Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, March 22, 2019
- Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Coaxial Helicopter Lifts Off
- New 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Sets Cap at 355 Ships
- Polar Security Cutter Contract Will Be Awarded This Spring, Commandant Says
- ScanEagle A ‘Game Changer’ For Coast Guard; Schultz Accelerating Fielding Of UAS
- Dunford Calls Turkey F-35 Delivery ‘A Tough Issue,’ Meeting With Google Next Week To Discuss China
- AFRL to Begin Testing High Power Microwave Weapon Programs
- Bell Teams With Rolls Royce For Propulsion of Advanced Tiltrotors
- Second GPS III Satellite Arrives in Florida for Projected July Launch
- DARPA Intends to Meet Goals of ALIAS Program This Year
- AM General Receives $89 Million To Deliver 739 Humvees For Army National Guard
- Boeing Wins $4 Billion Contract For 78 Super Hornets
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
- HASC Member Cooper Says FY ’20 Defense Topline Likely to be $733 Billion
- Navy To ‘Burn The Boats’ With Laser For Destroyer In 2021, Needs Bigger LSC For Lasers
- CISA Seeks Level Funding For Cyber Security In Budget Request
- HASC Strategic Forces Chair: ‘Prospects Could Hardly Be Brighter’ for Space Force
- SAIC Says Keene Assuming CEO Duties Immediately, Eliminating COO Position To Flatten Structure
- Lockheed Martin Top Spokeswoman Resigns For Job At UnitedHealth
- Boeing Names Head Of Joint Ventures With Embraer
- Israel And MDA Conduct David’s Sling Intercept Tests
- Lockheed Martin’s New SmartSat Venture Looks To Update Satellites Like Smartphones
- DoD IG Opens Investigation Into Shanahan’s Potential Conflicts Of Interest With Boeing
- BAE Systems To Demo Autonomous Air Operations Planning Tool For Final Phase Of DARPA Program
- Serbia Orders Three Airbus H215 Super Pumas
- White House Will Nominate Former Delta Air Lines Executive to Head FAA
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
- Air Force Projects Spending $648 Million on Advanced Battle Management System Over Five Years
- Navy Budget Pushes Large Surface Combatant RFP To 2024, Lays Out Schedule
- Curtiss-Wright Acquires Tactical Data Link Software Company
- New Mexico Lawmakers Want New Space Development Agency in State
- GD Gets Another $2 Billion For More Virginia Submarine Long-Lead Materials
- Army Budget Kickstarts Future Drone Development to Replace RQ-7 Shadow
- Army May Face Trade-Off Between CH-47F, Block II and AH-64E New Builds
- Army Stretching AMPV Program, Planning To Reduce FY ’21 Buy From 204 To 143 Vehicles
- DoD Plans to Spend $6.6 Billion on F-35 Continuing Development Through 2024
- At 30, Osprey Matures Beyond Controversy to Become Most Sought-After U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
- Gryphon Acquires Schafer From Belcan
- Coast Guard Budget Request Begins Transition To Acquiring Two OPCs Annually
- Army To Award Two Prototype Contracts In FY ’20 For Next-Gen Squad Weapon Fire Control
- Air Force FY ’20 RDT&E Budget Includes $171 Million for Huey Replacement Program
- French MoD Calls for European Defense Industry Consolidation, Pushes Back on U.S. Arms Sales
- Navy Releases Report Detailing Widespread Data Losses To Cyber Attacks
- Navy FY ’20 Budget Lays Out Frigate Schedule And Costs
- HASC Member Urges Trump to Locate New Space Command in Louisiana
- AW159 Wildcat Helicopter Helps Royal Navy Net Record Drug Busts
- Qinetiq Receives $165 Million To Deliver Army’s First Small Ground Robot
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Monday, March 18, 2019
- Defense Watch: 7th KC-46 Delivered, Risky C-130 Props, Cyber vs Nuke
- Air Force Exploring AI Pilots with New Skyborg Concept
- Navy Cuts Ship To Shore Connectors Amid Delays
- DoD Working Normalize Cyber Security Support For Homeland, Rapuano Says
- No Nunn-McCurdy Breach on CH-47F Block II ‘To My Knowledge,’ McCarthy Says
- State Department Approves $107 Million Deal With Spain For Amphibious Assault Vehicles
- Raytheon Awarded $403 Million For Three AMDR LRIP Units
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Friday, March 15, 2019
- Air Force Seeking Munitions for the ‘High-End Fight’ in FY ’20 Budget Request
- 2020 Budget Delays Large Surface Combatant Amid New Tech
- Second Defense Audit Underway With Focus On Inventory, IT, Property, DoD Finance Chief Says
- McCarthy: Army Cutting JLTV Program By $800 Million, 1,900 Vehicles
- Navy Budget Plan Delays Buy of Amphibious Ships
- Navy Issues RFI For LUSV, Using Ghost Fleet Overlord Program
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
- Army’s Legacy System Cuts Move Future Weapon Systems Towards Procurement By Middle Of FYDP
- HASC Chair Floats Cuts for GBSD, Extension for Minuteman III
- Army to Trim CH-47 Upgrades by 10 percent, McCarthy says
- House Panels Passes Democratic Bill Repealing DHS Waiver Authority For Border Wall
- Air Force to Buy Up to Six Light Attack Aircraft in FY’20, Continue Experimenting
- New Space Development Agency to Focus on Space-Based Sensor Layer
- Navy Pushing 10 Unmanned Ships Over Five Years
- Fight Against Russian Interference In 2018 Elections A Model For Future Engagement, Nakasone Says
- CNO: Truman Sidelined For Future Technology Investments
- Army Reducing JLTV To Fund Modernization Priorities
- State Department Approves $240m AMRAAM Sale to Australia
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
- Air Force Requests New Aircraft, Advanced Tech R&D in FY ’20 Budget Proposal
- Pentagon Investing Billions in Space Systems in FY ’20 Budget Request
- 2020 MDA Budget Request Delays RKV By Two Years, Delaying New GBIs
- Army’s $182.3 Billion FY ’20 Budget Request Includes Legacy System Cuts To Fund Modernization
- HASC Chair Wouldn’t Stake Modernization on Arms Control Deal
- 2020 Navy Budget Requests 12 More Ships, Two Unmanned Vessels, And Cancels Truman
- GAO Finds Agencies Miscategorizing IT Positions Of Federal Workforce
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- FY ’20 Budget Summary Includes $750 Billion Topline, Funding for New Ships, Fighter Aircraft
- Trump Proposes Spending Hike For DHS, Emphasizing Border And Immigration Security
- Lawmakers, Analysts Critique Trump’s Proposed FY ’20 Defense Budget
- DoE Seeks $16.5B for Nukes in 2020; Includes More Low-Yield Warhead Work
- Oshkosh Receives $23.6 Million To Recapitalize 48 Heavy Tactical Trucks For National Guard
- Keene To Succeed Moraco As SAIC’s Chief This Summer
- White House Requests $150 Million In FY ’20 Budget For Technology Modernization Fund
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Monday, March 11, 2019
- Defense Watch: Icebreaker Funding, More Iron Domes, F-22 Base, New AFSOC
- Air Force Secretary to Resign, Become University President
- Sierra Nevada Will Upgrade Old Alpha-Model Black Hawks on the Cheap
- Rheinmetall Joins Potential $10 Billion Competition To Deliver Australia’s Next Armored Fighting Vehicle