Defense Daily Archive
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Defense Daily, Tuesday, January 14, 2024, Vol. 305, Issue 7
// PDF View- Manned NGAD Would Require More Than $20 Billion Extra in R&D, Kendall Says, As He Lays Out Options for Trump Administration
- Kendall Cautions Trump DoD Efficiency Effort, Says Air Force Has Enough C-130s
- CBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
- Lockheed Martin Names New Skunk Works and Integrated Fighter Group Managers
- Marine Corps To Add Self-Driving Capability With ROGUE-Fires Autonomy Upgrade
- Out Of Time, Biden Drops Bid To Require Contractors To Disclose Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Textron Unveils New Low-Cost USV
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Monday, January 13, 2025
- Defense Watch: 300 EOs, Forged Act, Reed-Hegseth Meeting, NROL-153, Navy Munitions
- Trump Admin May Be More Receptive To Industry Shipyard Plan, HII CEO Says
- Anduril Acquires Radar, C2 Businesses Of Numerica To Boost Air Defense Solutions
- CBO Estimates 2025 Shipbuilding Plan Costs 17 Percent More Than Navy Projects
- U.S. OKs $500 Million In New Weapons For Ukraine, Austin Urges Contact Group ‘Must Continue’
- Wicker Bill Has Provisions Favoring Non-Traditional Defense Companies
- York Space Systems Announces Satellite Linkage with SpaceX Bird
- Northrop Grumman To Build NGI’s Test Target
- Army Interested In Launched Effects Deployed From ISR Aircraft, Eyes Demo In FY ‘26
- DIU Seeks GenAI Solutions To Aid Department In Assessing Business Intelligence
- Stratolaunch To Support Missile Defense Agency With Hypersonic Testing
- Rocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites
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Friday, January 10, 2025
- HASC’s Wittman: DOGE Can ‘Bring Some Value’ To Looking For Efficiencies At DoD
- DoD: Trump Admin To Have ‘A Few Billion Dollars’ Left In Drawdown Authority For Ukraine
- Biden Memo Offers More Flexibility for Launch Vehicles, UAS Under Tech Control Regime
- Lockheed Martin’s Lemmo Touts Quick Pace From Contract To Successful Guam Missile Defense Test
- Navy Looks Into Non-Developmental Landing Ship Designs
- U.S. And Indian Companies To Co-Produce Sonobuoys
- Editor’s Note
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- GAO Denies Protest Of SNC’s HADES Win, Army Deemed L3Harris’ Bid ‘Unacceptable’
- Rogers Announces HASC’s Subcommittee Leaders, New GOP Members
- Rocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort
- Anduril Nabs $14 Million DoD Contract To Bolster Rocket Motor Industrial Base
- Trump Criticizes Frigate Cost Increases
- Trump Praises Phelan, Suggests Working With Allies To Build Navy Ships
- USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $616 Million for EPAWSS Full Rate Production
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- New SASC Chair Wicker Details Extensive Proposal For Reforming DoD Acquisition
- BWX Technologies Completes Acquisition Of L3Harris’ Specialty Materials Unit
- Kratos Says MACH-TB 2.0 Award Worth $1.5 Billion, Largest In Company’s History
- Navy Declares IOC For First Next-Gen Jammer
- Boeing Sustainment Work for B61-12 May Carry Over to B61-13
- PTS-P Build and Design Done, Northrop Grumman Says
- Navy Tests Autonomous USV Engine
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Monday, January 6, 2025
- Defense Watch: V-BAT To Japan, Veggies, Booz Settles, UKR Aid
- Kratos Nabs Potential $1 Billion Award To Support Hypersonic Test Bed Effort
- Army Taps BAE To Develop Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon, Hypervelocity Projectiles
- State Department Okays $3.6 Billion AMRAAM Sale To Japan, $79 Million Saudi Torpedo Deal
- Northrop Grumman Conducts Rocket Motor Tests For Future Navy Hypersonic Missiles
- DARPA Tests Refueling At Sea With NOMARS USV
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Friday, January 3, 2025
- DOGE Caucus’ Cornyn: DoD Should ‘Move Away’ From Reliance On Cost-Plus Contracts
- DoD’s Office Of Strategic Capital Issues New Investment Strategy With Focus On Credit To Key Tech Areas
- DHS Approves Start Of Construction For First Polar Security Cutter
- Coast Guard Has Yet To Finalize Costs For Commercial Icebreaker, GAO Says
- Air Force Over-the-Horizon Radars Facing Delays
- State Department Approves $5.9 Billion In Potential FMS Deals
- Blue Origin Receives FAA License for New Glenn
- Trump Taps Silicon Valley Veteran To Lead DoD’s R&E Office
- Senate Dems Add Slotkin to SASC, Ossoff And Gillibrand To Appropriations Committee
- RTX Nabs $946 Million Patriot Award For Romania
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Friday, December 20, 2024
- Defense Watch: Funding Watch, Multi-year Mitch, DoD Transition, Navy Punts on LSM
- Musk “Needs to Learn A Little Bit More” About Operator Needs, Kendall Says
- Bid Protest Looms in Navy $3.5 Billion TACAMO Award to Northrop Grumman
- Coast Guard Has Yet To Finalize Costs For Commercial Icebreaker, GAO Says
- Australia Gets Its Last Nine F-35As
- AFRL/F-35 Program Investing in New Digital Engineering Hardware
- Editor’s Note
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Final Defense Authorization Bill Heads to White House, As Senate GOP Pledges Return to ‘Regular Order’
- Latest CR Includes $5.7 Billion In More Virginia Sub Funds
- Coast Guard Seeks DHS Decision Thursday To Begin Polar Security Cutter Construction
- Ursa Major Rocket Motor Powers RTX Missile As Part Of Army Program
- ICEYE Adds $65 Million To Existing Funding Round
- Siemens Energy Selected For DIU LOC-NESS Naval Energy Project
- Missing Radiation Source Found in New Jersey; State, Federal Agencies Say They Did Not Use Drones To Look For It
- W80-4 ‘On Schedule,’ First Production in FY2027, LLNL Official Says
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- GAO Denies Protest Of Army’s Nearly $1 Billion Switchblade Award To AeroVironment
- Navy Wasted Almost $2 Billion On Cruiser Modernization Work With Mismanagement, GAO Finds
- Rogers Says He Favors Budget Boost for U.S. Space Force, Opposes ‘Endless’ Cost Plus Contracts
- SpaceX Proposing 25 Starship/Super Heavy Launches Annually
- Lockheed Martin Creates Subsidiary Focused On Secure AI Solutions For Defense, Commercial Sectors
- NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024
- Final FY ‘25 NDAA Scraps House Plan To Establish Army Drone Corps
- Space Force Launches Seventh GPS III, As Others Await Vulcan Certification
- Amentum Earnings Fall But Future Looks Bright, CEO Says