Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
- House’s 2020 ‘Minibus’ Bill Heads to Senate on Party Line Vote
- Proposed House Spending Bill Whacks Next-Gen ICBMs, Bans Low Yield Nuke, Keeps Naval Reactor Research Alive
- Air Force Continues to Consider What Comes After KC-46
- Navy Finishes Flight Tests For RAM Upgrade
- Navy Experimenting With MCM On ESBs This Summer
- Senate Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Nominations, Counter Drone Bill
- Trump: Esper ‘Most Likely’ Will Be Nominated for Defense Secretary
- Boeing Moving Space And Launch HQ To Florida
- ACC, AFSOC to Hone Light Attack Experiment Plan, Targeting Fall Completion
- Senate Panel Hears About Supply Chain Security Risks From China’s Dominance Of Small Drone Market
- Bell Aims at Increasing V-22 Mission Readiness Rates by 10 to 12 Percent
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Wednesday, June 17, 2019
- Shanahan Resigns as Pentagon’s Number-Two, Withdraws Nomination for SecDef Position
- Senators Suggest Extending Counter UAS Authorities To State And Local Officials
- Army Official Explains New IP Strategy
- Dassault Unveils Future Combat Air System Mock Up
- AECOM to Spin Off Government Contracting Branch
- L3 Joint Venture With Saudi Arabian Company ‘Key Milestone’ in L3 International Growth Plan, CEO Says
- Delayed Explosives Order Means Delay for LRSO Warhead, GAO Says
- Lawmakers Call on Trump to Nominate Permanent Defense Secretary Soon
- Sikorsky Looks To German and Israeli Heavy Lift Competitions
- Pentagon Announces $250 Million In Security Assistance Funding To Ukraine
- Raytheon Teams With Black Sage On Counter-Drone Technology; Howler C-UAS Achieves IOC With Army
- Senate Defense Panel Wants Army Plan to Accelerate Black Hawk Replacement
- Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Goes To Bat For Low-Yield Nukes As Debate Picks Up On The Hill
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
- Lockheed Martin Seeking Foreign Customers for Maritime C-130Js
- Peraton To Acquire Solers To Strengthen Space Capabilities
- Air Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52
- Army Awards $190 Million In Prototype Deals For Synthetic Training Environment’s Software Backbone
- GE Sees Bright Decade Ahead in Military and Commercial Aircraft Engines
- Collins Aerospace Sees Big Demand For New, Retrofit ‘Fly-By-Wire’ System
- Air Force Adds Billions to Boeing’s JDAM Contract Ceiling
- BAE Wins Boeing Award For MQ-25 IFF And Control System
- Boeing Estimates Global Defense And Space Market Of $2.5 Trillion Through 2028
- ‘Valkyrie’ Unmanned Air Vehicle Successfully Completes Second Flight
- Fincantieri and Naval Group Sign Joint Venture Agreement
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Monday, June 17, 2019
- Defense Watch: Silicon Valley, GPS III, New MUOS Partner
- Army Exploring New Tactical Space Layer Strategy
- Defense Bills Concerned With Columbia Schedule
- SASC Proposes Establishing 5G Testing Facilities In NDAA Mark
- Thales Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Psibernetix
- French Air Force Orders Additional H225M
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Friday, June 14, 2019
- HASC Passes $733 Billion NDAA Mark, Includes Plans For A ‘Space Corps’
- Untapped PNT Data from Ground Receivers Could Help More Quickly Detect Jamming, Spoofing
- Fireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead as House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA
- Jacobs Completes Acquisition Of KeyW
- HASC Amendment Reinstates SM-3 IIA ICBM Test
- Army Puts Boeing On Contract For Seven More Special Ops Chinooks
- Regulatory Clarity, Cybersecurity Framework Will Help Better Protect Defense Supply Chains, Deloitte Says
- U.K. Regulators Approve Rheinmetall, BAE Military Vehicle Venture
- Harris Receives Second LRIP Order For Army Two-Channel Radios
- HII Wins $687 Million for Early CVN-78 Ship Repair Work
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
- Army Prioritizing Position, Navigation and Timing Technologies Across Service Portfolio
- South Korea, Japan to Plus-Up Position, Navigation and Timing Satellite Systems
- Dem Senators Want FBI To Explain Response To Russian Hacking Of Election Systems Firm
- House Panel Approves IoT Cyber Security Bill
- Cost Big Factor in GE Win on Army ITEP, As Outlined In GAO Report
- Air Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command
- HASC Naval Amendments Direct More Reports and Briefings
- GAO: Air Force Shifting Funding from Delayed KC-46 Program to Sustain KC-135 Operations
- Nuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
- HASC Adds NDAA Amendments For Reports On Unmanned Projects, Air Force’s 386 Squadron Requirements
- HASC Seeks Joint Hypersonics Transition Office With NDAA Amendment
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
- Air Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command
- Thornberry To Push For $750 Billion NDAA Topline At Wednesday’s HASC Markup
- House Appropriation Committee Sends $49.7 Billion DHS Bill To House On Party Line Vote
- HASC More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding
- AeroVironment Acquires Pulse Aerospace, Adding VTOL UAS To Product Suite
- House Passes Bill Authorizing Cyber Hunt Teams Within DHS
- DoD Arctic Strategy Highlights Domain Awareness, Russia/China Activities
- Sikorsky To Build First Six Production VH-92A Presidential Helos Under $542 Million Contract
- BALTOPS 2019 Putting Emphasis on Mine Warfare
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
- Trump Signals Concerns With Raytheon, UTC Mergers But Companies Don’t See Regulatory Hurdles
- Raytheon, UTC Aerospace Businesses To Combine Into $74 Billion Aerospace And Defense Company
- HASC Committee Expects to Bring FY ’20 NDAA Bill to House Floor by Early July
- House Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
- Low-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
- HASC Chair Seeks Increased Space Launch Competition, Smaller Space Force With NDAA Proposal
- F-35’s Lot 12 Agreement Reached, With Options Available for Future Lots
- BAE Systems Sitting Out Army’s OMFV Competition, Setting Sights On Robotic Combat Vehicle
- HASC Wants More Information on Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment in FY ’20 NDAA
- House Defense Bill Adds Over $1 Billion In Unfunded Navy Priorities
- Smith Defends HASC’s $733 Billion NDAA Mark, Cites Low-Yield Nuke Cut As Main Point Of Contention
- Paris Air Show Comes at ‘Pivotal Time’ for European Aerospace
- Lockheed Martin Gets Another $1.8 Billion For F-35 Block 4
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Monday, June 10, 2019
- Defense Watch
- Pentagon Halting Turkey’s Participation In F-35 Program, Stopping Pilot Training By End Of July
- Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman $958 Million To Move G/ATOR Into Full-Rate Production
- GE Restarts ITEP Work After GAO Turns Down ATEC Protest
- GAO: Poland Missile Defense Site Delayed 18 Months, Still Cuts Testing
- Air Force’s June R&D Launch to Test Space X’s Falcon Heavy Reusability in ‘Most Challenging’ Mission Yet
- Army Awarding Up To Two Prototype Deals For Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium
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Friday, June 7, 2019
- SAIC’s First Quarter Sales, Earnings Up On Engility Deal, Improved Performance
- Officials Detail Army’s First Network Modernization Capability Set, Procurement Awards Likely Next Spring
- Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted Black Hawk Makes First Flight, ‘Zero-Pilot’ Flights Planned for 2020
- GAO Details RKV Issues Add $600 Million In Cost
- Aerospace And Defense Industry’s Economic Output Shows Solid Growth In 2018, AIA Says
- Joint Regional Security Stacks Program Failing To Meet Operational Outcomes, DoD IG Says
- New GAO Report Lauds DOD’s Acquisition Reform Efforts, But Notes More Work Is Needed
- Navy Cycling Four New Missile Defense Destroyers To Spain