Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
- Army To Release Wanted Characteristics For Restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
- Dems Ask DoD to Explain W76-2 Use Plans, Effect on NNSA Complex
- Pentagon Policy Leader Rood to Step Down at Urging of President
- Aerospace And Defense Companies In Working Group To Improve Supply Chain Solutions
- Air Force Scoping Market Availability for New F-15 Radar Sources
- Modly Starts Navy Night Court-Style Review To Save $40 Billion
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
- Army Restores $200 Million In FY ’21 From 12 Programs Originally Included In ‘Night Court’ Cuts
- NNSA to Contract for More JASON Work by April
- BWX Technologies Reels in NNSA Reactor Component Contract for Carriers
- Fluor Nixes Planned Sale of Gov Biz, Including Civilian Nuke Contracts
- Taxes Trim Leidos’ Fourth Quarter Earnings Despite Strong Sales
- State Department: ‘Room to Reconcile’ on U.S.-Turkey F-35 Debacle
- Air Force Budget Request Includes $120 Million for U-2 Aircraft
- CISA Publishes Strategic Plan To Bolster 2020 Election Security
- Official: Army Will Require Budget Growth To Fund Modernization, In Addition To Night Court Savings
- Oshkosh Receives $407 Million JLTV Deal, As Army Announces Industry Day Eyeing Potential Program Adjustment
- Navy Renews $2.3 Billion H-60 Support Contract
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
- Defense Watch: GAO Protest, Air Force Leadership Moves
- McCarthy: Divestitures From Legacy Systems To Increase In Coming Years, Eyeing FY ‘22 For Major Decisions
- SASC Members Push for More Defensive Hypersonic Development Funds in FY ’21 Budget
- Navy Lays Out New LUSV Strategy Timeline, First Vessel Pushed To 2026
- Navy and Northrop Grumman To Study Integrating Weapons On MQ-8C
- Pentagon Wants To Ramp Up Investment in 5G
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Friday, February 14, 2020
- Pentagon Offers $3.8 Billion for Border Wall Request from FY ’20 Equipment Funds
- Army Details 20 Programs Cut, Reduced Or Delayed In FY ’21 Budget Request
- Pentagon and Military Service Budget Requests for AI May See Avionics Applications
- New Date Set for Final Advanced EHF Satellite Launch from Cape
- Lawmakers Slam Pentagon Request to Divert Military Equipment Funds to Border Wall
- Navy Request Outlines SSN(X) Next Sub Development
- Navy Ends Super Hornet Production After 2021, Redirects To Next Gen Fighter
- Planned W93 Warhead Will Contribute to new U.K. Nuke, DOD Officials Say
- Pentagon, Microsoft Ordered To Pause Work On JEDI Cloud While Court Considers Amazon’s Protest
- Petters Touts HII’s Position In Emerging Unmanned Space; Strong Growth Forecast
- Huntington Ingalls’ Sales Up, Profits Down In Fourth Quarter; Will Divest Oil And Gas Business
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
- Lawmakers Say Navy Budget Requests Too Few Ships and Subs
- HASC Minority Leader Concerned Over Reduced Basic Research Funds in FY ’21 Request
- Cyber Funding Nearly Flat In Pentagon’s $9.8 Billion Request
- Ship Repair Company Titan Acquisition Acquires Huntington Ingalls’ San Diego Yard
- Critical Design Review Complete for New ‘Fully Digital’ GPS Payload
- Army’s Rapid Technologies Office Holding Second Pitch Event This Week
- Delayed Poland Aegis Ashore Site Needs Two More Years
- Savannah River Pit Plant Design to be Finished by End of June
- MDA Cuts Pacific Radar Sensor, Starting INDOPACOM Sensor Study
- House Panel Advances Cyber, Border Security, DHS Acquisition Bills
- Federal Technology Services Provider Applied Insight Acquires DAE
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
- Air Force Advanced Battle Management System FYDP Projection Jumps from Millions to Billions
- Army’s $13.5 Billion ‘Night Court’ Savings In Budget Request Includes Adjustments To JLTV, AMPV
- MDA Rolls Out Interceptor Schedule, Lessons Learned From RKV Failure
- Proposed W93 Warhead Would Be Rapidly Upgradable, Serviceable by Navy
- After Slips, First Versions of Refurbed Nukes Coming in 2022, 2021
- House Passes Bills For Drone And Port Security
- After Leidos Win On NGEN, Initial Focus Is On Transition
- Navy Pushes Back Frigate Schedule To Avoid LCS Issues
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Third GPS III Satellite to Space Force Ahead of April Launch
- NASA Aeronautics Budget Sees 4.5 Percent Boost, Funding Aircraft Electrification Research
- LANL, LLNL Directors Won’t Say Who’d Own W93 Sea-Based Warhead; Hint at Competition
- Boeing Super Hornets Receiving Block III Upgrades
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
- Less Procurement, More R&D Dollars in $705 Billion Defense-Wide Budget Request
- Air Force FY ’21 Request Includes More F-35s, F-15X Fighters, Helicopters
- DHS Outlines Requirements For Hybrid Cloud Environment
- Army Details $178 Billion FY ’21 Budget Request, Boosts Funds For Modernization Programs
- Trump Administration Trims CISA’s Cyber Security Request
- Navy Budget Request Down $4 Billion For Eight Ships, Plans To Retire First Four LCSs
- Lockheed Martin Nabs Another $348 Million For F-35 Long-Lead Materials
- New DoE Secretary Backs Big Budget Increase for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Programs in 2021
- New Space Force Requests $15 Billion in FY ’21 in ‘Critical First Step’ to Combat Threats
- Coast Guard Budget Seeks Funds For Second Icebreaker, Additional Offshore Patrol Cutters
- Air Force FY ’21 Budget Request to Retire Over 100 Legacy Aircraft to Fund New Multi-Domain Tech
- State Department Approves $1.9 Billion Deal With India For Integrated Air Defense Weapon System
- Amazon Seeking Testimony From Trump, Esper In JEDI Cloud Contract Legal Challenge
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Monday, February 10, 2020
- Defense Watch: Personnel Moves, SDA Funding, F-35 Spares, G/ATOR
- Army Restarts Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Prototype Search
- DOT&E Report Calls Out Ongoing F-35 Software Deficiencies
- Private Equity Firm AE Industrial Partners Acquires American Pacific
- Airbus Files Protest Against Leonardo’s Navy Trainer Helo Win
- State Department Approves $990 Million Deal With Australia For 200 LRASMs
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Friday, February 7, 2020
- Esper: DoD Review Found $7 Billion For Higher Priorities, Calls For Return To 3-5% Budget Growth
- Department of Energy Warns of Possible Delay Delivering Nuclear Weapon Components
- CISA Has Expanded Election Security Efforts But National Strategy For 2020 Lacking, GAO Warns
- CBP Not Finding Demographic Bias In Use Of Face Recognition, Official Says
- Space Force Legislative Proposal Due Feb. 20, Space Policy Official Says
- Raytheon Excalibur S Munition Passes Navy Test
- SAIC Acquiring Unisys Federal To Better Position For Government IT Modernization
- Space Fence Radar System Set for IOC in Early 2020
- Leidos Wins $7.7 Billion Navy NGEN-R IT Contract
- U.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17 and C-130H Avionics As Supplier Base for Legacy Systems Falls
- Boeing Delivers First Upgraded Super Hornet To Navy
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Thursday, February 6, 2020
- Federal Agencies Partner To Improve Cyber Security Cooperation In Energy Sector
- Bedingfield Departing As Northrop Grumman CFO; Former CSRA Finance Chief Will Succeed
- Air Force Tests Minuteman III Missile One Year From Expiration of New START
- NTS-3 Satellite PNT Program Passes Preliminary Design Review
- Coast Guard Revising Schedule For First Polar Security Cutter, GAO Says
- Marine Corps Orders Additional G/ATOR Radars From Northrop Grumman
- Ford Finishes Aircraft Compatibility Testing
- DOT&E Reports MQ-8C Fire Scout Not Operationally Effective
- Army Readying Final RFP For Infantry Squad Vehicle, Production Award Set For June