Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, June 1, 2023
- State Department OKs Possible $5.62 Billion Deal With Czech Republic For 24 F-35As, Munitions
- Space Force Would Be Able To Levy Commercial Companies For Indirect Launch Costs In HASC Bill
- U.S. Air Force Vanguards Cut in House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Bill
- Lone Star Funds Completes Acquisition Of Ship Repair, Marine Businesses
- Raytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
- State Department OKs Potential $15 Billion Deal With Poland For IBCS-Enabled Patriot Equipment
- Collins Aerospace: EPACS PTMS for F-35 Will Provide More Than Twice the Current Cooling
- After Assessment Next Fall, Marines Aim To Buy Three Batteries Of Medium-Range Intercept Capability
- U.S. Air Force Conducts First Acceptance Flight Test of T-7A Red Hawk
- Lockheed Martin Beats Out GD To Continue Developing Army’s New Long-Range EW Capability
- HII Still Interested As Frigate Second Yard, Possibly LSM Amphibs Too
- AUKUS Pillar Two Could Expand To Add More Partners Say White House And Navy Officials
- House Appropriators Concerned With Limitations In CBP’s Passenger Vehicle Scanners
- Lockheed Martin Takes Minority Stake In Additive Manufacturer Sintavia
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
- CNO: U.S. ‘Gaining Momentum’ To Reach Two SSNs Per Year, Enabling AUKUS Sub Deal
- HASC, SASC Support For LPD-33 Sends ‘Powerful Signal’ To Appropriators, Gen. Berger Says
- House Appropriators Want More Frequent Updates on ‘Troubled’ Space Programs
- U.S. Approves New $500 Million Weapons Aid Deal For Ukraine Amid Counteroffensive
- Reactor Supply Okay Ahead of Navy’s Historic Boat-Building Boom, Admiral Says
- USAF to Certify New Material for Polarization Appliques to Allow KC-46 Operation in Chem-Bio Environments
- Navy Conducting Market Research On Saildrone-Like Long Dwell USVs
- Tech, VC Firms Urge DoD Adopt Commercial Technologies
- Boeing, Private Equity Platform Invests In Machine Learning Firm JuliaHub
- McCaul Stands Up Bipartisan Task Force To Modernize FMS Process
- Northrop Grumman Prototype LN-351 GPS M-Code Receiver Flight Tested Last Month
- State Department Approves $5.9 Billion Canadian Sale For Up To 16 P-8As
- HII Ingalls Delivers First Flight III Destroyer To The Navy
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
- Army Selects GD, American Rheinmetall To Continue On Bradley Replacement Program
- U.S. Space Command Looks to Accelerate Enhancement of Space Domain Awareness
- U.S. Air Force to Certify New Materiel for KC-46A Self-Protection
- Anduril Enters Rocket Motor Business With Acquisition Of Adranos
- Lockheed Martin Invests In Space Engine Company Agile Space Industries
- Army Awards GD $712.3 Million Order For DVHA1 Strykers, $257.6 Million For M10 Bookers
- Thirty Pits a Year by 2030 or Sooner; First Pit in 2024, Los Alamos Weapons Chief Says
- HII Wins $393 Million Mods To Change CVN-79 Carrier Delivery Date
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Monday, June 26, 2023
- Defense Watch: Weapons Replenishment, Fighter Inventory, Fourth Triton
- SASC Approves $886 Billion FY ‘24 NDAA, Wants Supplemental For Defense Spending Boost
- House Appropriators Insist on MYP Cost Savings, Zero EOQ Funding
- SASC FY’ 24 Defense Bill Supports 10 Ships, Includes LPD And Sub Tender
- HASC Would Block Biden Proposal Requiring Defense Contractors To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Friday, June 23, 2023
- HAC Approves FY ’24 Defense Bill With Multi-Year Munitions Cuts, Dems Object To ‘Divisive’ Policies
- Lockheed Martin Backs AETP for F-35 Block 5 and Above; Pratt & Whitney Pushes Back
- HASC Approves FY ‘24 NDAA After Debate On SLCM-N, More Ukraine Aid, Space Command HQ
- Senior Senate Appropriators Eyeing Supplementals To Boost Defense Spending
- House Appropriators Propose Funding Reinstatement of $150 Million for AETP
- House Committee Nixes plan to Repeal Binding Pit-Production Targets; Authorizes $24B for Nukes at DoE
- Six Senators Co-Sponsor Bill to Provide Multi-Year Buy for LGM-35A Sentinel
- GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane
- NROL-68 Satellite Aloft, As ULA Delta IV Winds Down
- Austal Starts Building Aluminum Ford-Class Carrier Aircraft Elevators
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Thursday, June 22, 2023
- With Defense Topline Settled, HASC Begins Markup Of FY ‘24 NDAA
- House Bill Introduced for DoD/FAA Collaboration on Unmanned Balloon Monitoring
- HASC Requests USAF Options for T-7A Acceleration, Increase in J85 Engine Availability for T-38C
- DDG(X) Motor Options And 3D Printing Reports Ordered In Amendments To House Defense Policy Bill
- HASC Says It Has Limited Insight So Far on How Space Force’s Proliferated LEO Will Meet Combatant Commander Requirements
- HASC Wants USAF to Explore Commercial Re-Use of Aged Tankers to Provide Surge Capacity
- USAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $1.2 Billion for AMRAAM, As HASC Outlines Need for Integrated Air-to-Air Missile Development
- DoD Overvalued Ukraine Aid By $6.2 Billion, Will Use Funds For Future Weapons Packages
- Austal Nabs $79 Million Option To Build Another Navajo-Class Towing, Rescue and Salvage Ship
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
- Pratt & Whitney Gears Up to Begin F135 ECU Detailed Design in Early 2024
- Boeing to Invest in Self-Protection Improvements for KC-46A, Future Tankers
- Space Systems Command Conducting Critical Design Reviews for MGUE Increment 2
- Lawmakers Seeks Hawaii Missile Defense Sensor Report After Radar Canceled
- Kord Demoing First Laser Capability FireFly, Working With Elbit America’s New MATR-X Radar
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Finishes Testing Motor For MDA’s New MRMB Targets
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
- Defense Watch: X-Bow, BlackSky Contract, GBAD Industry Day, China Space
- Wisconsin Senator Baldwin Seeks Info From Army On Oshkosh’s Loss Of JLTV Contract
- International Space Traffic Management Organization Needed, According to RAND Study
- Amentum Nabs $475 Million Contract To Support F-16s Used In Navy Training
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Friday, June 16, 2023
- HAC-D Advances FY ‘24 Spending Bill, As Dems See Lack Of Bipartisan Support Ahead
- House Panel Seeks Info On Expanding Navy Hypersonics, Combining Army And Navy Amphib Programs
- Shield AI Integrating Artificial Intelligence Pilot Into Kratos’ Valkyrie Stealth Drone
- Anduril Partners With Advanced Manufacturer Hadrian To Speed Production
- As Training Effort Nears, Milley Says ‘Premature’ To Give A Date When F-16s Could Be In Ukraine
- F135 Engine Involves More Than 55,000 Workers, Pratt & Whitney Says
- Cislunar a Longer Term Focus for U.S. Space Command
- CISA Directs Federal Agencies To Remove Web Interfaces To Network Management Systems