Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, July 10, 2023
- Defense Watch: Kaine Challenger, Drones, Taiwan FMS
- U.S. Providing Cluster Munitions To Ukraine With New $800 Million Weapons Aid Package
- NATO Defense Spending On Equipment Expected To Soar In 2023
- State Department Approves $800 Million In Missile Sales To Sweden, France
- TSA Set To Publish New Roadmap For Open Architecture
- Atlas Space Operations Names New CEO, Opens Government Subsidiary
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Friday, July 7, 2023
- Cluster Munitions Under Consideration For Ukraine Have Dud Rate Below 2.35%, DoD Spox Says
- U.S. Space Command Seeking Space Maneuverability Demo By 2026, Capability By 2028
- RTX Nabs Army Deal Worth Up To $117.5 Million To Deliver 3rd-Gen FLIR Sensors
- BAE Systems Nabs Contract To Design Next Generation Launcher
- Arianespace Bids Farewell to Ariane 5 in Final Mission
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Thursday, July 6, 2023
- Boeing Awarded $793.4 Million For CH-47F Block I FMS Deliveries, Germany OKs $8.5 Billion Block II Deal
- Israel To Order 25 More F-35s From U.S.
- Coast Guard Issues Draft RFP For Maritime UAS
- Navy Begins Outreach To Industry For Commercial Large Diameter UUV
- iRocket Wins AFWERX Funding for Reusable Rocket Engine Development
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
- Defense Watch: Tester Challenger, Army CIO, MQ-9A Disaster Response
- F-35 Data Rights Case Continues On Issue of ‘Developed’ Software
- GAO Shipyard Audit: SIOP Cost Estimate In FY 2025, Navy Needs To Use Better Costs And Schedule Practices
- Lockheed Martin to Launch Tech Demo on Firefly Aerospace Alpha Vehicle
- SDA Releases Solicitation for T2TL Alpha Layer
- CIRCOR International Agrees To Higher Bid By KKR
- USAF Awards Pratt & Whitney $5.5 Billion for F117 Engine Sustainment
- DoE Nuke Agency Plans Two Subcritical Explosive Tests at Nevada in Fiscal 2024
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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