Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
- Poland Formally Requests New F-35As to Replace Aging Fighters
- SASC Markup Increases Funds To Build Up U.S. Rare Earth Supply To Counter China
- Trump Reiterates EMALS Criticism, Says New Carriers Will Use Steam Catapults
- AEA Investors Acquires Defense Electronics Company From J.F. Lehman
- NATO Air And Missile Defense Exercises Used Kratos Targets And Raytheon Missiles
- Sikorsky Offers CH-53K to German Air Force
- France’s Parrot Working On Army’s Prototype Program For New Small Surveillance Drone
- Administration Bypassing Congress To Approve $8.1 Billion In Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, UAE And Jordan
- France Accelerates Joint Light Helicopter Program, Names H160M ‘Guépard’
- Leonardo DRS Receives Potential $977 Million Deal To Continue Supporting SOCOM Network
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
- Defense Watch: Disaster Relief, Space X vs Air Force, NATO Cyber
- Griffin Prepares To Halt RKV Work Due To Technical Issue
- Air Force Cuts 100 Years of ‘Unnecessary Schedule’ from Existing Programs, Completes ‘Century Challenge’
- Navy Establishes Surface Development Squadron For DDG-1000, Unmanned Systems
- Sierra Nevada To Install Degraded Visual Environment System on Air Force Pave Hawks
- HII Starts Construction On Columbia Subs
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Friday, May 24, 2019
- SASC Approves $750 Billion FY ’20 Defense Budget with Uncertain Path to Success
- SASC Authorizes ‘Measured’ Space Force Establishment in FY ’20 Markup
- SASC Bill Adds Advanced Procurement To Navy’s Shipbuilding Funds
- Serco To Acquire Alion’s Naval Systems Business For $225 Million
- Five Companies Win Stryker 30mm Design Integration Study
- Additional AH-64Es, UH-60Vs advised by SASC
- Senate Committee Authorizes Full Funding for Controversial Nuclear-Warhead Core Plants
- Inspection Technology Deployments Will Increase Drug Seizures At Land Ports, McAleenan Says
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
- Florida House Appropriators Push for Light Attack Aircraft, Criticize Air Force’s Backtrack
- Florida Evaluating Elections Systems Security In Wake Of Cyber Hack Disclosed By Mueller
- HASC Leaders Criticize New DoD Memo Restricting Congressional Access
- Nuclear Weapons Spending Bill Moves to House Floor
- Austal Lodges Protest Over HII’s LCS Planning Yard Services Win
- HAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub
- Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System Detects Debris from Indian ASAT Test
- Army To Award Four Contracts For Enterprise IT “As A Service” Pilot Programs By August
- Raytheon Completes Test Of Warhead On Missile Offering For Army’s PrSM Program
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
- House Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee
- Electric Boat Wins $497 Million Mod For Sub Industrial Base
- Trump Nominates New Air Force Secretary As Wilson Bids Farewell
- V-280 Has Met All Tech Demo Key Performance Parameters in Flight Testing, Bell Says
- Raytheon Completes Demo Of LTAMDS Offering For The Army
- Coast Guard Expects Impact To OPC Program From Hurricane Michael, Commandant Says
- GAO Urges Independent Study to Prevent Further Delays of Air Force’s GPS OCX Program
- Bipartisan Senate Bill Looks To Invest $2.2 Billion In AI Over Next Five Years
- Pentagon Awards Perspecta $75 Million To Modernize Background Investigation Process
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
- House Appropriators Seek To Block Funds For DoD’s JEDI Cloud Program
- House Bill Proposes Funding Army’s $12 Billion R&D Request, With Adjustments For Advanced Laser And Vehicle Technology
- Boeing to Test More Powerful GE Engine on CH-47, as House Appropriators Advise Restoring Block II Funding
- House Appropriators Plus-Up Air Force Fighters In FY ’20 Defense Markup
- House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
- Despite Space Concerns, HAC Cuts Back on Air Force Space R&D Citing Underexecution
- House Panel Recommends Three More P-8As For Navy Reserve
- House Panel’s NNSA Funding Bill Tees Up More Work for JASON
- Biometrics Evaluation Shows Vendors Making Technology More User Friendly
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Monday, May 20, 2019
- Defense Watch: T-X Market, P-8s To Europe
- House Panel Funds Navy Nuclear SLCM AoA, But Directs Report
- Sikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions
- Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight
- Esper Acknowledges Pushback On Planned CH-47 Chinook Cuts
- Trump’s New Border Security Proposal Calls For Scanning All People, Goods Entering U.S.
- Lockheed, Rafael Partner to Offer SPICE Guidance Kit to U.S. Buyers
- New Drone Rules Set the Stage for Remote ID
- Boeing to Start Delivering Modernized Little Birds to Night Stalkers
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Friday, May 17, 2019
- Thornberry to Introduce Two Bills Related to Acquisition Reform in FY ’20 NDAA Markup
- Commerce Department Will Create Interim, Final Regulations For ICT Import Ban
- Boeing Still Mum on FARA Proposal
- Warren, Speier to Introduce Bill to More Strictly Limit Ex-DoD Officials’ Revolving Door to Industry
- BAE Adds President To U.S. Chief Operating Officer Arsenault’s Job
- Navy To “Pay For Value” In 3D Printing
- Dynetics, Lockheed Martin To Deliver 100 KW Laser Tech Demonstrator To Army In August 2022
- Army To Award LTAMDS Prototype Contract This Fall
- Army To Release New Data Strategy In Next 60 Days
- Inside the Phased-Array Antenna Boeing is Putting on the MQ-25
- Army Awarding Next Synthetic Training Environment OTAs In June, With Goal To Field Final Capability By FY23
- PODCAST: Military Helicopters – The Battle for Future Vertical Lift
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
- Merz Says FSA To Emphasize Smaller Ships
- Air Force to Select New Space Command Location By Summer
- Trump Takes Aim At China In Directive Prohibiting Acquisition Of IT Technology
- Army Awarding Next Synthetic Training Environment OTAs In June, With Goal To Field Final Capability By FY23
- Army To Release New Data Strategy In Next 60 Days
- House, Senate Panels Pass Homeland Security Bills
- Block VI Virginia Subs To Focus On Special Operations and Unmanned Systems
- House Oversight Panel Says TransDigm Earned Profits Above 1,000 Percent On Multiple Programs
- Air Force Undersecretary to Become Acting Secretary Following Wilson’s Departure
- DoE Nuke Budget Headed to Full Committee Next Week; Bill Report Due Monday
- Dynetics Receives $130 Million To Build 100kw Laser For The Army
- Collins Aerospace Looks to Leverage Actuation Experience for UAS, FVL, Fighter Programs
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
- House Appropriations’ Draft Defense Bill Funds New F-15s and Extra F-35s
- Draft House Defense Spending Bill Cuts $2 Billion From Navy Shipbuilding
- Draft House Bill Proposes Fully Funding Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires Request, Increased Stryker Upgrade Spending
- DHS Has Working Group To Manage Risk For 5G Deployments
- House Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020
- Gulfstream Is Altering Expectations for In-Flight Medical Care
- Homeland Security Must Track Money Sent to Cities for Nuke Detection, GAO Says
- First Increment Of New DHS Biometric System Will Be Delayed
- Collins Aerospace System Reduces CH-47 Cargo to Personnel Carrier Conversion Time