Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
- Appropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
- Trump Appoints DHS Cyber Policy Chief To Cyber Job At CISA
- NAVAIR Declares CH-53K Engines Issues Solved
- Congress Allows FFG(X) Foreign Sourcing But Requires Domestic Parts Study
- Oshkosh Receives $804 Million JLTV Order, Includes 30 Vehicles To Montenegro
- Senate to Vote Thursday on FY ’20 Approps Bills
- BAE Systems Awarded $249 Million M109A7 Howitzer Order As Program Nears Full-Rate Production Decision
- DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force Begins Effort To Demonstrate Strong Best Practices
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
- GBSD Gets Full Funding, One String Attached, In 2020 Budget Bill
- National Security Minibus Spending Bill Funds Extra F-35s, F-15s for Air Force
- Leidos To Acquire Advanced Technology Company Dynetics For $1.7 Billion
- Defense Spending Bill Takes Out Sub And Adds Amphibs
- House Passes FY ’20 Natsec Minibus With $738 Billion in Defense Spending, Space Force
- Lawmakers Reduce Army’s Funds For OMFV, Restore CH-47 Block II Production Dollars
- Budget Has Clue About Warhead for Possible Nuclear Tipped Sea Launched Cruise Missile
- DARPA Director To Step Down In January
- FY ’20 NDAA Passes Senate with Trump Ready to Sign
- Arsenault To Take Top Job At BAE’s U.S.-Based Company Next Year
- CISA’s Cyber Security Budget Boosted In National Security Bill
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
- Final B-52 Re-Engine RFP Expected Early 2020, Contract Award to Come in 2021
- Upcoming Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification
- Congressional Appropriators Agree To Curtail Wall Funding; Back 12th NSC
- Coast Guard Plans Release Of OPC Industry Studies RFP On Friday
- House Passes 5G Supply Chain Security Bill, Includes Reimbursement Program
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Monday, December 16, 2019
- Defense Watch: Lone GBSD Bid, Space Fence, Columbia Margin
- SMC Commander: ‘Integration’ in Space Will Be Key Challenge in 2020
- Bell Invictus to Offer Army ‘Lower-Risk Path’ to FARA Capabilities
- Counter-UAS Market Expanding Rapidly As Leaders Push for Near-Term Solutions
- Army Completes Successful Final Development Test With IBCS Ahead Of Operational Evaluations In 2020
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Friday, December 13, 2019
- McConnell Tees Up Senate NDAA Vote Early Next Week
- Air Force, DoD Test Prototype Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
- Air Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference
- Sullivan Plans Bill To Improve Coast Guard, Navy Cooperation In Arctic; Forms Coast Guard Caucus
- Pentagon Agrees To Sell 12 Helicopters To Czech Republic For $640 Million
- IDSS Nabs Top Prize In Opioid Detection Challenge
- Rocket Lab to Launch Air Force Payload as Inaugural Mission from U.S. Launch Site
- New ICBM Warhead Will Lose Some Features to Pay for Overruns on Other Nukes
- DoD CIO Details Plans To Stand Up Initial JEDI Cloud By Mid-February, New AI Efforts In 2020
- Army Selects Five Units To Test Offerings For Shadow Drone Replacement Program
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Thursday, December 12, 2019
- House Passes FY ’20 NDAA; HASC Defends ‘Bipartisan, Essential’ Authorization Bill
- Air Force Plans to Move $9 Billion Worth of Space Systems to New Space Force in 2021
- Centauri Acquires Companies To Strengthen Positions In Space, Cyber, PNT
- DISA Awards Leidos Potential $6.5 Billion Deal To Continue Network Support Work
- DHS CWMD Office Stepping Up Stakeholder Outreach On Next-Generation Biodetection System
- Lockheed Martin Completes Successful First Test Of PrSM Missile Offering For Army
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
- Air Force Space Command to Become U.S. Space Force in FY ’20 NDAA
- Schultz Encouraged By Industry Interest In OPC Recompete
- Authorizers Call for More Details on Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter Program
- Final Version Of NDAA Urges Pentagon To Move Faster On 5G Development
- Pentagon Meeting With Microsoft This Week To Discuss Initial JEDI Cloud Work
- Defense Bill Directs Defense Department To Establish Strategic Port In Arctic
- Lord Details Roll-Out Of Acquisition Reform Efforts, New Cyber Contracting Standards In Coming Months
- Defense Authorizers Direct Increased Oversight of F-35 Upgrades
- GBSD Evades Funding Blockade in NDAA, Gets Saddled With New Reporting Reqs
- Bell-Boeing Deliver First Modified MV-22 Osprey to Marines
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
- Congress Gearing Up to Pass FY ’20 NDAA This Week, Will Include Space Force
- $1 Billion Market for North American Drones Opens Due to Government Restrictions, Draganfly CEO Says
- Compromise NDAA Won’t ‘Restrict’ DoE Plutonium Plans, Lawmaker Says
- Bipartisan Council Urges Stronger Federal Role In Helping Private Sector Counter Cyber Threats
- DHS Continues to Warn Private Industry Against Using Foreign-Made Drones
- Pentagon Has Saved $5 Billion From Fourth Estate Review Process, Esper Says
- GD Announces Leadership Change At Land Systems Business
- Retired Navy Rear Admiral, POTUS Physician Running for Thornberry’s House Seat
- Pentagon Details Two Additional 5G Test Programs For Virtual Reality, ‘Smart Warehouses’
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Monday, December 9, 2019
- Defense Watch: 2021 Budget, Laser Experiments, Rocket Lab Launch
- CNO: FSA To Be Ongoing, Unclear On Future Fleet And After F-35C
- TSA Planning Additional Checkpoint Biometric Evaluations
- Army Holding Second Adaptive Squad Architecture Industry Day In January
- L3Harris Receives $50 Million AN/PRC-160 Radio Order From Marine Corps
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Friday, December 6, 2019
- SASC Member Urges DoD Leaders To Invest More In Logistics
- Negotiations Ongoing For NDAA As Clock Ticks Toward 2020
- While Navy Looks At CR Anomalies, Marines Expect None
- Former Army Acquisition Official Urges Caution On Current Rapid Prototyping Plan
- Plan For TSA To Lead Federal Counter Drone Operations At Airports ‘Unlawful,’ Hill Aide Says
- Acting Army Under Secretary Jim McPherson Nominated For Permanent Role
- BAE Systems Moves Into Aircraft Electrification, Signs MoU With Jaunt Air Mobility