Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Boeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo
- Army Is ‘Biggest Participant’ By Quantity In First Round Of Replicator, Bush Says
- Kratos’ Chief Suggests DoD Experiment With $5 Billion Annually To Buy Innovative Technologies Off-The-Shelf
- Space and Airborne Mix Likely Required for Future Joint STARS Replacement
- New Shipbuilding Plan Looks To Growth And Constrained Options
- LMI Acquires Federal Consulting Firm JJR Solutions
- SASC To ‘Very Seriously’ Consider DoD Budget Planning Reforms In Next NDAA, Reed Says
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- INDOPACOM’s $11 Billion Unfunded List Includes Guam Defenses, Classified Space Efforts
- U.S. Space Force Budgets About $130 Million in Fiscal 2025 for Flexible SATCOM
- Government Exploring Longer-Term Acquisition Of Commercial Satellite Radar Imagery
- XLUUV ‘Re-phased’ and Pushed Back, FY ’25 Budget Request Lays Out Latest Schedule
- State Department Approves $2 Billion Abrams Sale to Bahrain, Javelins For Morocco
- Austin ‘Optimistic’ Congress Will Take Action On Supplemental To Continue Ukraine Support
- Navy Awards Boeing $1.1 Billion Contract For 17 Super Hornets
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- NGA Looking To Expand Commercial Services Acquisitions As Demand Grows
- Fixed Price Contracts Increasingly Part of NRO Buys, Official Says
- Tournear: Link 16 From Space Working After Software Modifications
- SASC Chair May Support Defense Boost Above Spending Cap If Supplemental Doesn’t Pass
- Budget Request Confirms CVN-80 Carrier Delayed Year And A Half
- MDA Looks To Pick Hypersonic Missile Defense Winner In FY ‘25, Japan Co-Development To Lower R&D Funds
- DHS Plans AI Pilot Projects In Three Mission Areas
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Monday, March 18, 2024
- Defense Watch: UUV Unveiled, AH-1Zs To Nigeria, F-22 Upgrades, New CDAO
- Expected IOC for T-7A Not Until Second Quarter of FY 2028, Air Force Says
- Army Issues New Policy For Improving Software Development Practices
- Army Awards Initial Production Deal To Northrop Grumman For Next-Gen Radar Warning Receivers
- Navy FY ‘25 Budget Confirms First Frigate Delayed Over A Year To Late 2027
- State Department Approves Sidewinder Missiles For Italy’s F-35 Fleet
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Friday, March 15, 2024
- U.S. Space Force Requests $247 Million for Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global New Start
- No New Multi-Year Munitions Requests In DoD’s FY ‘25 Budget Submission
- MDA’s 2025 Budget Requests $500 Million Less Than Previous Year
- SASC Leadership Raises Concerns on Counter Drone Protection for U.S. Bases
- Anduril Touts Success Of New Loitering Munition In Live Tests
- J.F. Lehman Acquires Mission Microwave
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
- USAF Officials: Congressional Funding Impasse Delaying CCA CONOPS Development
- Army Plans To Resume Long Range Hypersonic Weapon Testing This Summer
- Navy’s Budget Request Faces Congressional Opposition For Low New Ship Levels
- Navy Outlines Latest LSM Schedule And Costs In FY25 Budget Request
- Air Force Wants to Retire 253 Planes in Fiscal 2025
- Army Awards BAE Systems $754.3 Million Production Order For More AMPVs
- DIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For sUAS To Operate Amid Electromagnetic Interference
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- F-35 Enters Full-Rate Production Nine Years After Beginning Service
- Navy Leaders Predict Reaching Two SSNs Per Year By 2028, Columbia May Be Delayed
- USAF Boosts NGAD/CCA Request by $980 Million in Fiscal 2025
- Army Cancels ERCA Development, Will Assess Industry’s Existing Capabilities This Summer
- Poland Orders $3.7 Billion In U.S. Missiles
- Navy Looks To Retire 10 Ships Early In FY ‘25
- Pentagon Plans To Spend $1 Billion On Replicator Over Next Two Years
- USAF Boosts NGAD/CCA Request by $980 Million in Fiscal 2025
- USAF Budgets $375 Million for SiAW in Fiscal 2025
- Shield AI Gets Navy Contract To Integrate AI Pilot On Aerial Target
- New NORTHCOM Chief Initiates Capabilities Assessment
- U.K., Canadian, and French Space Command Officials Push the Importance of Space Security
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Pentagon’s $849.8 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Rolled Out Amid Uncertain Spending Environment
- Army Details $185.9 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Request, Plans $4.5 Billion Aviation Reinvestment In Coming Years
- Navy Says FY 2025 Budget Caps Imposed ‘Hard Choices’ To Lower Ship Procurement
- Navy Budget Caps Caused Cuts And Delays in USVs And NGAD, Officials Say
- Department of Air Force Budgets $3.7 Billion for Sentinel in Fiscal 2025, Re-Examines Requirements Looking to Fiscal 2026
- Coast Guard Seeks Two More FRCs In FY ‘25 Budget To Enhance Indo-Pacific Presence
- FMS Deals Approved For Korea, North Macedonia
- Kendall: Fiscal Responsibility Act Constraints Will Slow U.S. Space Force Programs
- CBP Requests Less Funding For Border Security Technology
- Stratolaunch, With Ursa Major’s Hadley Engine, Completes First Powered Talon-A Hypersonic Flight
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Monday, March 11, 2024
- Defense Watch: Fixed Price Vs Cost Plus, Indemnification, VC Cheers Palantir Win, Drone Corps
- BAE Systems Delivers New AMPV Turreted Mortar Prototype To Army For Testing
- Marine Corps Awards Deals To GD, Textron For Turreted ARV-30 Prototypes
- IFPC-HPM Prototype Deliveries Complete, Epirus Eyes Engineering Tests Ahead Of Potential Deployment
- U.S. And Japan To Finalize Hypersonic Defense Co-Development Agreement
- DoD Strategic Capital Office Releases Investment Strategy And Initial Priority Areas
- EO/IR Cubesat Tech Demo on SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission
- V-22s Cleared To Fly Again
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Friday, March 8, 2024
- Army To Stand Up New Cross-Functional Team Focused On Deep Sensing
- In First, MDA Directed Not To Brief On FY25 Budget; Prefers Extra Funds On Higher Interceptor Numbers
- Third All-Up-Round Test to Conclude Rapid Prototyping for ARRW
- CENTCOM Chief Wants More Directed Energy Weapons In Theater
- USAF May Finalize ‘Gapfiller’ Tanker Strategy This Summer
- Army To HASC Panel: Unmanned Systems Embrace, Industrial Base Risks Factors In FARA Cancelation
- HASC’s Wittman Confident House Takes Up Foreign Aid Bill After Finishing Approps
- State Department Approves $309 Million In Foreign Military Sales To South Korea, Canada
- U.K. Space Agency Lead Emphasizes National Priorities at Space-Comm Expo