Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, July 19, 2019
- SASC Approval Clears Way for Senate Confirmation for Top Two Pentagon Officials
- Army To Hold Open Competition For OMFV Production Phase, Award Scheduled For FY ’23
- Army Futures Command To Announce It’s Reached Full Operational Capability
- Gilday Formally Nominated As CNO
- Esper, Milley Highlight Importance Of Arctic, Need For Navy To Operate In Region
- Leonardo TH-119 Becomes First Single-Engine Helicopter In Decades To Gain FAA Instrument Certification
- 737 MAX Woes Lead Boeing To Record $4.9 Billion Charge, Hit To Sales
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Thursday, July 18, 2019
- Artificial Intelligence Top Technology Priority for SECDEF Nominee Esper
- Turkey Officially Removed From F-35 Program, Pentagon Spending Up To $600 Million For Alternative Parts
- Security Forum, Infrastructure Among Needs For Arctic As Activity Increases, Senators Stress
- Expected ULA Launch of Second GPS III Satellite Delayed
- Air Force to Award Big ICBM Manufacturing Contract By End of Summer 2020
- Textron Expects Bell 407, 429 Production to Ramp Up By End of Year
- Portugal to Acquire Five Embraer KC-390s to Replace Lockheed C-130Hs
- Navy Releases MUSV RFP, Official Stresses Experimentation Before Use
- House Approves Amendment For Cyber Pilot Program To Protect Electric Grids
- Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal For Army’s LTAMDS Program
- GAO Recommends Army Improve Futures Command’s Small Business Engagement
- Army to Hold Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Industry Day July 31
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
- SASC Chairman: Esper Nomination Could Be Put on Senate Floor by Thursday
- Official: Army To Ramp Up Hypersonic Booster Tests In ‘21, First High-Powered Lasers Arriving In ‘22
- Lockheed Martin Receives $492 Million HIMARS Deal, Includes First Deliveries To Poland
- Cyber Security Bill Introduced To Protect U.S. Research; House Passes Small Business Cyber Measures
- Warren, Other SASC Members Press SECDEF Nominee over Past at Raytheon
- Trump Indicates Turkey Will Not Receive F-35s as S-400 Deliveries Occur
- Raytheon Submits Proposal For Army’s Patriot Radar Replacement Program
- ESCO Technologies Acquires Supplier Of Composite Products For Navy Submarines
- Erickson Upgrades Defense Fleet With Airbus H225 Super Pumas
- U.S. House Directs Pentagon, FAA to Address Aircraft Noise After Complaints of Rattled Nerves Around D.C.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
- Esper’s SECDEF Nomination Comes Through; Spencer Becomes Third Acting SECDEF of 2019
- BAE Systems Receives $45 Million To Develop Extended Range Cannon Artillery Prototype
- Sintavia Acquires Testing Company QC Labs
- State Department Approves $401 Million Patriot Missile Sale To Germany
- Naval Group Launches First New French Attack Sub
- Raytheon Nabs $110 Million Award For International Cyber Ops Center
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Monday, July 15, 2019
- Defense Watch: 2020 Update, F-35 PEO; Ethics Efforts Falter, Drug Bust
- House Passes $733 Billion Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA Largely Along Party Lines
- Airports Need Federal Guidance On UAS Detection Technologies And Help Countering Drones, Report Says
- White House Opposes SM-3 IIA Test Change In House NDAA
- Court Denies Oracle’s Challenge To Pentagon’s Potential $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Program
- House Defense Bill Wants DoD Study Of Arctic Port
- Lawmakers Condemn Turkey’s S-400 Acquisition, Urge Consequences
- Greece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment
- CH-53E Super Stallion Reaches One Million Flight Hours
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Friday, July 12, 2019
- Joint Chiefs Chairman Nominee Pushes For Faster Modernization To Best China’s Increasing Tech Investments
- Raytheon Wins Contract to Provide New AESA Radars to B-52 Aircraft
- SASC to Expedite Hearing for Army Secretary Nominated to Become New SECDEF
- SOS International Acquires Small IT Firm Supporting DoD, Intelligence Community
- Private Equity Firm Acorn Growth Acquires Counter-Drone Company Black Sage
- Defeated in Committee, Minuteman III Extension Study Resurfaces on House Floor With Renewed Support
- Army Exploring Emerging Technologies For AMPV Enhancements
- Administration Opposes $238 Million Reduction Of LUSVs In Defense Authorization Bill
- S-92, S-76D, Canadian Maritime Helo Work to Continue at Lockheed Martin Plant in Pennsylvania
- HII Finishes CVN-79 Flight Deck
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Thursday, July 11, 2019
- White House ‘Strongly Objects’ to HASC NDAA Funding Cuts for F-15EX, Next-Gen Air Dominance
- Two Light Attack-Related Amendments Introduced for House FY ’20 NDAA
- Rep. Thompson Raises Concerns About CBP Use Of Biometric Exit With U.S. Citizens
- HASC Member’s Amendment Adds $200 Million to FY ’20 NDAA for RC-135 Equipment Replacement
- Administration Objects To House NDAA RKV Reductions
- Raytheon Wins $2.2 Billion In Qatar Air And Missile Defense Systems
- House To Consider NDAA Amendments For DoD’s Long-Term AI Plans, Bolstering International Cyber Partnerships
- GD Receives $296 Million Army Production Deal For Prophet Enhanced SIGINT System
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
- SOUTHCOM Commander: LCS To Deploy to Region in October
- State Departments Approves Over $2 Billion In Arms Sales With Taiwan
- Oversight Of Small DHS Contracts ‘Inadequate,’ IG Charges
- U.S. Defense Business Of Thales Adds Three New Board Members
- GDIT Receives $2 Billion To Continue Managing State Department’s Supply Chain Security
- NAVAIR Seeks Proposals For Resilient Cyber Warfare Tech
- Northrop Grumman’s Warden Adds Chairman Role To Leadership Duties
- Marine Corps Vet Challenging McConnell in 2020 Senate Race After Narrow 2018 Midterm Loss
- DISA Selects 23 Small Businesses For $7.5 Billion IT Services Contract
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
- Vectrus Acquires Advantor Systems To Expand Security Capabilities, Customer Base
- MQ-8C Fire Scout Reaches IOC
- Second GPS III Satellite Ready to Launch in Late July
- ‘Cascading’ Old Technology a Problem for Guard, Reserve Units
- Moran Out as Next CNO As SECNAV Questions Judgment
- DARPA Taps BAE Systems To Build New AI-Powered Signals Detection Platform
- Former House Republican Challenging Virginia Democratic Senator in 2020
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Monday, July 8, 2019
- Defense Watch: DIU Space Station, Bertholf Home, Shoe Check
- Lockheed Martin CEO Discusses F-35 Capabilities for Israel
- Republican Senators Urge Administration To Reconsider Stopgap Funding Proposal
- DIU Looking For AI-Powered Tracking Tool, Advanced Cyber Detection Capability
- All The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated
- Turkish Huey Replacement Passes First Certification Test
- Commercial Space Bill Reintroduced In House
- India Ministry of Defence Renews Ban on Leonardo
- Northrop Grumman Approved By Air Force To Proceed On Polar Satcom Ground Station Work