Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, Mary 12, 2020
- Wicker Seeks Stakeholder Feedback On TSA Budget And Operations
- Industrial Policy Required To Boost Investments in Basic Research Projects, Biden Adviser Says
- Fincantieri Works With Gibbs & Cox On FFG(X), Others Disappointed
- National Ignition Facility Experiments Have Resumed, DoE Says
- Two More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at DoE HQ
- Senate Armed Services Committee Wants to Pass NDAA By July 4
- DoD OIG Evaluating Navy’s Response To COVID-19 On Ships
- DoD Awards ForAllSecure $45 Million For New Tool To Detect Weapon System Cyber Security Flaws
- Boeing, GKN Extend Partnership On Military Aircraft Components
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Monday, May 11, 2020
- Defense Watch: Lighter Amphibs, Rocket Lab Update, FMS Fees
- Armed Services Lawmakers Largely Slam FCC Ligado Decision, But Next Steps Unclear
- Northrop Grumman Leads NGI Bid With Raytheon, Will Use RKV Lessons
- SecNav Nominee Suggests Unmanned Ships Can Take Missile Defense Mission
- Global Supply Chain Concerns A Focus Of DHS Panel Reviewing Economic Security
- Lockheed Martin Expects To Deliver First F-Model Javelin Missiles To The Army This Fall
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Friday, May 8, 2020
- SecNav Nominee Supports 355+ Ships, Second Attack Sub, Block Buys
- Thornberry Wants Maxed Out NDAA Funds, With COVID-19 Top-Off
- RTC Doesn’t Offer 2020 Outlook Due To COVID Uncertainty But Says Defense Remains Strong
- Navy Nuke Propulsion Builder Sees Second Virginia-Class Support
- Sandia Rad-Hardened Electronics Lab Reopens After Deep Cleaning From COVID-19 Case
- Next ABMS Demo Pushed to August Timeframe, to Focus on Space-Related Scenario
- Air Force Chief of Staff Nominee: Service to Better Incorporate Industry, Academia to Speed Hypersonic Programs
- Strong Shipbuilding Performance, Pension Tailwind Boost Huntington Ingalls But Virus Impacts Coming
- Air Force Expanding AI Predictive Maintenance Tools To 16 Aircraft Series By End Of 2020
- Amazon Has Filed A New JEDI Cloud Protest Directly With The Pentagon
- State Department Approves $2.3 Billion Apache Helicopter Deal With Egypt, $556 Million MRAP Sale With UAE
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
- Navy Projects Up to 30 New Light Amphibs, Single Selection
- Army’s Future Vertical Lift Transition May Leave Smaller Suppliers Vulnerable, CSIS Report Says
- Air Transport Customers Want ‘Touchless’ Experience For Agents, Travelers, Krone Says
- Xator Acquires Government Solutions Provider InCadence
- X-37B Space Plane’s Next Launch Scheduled for Mid-May
- AMERGINT Acquires Space Technology Company Tethers Unlimited
- Geurts Replacing PEO EIS With Two Offices
- Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Complete Production Of First F-Model Javelin Missile
- Pentagon To Release First Spectrum Strategy Within Next Two Months
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
- Esper: Likely Flat Budgets Will Lead To More Legacy Cuts In The Near-Term
- Bridenstine: NASA Committed to Boeing-Built Space Launch System
- L3Harris Posts Higher Sales, Income In First Quarter
- Leidos Posts Mixed Results In First Quarter; Lowers Profit Outlook On Covid Impacts
- Defense Secretary Urges FCC To Overturn Approval Of Ligado’s 5G Network Plan, Cites GPS Risks
- Trump Admin Nominates New State Dept. Arms Control Chief
- NASA Partnering with Space Force for Asteroid Tracking, Protective Defense
- Navy Pushing Small Business Awards For Pandemic
- BWX Technologies Cites Strong First-Quarter Earnings
- Navy Remotely Tests C/KC-130T Avionics Software Fixes
- Will Open-Source Development Help the Pentagon Fight Back Against DJI?
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
- Esper Sees Long-Term ‘New Normal’ For DoD Under Pandemic, Addresses Supply Chain And Funding Concerns
- Leidos Completes $1 Billion Acquisition Of L3Harris’ Detection And Automation Businesses
- Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Partner For NGI
- Trump Nominates Retired Army Three Star to Become Next Ambassador to Ukraine
- BAE Closes Acquisition Of Raytheon Technologies’ Airborne Tactical Radio Business
- Livermore Tightening On-Site COVID-19 Protocols as Workers Trickle Back
- AFA Plans Annual Air, Space, Cyber Symposium to Take Place in Fall
- Eastern Shipbuilding Begins Construction Of First OPC
- Army Taps Silvus Technologies For Radios To Support IVAS
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Monday, May 4, 2020
- Defense Watch: COVID Delays, DDG-1002, SASC Hearings, OPC
- Navy Lays Out Frigate Cost And Schedule, Follow-On Ships Below Target Cost
- Sabrewing Unveils Prototype ‘Rhaegal-A’ Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft
- Northrop Grumman Developing New Gateway Translator for Air Force’s ABMS Program
- Trump Moves To Secure U.S. Bulk-Power System From Cyber Attacks
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $6 Billion In PAC-3 MSE Missiles And Equipment
- Army Expecting Supply Chain Challenges For ‘Months And Months Ahead’
- Drone Likely First to Receive Neuromorphic Computing Under U.S. Air Force Effort
- Lockheed Martin Joins GPS Innovation Alliance
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Friday, May 1, 2020
- Fincantieri Wins $795 Million Contract For Hotly-Contested FFG(X) Frigates
- Roper: ‘In a Perfect World,’ Launch Services Procurement Program Would Have Three Vendors
- CACI Posts Strong Third Quarter Despite COVID-19 Dent
- Former NNSA Head Says New START Lapse Could Sap Hill Support Nukes
- Lockheed Martin Likely to Support LRSO With Sensors, Nuclear Certification
- Pentagon Urges Prime Contractors To Continue Pushing Cash Flow To Vulnerable Partners In Supply Chain
- Lockheed Martin Conducts Third Successful Demo Of PrSM Offering, Army Finalizing Deal For Next Phase
- State Department Approves $2 Billion In Philippines Helicopter Sales
- Navy Hosting Limited RIMPAC With At-Sea Events Only Due To Pandemic
- U.S. Navy Requests Increase for Development of MQ-4C Triton SIGINT Package
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
- LRSO Might Be Early, Top Air Force Nuke General Says
- Northrop Grumman Opens 2020 With Higher Sales, Earnings; Lowers Guidance Due To Pandemic
- Navy Pushed $600 Million Into Shipbuilding Industry Base For Pandemic Response
- COVID-19 Impacts Hit GD’s First Quarter Results On Delayed Aircraft Deliveries
- Air Force Seeks Sources for New Hypersonic Scramjet Program
- HASC Chair: More Funding for DoD Should Not Be Priority in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Bills
- Boeing Swings To Loss In First Quarter As COVID Slams Company; KC-46 Suffers More Charges
- ‘Decent Shot’ Congress Addresses Recommendation To Reestablish Executive Cyber Positions, Langevin Says
- L3Harris Receives $95 Million From Army To Continue Delivering Software-Defined Manpack Radios
- Leonardo DRS Wins Up To $462 Million Contract In Future Ship Combat System Equipment
- Lockheed Martin Receives $75 Million To Continue Work On Army EW Pod Program
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
- Navy Works To Accelerate Aircraft Engines Buys Amid Commercial Slowdown
- Analysts: Defense Downturn Looming, Wave of Company Consolidation on Horizon
- Agility Prime: Air Force Opens Two More Challenges for Electric Air Taxis
- Low-Yield Warhead Eliminates Need for Nuclear Buildup, State Says
- U.S. Restricting Exports Of Civilian Technology For Military End Use By Adversaries
- ONR Announces $30 Million In Small Business Funding, Plans $250 Million Over 90 Days
- W88 Alt-370 Milestone Has Pantex Closer to ‘Rate Production’