Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, November 4, 2019
- Defense Watch: New BAE Spox, STRATCOM Confirmed, HASC Member Departs, Sen Warren on OCO, Ford Finishes PSA
- Army Selects GD, QinetiQ And Textron To Submit RCV-Medium Prototype Proposals
- Four Companies Win Prototype Hypersonic Tracking Contracts
- PAE Going Public After Acquisition By Investment Bank
- Air Force Set to Hold 11 Pitch Days Through End of 2019
- Air Force to Submit Revised Space C2 Strategy to Pentagon in November
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Friday, November 1, 2019
- Defense Innovation Board Approves New Ethical Guidelines For Military AI
- Army Selects GD For Program To Supply Ground Robots To Carry Soldiers’ Equipment
- Senate Dems Filibuster Motion to Proceed on Minibus that Includes Defense Spending
- Navy Reconsidering CVN-79 Two-Phase Carrier Delivery
- Senate Panel Plans To Markup DHS Cyber Security Subpoena Bill
- SSN-791 Submarine Delivered To The Navy
- LHA-7 Finishes Acceptance Trials
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
- L3Harris Opens With Strong Third Quarter; Raises Earnings Outlook
- CBO: Future Constrained Budgets. Rising O&M Costs to Continue to Impact DoD Procurement
- Agility Prime: Air Force Hopes to Leverage Commercial Progress on ‘Air Taxi’ Vehicles
- Skinny NDAA Allows Starts on New DoE Defense Nuclear Programs
- SECNAV: Ford Issues Due To Cost Cap, Explains Timeline
- Navy Preparing For Year-Long CR
- State Department Approves $115 Million Deal With Croatia For Black Hawk Helicopters
- Marine Corps Awards BAE Systems $120 Million For Third ACV Low-Rate Production Order
- Democratic Senators Oppose Proposal To Allow DHS To Collect DNA From Migrants
- Bipartisan Bill Directs DHS Provide Cyber Help To Local Governments Switching To .Gov Domain
- Report: Air Force Should Pivot Toward Smaller, ‘Rebalanced’ Force That Will Require Tough Tradeoffs
- Pentagon’s Critical Technology Protection Task Force Working On New Data Security Measures
- U.S. Army in Final Stages of Developing EW Software Tool for Battle Management
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
- New F-35 Deal Lowers Aircraft Price 12.7 Percent Each
- Geurts: Ford Elevators Done By 18-Month Post-Delivery Trial End, New Team Working
- White House Didn’t Influence JEDI Cloud Contract Decision, Pentagon CIO Says
- Government Issues RFI For Homeland Air Domain Awareness And Protection
- Leidos Posts Strong Sales And Earnings In Third Quarter; Lifts Guidance
- State Department Approves $4.5 Billion F-15J Upgrade Deal With Japan
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
- Amazon ‘Evaluating Its Options’ After Losing DoD’s JEDI Cloud, Analysts Predicting A Protest
- Acting Space Development Agency Director Named as Official Leader
- Navy Says Current Funding Only Supports 310 Ships
- U.S. Special Forces Utilized JASSMs, Hellfires In Successful Raid Of ISIS Leader’s Compound
- USS McCain Back At Sea After Finishing Repairs
- X-37B Space Plane Lands Back on Earth after Over Two Years in Orbit
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Monday, October 28, 2019
- Defense Watch: Bipartisan AI, Boeing Adds Former CNO to Board, Another HASC Departure, X-37
- Air Force Issues Final RFP to Procure Several Light Attack Aircraft By Year’s End
- Ford Back To Sea Trials After 15-Month PSA
- STRATCOM Chief Designate Tells Senators DoE Pit Plan Has ‘Issues’
- House Committee Passes Bill Preventing DHS from Buying Chinese Drones
- Lockheed Martin Working On ‘Human-Machine’ Optimization Sensor Technology
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Friday, October 25, 2019
- Air Force RCO: December 2021 ‘Earliest’ Target Date for B-21 First Flight
- Northrop Grumman Sees No Impact To GBSD Acquisition Strategy Despite FTC Review
- Sales Up, Earnings Down In Northrop Grumman’s Third Quarter; Raises Earnings Outlook
- Raytheon Pegs LTAMDS Franchise At $20 Billion Or More
- Raytheon Delivers Strong Third Quarter Results; Raises Guidance For Sales, Earnings
- SASC Member Presses STRATCOM Head Nominee on RKV Cancellation
- Federal Supply Chain Council Moving Ahead On Advising DHS, DoD On Risk Assessments
- Navy Plans MUUV Draft RFP By End Of Year
- House Armed Services Chair Puts Long Odds On Blocking Low-Yield Nuke
- DHS Working With OMB On Potential New Vulnerability Disclosure Policy For Federal Agencies
- Submarines Taking the Lead in Future Mines, Accelerated Acquisition For New System
- HAC-D Member Ryan Pulls Out Of 2020 Democratic Presidential Race
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
- SASC Chair Prepping ‘Skinny’ NDAA in Event of Failure to Approve Conference Bill
- Air Force Approves KC-46 Tanker Program for IOT&E Phase
- GD Reports Strong Third Quarter Results On Broad Strength
- 737 MAX Woes Weigh Down Boeing In Third Quarter; Defense Turns A Profit
- Northrop Grumman Stands Alone on GBSD After Air Force Cuts Funds for Boeing Contract
- Raytheon Announces Leaders For Consolidated Segments Under UTC Deal
- State Department Approves $150 Million Sale Of Reburbished FFG-49 To Bahrain
- Lockheed Martin To Divest Distributed Energy Services Business
- Pentagon Releasing Draft RFP In November For 5G Experimentation
- First GPS Satellite Connects to Lockheed-Built Ground Control Software Update
- Navy Needs Mine Countermeasures Speed From Industry
- Oshkosh Receives $159 Million Deal To Deliver FMTV Trucks To Israel
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
- Lockheed Martin Plows Forward With Strong Third Quarter
- House’s New Future Of Defense Task Force To Release Report Following Six-Month Tenure
- Esper Removes Himself From JEDI Cloud Review
- NAVSEA Commander: Truman Repairs Expected to Be Complete Within Weeks
- Cyber Security Experts Advocate For Stronger U.S. Government Role In Helping Private Sector
- Blue Origin Taps Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Draper for NASA Human Landing System
- Navy Officials Name New Civilian Sustainment Leader
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
- Army Selects Four Vendors To Submit RCV-Light Prototype Proposals
- DoD 5000 Update to Be Complete By End of 2019
- Elbit America’s Tech Demonstrator Shows Capabilities To Enable Reduced Crew Size, Autonomous Operations
- Justice Department Issues Proposed Rulemaking To Authorize DHS Collection Of DNA
- Air Force Awards $6.4 Billion Adversary Air Training Contract
- Sub Head Nominated To Lead STRATCOM
- 5th Fleet Hosts International Maritime Exercise