L3Harris Readying For Army’s Integrated Tactical Network Evaluation, Exploring Interest In HF Radios
- Boeing Wins $1.55 Billion for 18 P-8As For U.S., New Zealand And South Korea
- DHS Creates Procurement Team For COVID-19 Response
- ModalAI’s VOXL Flight Offers US-Made Option for Small UAS Hardware Architecture
- ICE Awards Bode Contract For Rapid DNA Testing On Southwest Border
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
- Report Outlines COVID-19 Shipbuilding Risks, Looks At Congress Options
- Despite COVID-19, Officials Moving Forward with New Space Force Acquisition Plans
- Kansas City is Latest NNSA Facility to Expand Telework, Limit On-Site Personnel
- GPS III Ground System Upgrades Hit New Milestones
- HASC Announces FY ’21 NDAA Markup Delayed Due to COVID-19
- Oshkosh Receives $346.4 Million From Army To Recapitalize Heavy Truck Fleets
- HII Updates COVID-19 Cases: Five At Newport News, Seven At Ingalls
- Tech Industry Groups Express Concerns With Pentagon’s New CMMC Cyber Standards
- State Department Approves $194 Million Deal With South Korea For F-16 Upgrades
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Monday, March 30, 2020
- Defense Watch: USAF Acquisitions On Track, COVID-19 Bill, Space Fence IOC
- Marine Corps May Shift At Least $12 Billion Toward Future Force Design Efforts
- Lockheed Martin Advancing $50 Million To Suppliers As Part Of Virus Response
- ABMS-Developed Tech Could Help Military Telecommute During COVID-19
- MDA Awards First Multi-Year Contract As Raytheon Wins $2 Billion For SM-3 IB
- DoJ Blesses UTC, Raytheon Merger But Requires UTC To Divest Space Optical Business
- Gulf Island Shipyards Wins $130 Million For Two T-ATS Ships
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
- Geurts Says Navy Accelerating Contract Awards To Help Industry During COVID-19
- Rocket Lab Pauses Launch Prep for NASA, NRO-Packed Missions Due to COVID-19
- No Major Impacts To Industry Workforce From Pandemic So Far, Lord Says
- SASC Transitions to ‘Paper Hearings’ During Coronavirus Pandemic
- Navy Confirms LSE Postponed Due To COVID-19; No Decision On RIMPAC
- Raytheon Out Of Army’s Precision Strike Missile Competition
- Army Selects Sikorsky, Bell To Build Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Prototypes
- Lockheed Martin Wins $933 Million U.S./Saudi THAAD Mod
- DoD Using ‘Heat Map’ To Monitor Supply Chain; Creates Portal To Assess Industry Health
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
- Worker at DoE Nuke Production Site Has COVID-19
- L3Harris To Sell Electro-Optical Business Unit To American Holoptics
- Hyundai Hires Scott Drennan, Former Bell Vice President of Innovation, for Air Taxi Project
- Coast Guard Awards Eight OPC Study Contracts
- BAE Systems Receives $339 Million Full-Rate Production Order From Army For M109A7 Howitzers
- Second GPS III Satellite Declared Ready for Military Use
- Raytheon Nabs $392 Million Mod For More AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles
- Navy Anticipating COVID-19 Will Impact Shipyards But No Effects Yet
- Amazon Opposes Pentagon’s Proposed Plan To Correct JEDI Cloud Solicitation
- Marine Corps’ 2030 Redesign Plan Eliminates Tank Battalions, Boosts Investments In Long-Range Fires, Unmanned Systems