Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
- DoD IG Finds Pentagon Conducted JEDI Procurement Fairly, Inconclusive On Potential White House Interference
- Air Force F-15 Fleet Testing New Electronic Warfare System
- Leidos Ready For NGEN After Protest
- Nuclear Fuel Services Reports COVID-19 Cases
- Eyeing Economic Rebound, Trump Includes Defense Leaders As Part Of Revival
- U.S. Issues Alert On North Korean Cyber Security Threat
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
- Air Force Announces Virtual Kickoff for Agility Prime’s ‘Air Race to Certification’
- Pentagon Behind On Several Cyber Hygiene Initiatives, GAO Finds
- Congress to Remain on Recess Through Early May
- State Department Approves $62 Million Deal With Morocco For Harpoon Missiles
- Report For DoD Says BioThreat Requirement Demands Full-Time Interagency Attention
- NAVSEA Creates New Cyber Engineering Directorate After Recent Issues
- DoD IG To Audit Navy P-8s And Airborne Support to Nuclear Command and Control
- Army Soliciting Industry Input On Mission System Offerings For FARA
- DoD Travel Restriction to Be Extended, Pentagon to Conduct Post-COVID-19 Review
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- Barr Issues Guidance Enabling Justice Department To Exercise Counter-Drone Authorities
- One Nuke Lab Starts Self-Testing Workers; Another Could Follow This Week
- Pentagon Rapidly Rolling Out Teleworking Capabilities To Meet Massive Demand
- DoE Headquarters COVID-19 Cases Rise to Eight
- Navy To Buy 30 Hammerhead Mines, Holds Virtual Industry Day
- State Department Approves $155 Million In P-8I Weapons For India
- Boeing Reopens Washington State Facilities with Extra COVID-19 Precautions
- COVID-19 Crisis Demonstrates Coast Guard’s Need For Modernized IT, Schultz Says
- Army Awards $21 Million To Research Innovations Inc. For Cyber Threat Awareness Tool
- Space Force Awards VOX Space $35 Million Launch Services Contract
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Monday, April 13, 2020
- Defense Watch: No More Paper Hearings, Markup Update, Arsenal Plane
- Army Plans To Award ‘Digital Design’ Deals For OMFV At End Of FY’ 21, Production Contract In FY ‘27
- DoD to Continue Payments to Contractors Off Work Due to COVID-19
- Army Seeking Ventilator Concepts To Assist In Pandemic Response
- Philly Shipyard Selected To Build Nation Security Multi-Mission Vessel
- NNSA Production Sites Hunker Down Amid COVID-19 Crisis; No Workforce-wide Testing
- DHS To Rapidly Test, Field New Products To Combat Virus
- General Atomics to Open Spacecraft Development, Test Factory in Colorado
- State Department Approves $675 Million In South Korea F-35 Support
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Friday, April 10, 2020
- Pentagon Adjusts FY ‘22 Budget Reviews To Allow More Personnel To Work From Home During Pandemic
- Air Force’s Bomber Fleet Could Get Larger, More Lethal, Global Strike Command Leader Says
- Lockheed Martin Further Accelerating Supplier Payments
- South Carolina Nuke Weapons Work Moving to New Contract
- Army Starts First Soldier Assessment For Shadow Drone Replacement Program
- Huntington Ingalls Starts Building DDG-128
- Intelligence Community Can Delay Acquisition, Development Efforts During Crisis, ODNI Says
- Maxar Completes Sale Of MDA To Private Equity Firm
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
- HASC Chairman Calls for More Defense Contractor Aid in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package
- Marine Corps Seeking Industry Input On Mobile Air Defense Systems For JLTVs
- Space Force Delays Next GPS III Launch in Response to COVID-19
- Energy Dept. HQ Employee Dies of COVID-19
- DHS Awards MITRE $862 Million To Continue Providing Technical Expertise
- ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin React to COVID-19 Cases Among Employees
- Modly Replaced As Navy Secretary By The Army Undersecretary, Geurts Is Now Top Navy Civilian
- Commercial Drone Market (Finally) Ready to Grow, New Industry Report Says
- Cyber Hackers And Criminals Exploiting Pandemic, U.S., U.K. Agencies Warn
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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