Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
- Army Targeting Q3 FY ‘24 For FLRAA Milestone B Decision
- Space Development Agency Targets Tranche 2 Transport Layer Launches for 2026
- Proposed DoD Rapid Acquisition Authorities For New Program Starts Would Permit Up To $300 Million In Spending
- Army’s IBCS Achieves Initial Operational Capability
- Army Awards Lockheed Martin Over $800 Million In Deals For HIMARS, M270 Launchers
- Northrop Grumman And Raytheon Nab More Contract Mods To Refine Hypersonic Defense Concepts
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Monday, May 1, 2023
- Defense Watch: CCA News; More Jolly Greens; Baltic Security
- Pentagon Awards Lockheed Martin Nearly $7.8 Billion for F-35s in Lot 17
- Army Officials Confirm Fall Delivery Plan For Delayed ITEP Engine; Cite Commitment To Program
- Pentagon Awards Contracts to Bolster Hypersonic/Strategic Systems’ Supply Chain
- SECNAV Wants To Save Three Of Five Cruisers Planned For Decommission
- L3Harris Posts Lower Income, Higher Sales In First Quarter; Kubasik Defends AJRD Bid
- Congress Notified Of Potential APKWS-II Sale To UK
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Friday, April 28, 2023
- Air Force Secretary Sees Challenge of Sentinel Reaching IOC On Time
- Boeing Eyes Another CH-47F Block II Add For FY ‘24, ‘Apprehensive’ If Milestone C Slips Past FY ‘26
- DoD May Shed Light on Possible CRAF for Space Arrangement This Summer
- Lockheed Martin Receives GMLRS Production Order Worth Nearly $4.8 Billion
- Cavoli: Russia Will Remain Main European Security Challenge Because Non-Ground Forces “Barely Touched”
- NNSA Scrutinizing Problem Components Behind W80-4 Warhead Delay
- Northrop Grumman’s Earnings Slip On Pension Headwinds; Raises Earnings Guidance
- GE Nabs $684 Million Contract For CH-53K Engines
- CISA On Track With Rulemaking For Cyber Incident Reporting, Easterly Says
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
- Ramping Up F-35 Production Above 156 Annually Would Require New Tooling, Air Force Acquisition Chief Says
- Sikorsky President ‘Optimistic’ On Future Production Opportunities For Black Hawk
- GD Reports Flat Income Despite Higher Sales To Open Year
- Metrea Performs First Commercial Aerial Refueling With Navy P-8s
- Losses Narrow At Boeing In First Quarter; Sales Strong
- As USAF Plans F-15E Divestment, Service Cuts EPAWSS Buy By 30 Percent
- Congress Notified of Norwegian FMS for MH-60 Helos, C-130J Sustainment Totaling Over $1.1 Billion
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
- Sikorsky Eyes First FARA Prototype Flight In Summer ‘24, Talks Lessons Learned From FLRAA Loss
- MDA’s Hill Supports East Coast GMD Site Progress, Would Impact NGI Plans
- GAO: Navy Needs Better Systems To Share Fire Risk Lessons Learned
- AFRL Looking for Novel Approaches to Electronic Warfare
- Raytheon Technologies Opens Year With Strong Quarter Driven By Commercial Aerospace
- Kremer Tapped To Lead Raytheon Segment As Raytheon Technologies Settles Large Realignment Shifts
- Delivery Dates For Next Round of Nukes Get Hazier in Latest Annual NNSA Progress Report
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- SASC Chair Sees ‘Tremendous Controversy’ If Defense Boost Paired With Non-Defense Cuts
- Biden Nominates Army Vice Chief George To Be Service’s Next Chief Of Staff
- House Republican Bill Seeks Border Security Tech Investment Plan; Border Wall Build
- TSA Selects IDEMIA For Biometric-Enabled Credential Authentication System
- NNSA Won’t Know How Much 80 Pits Per Year Will Cost Until 2025
- Biden Nominates New Naval Surface Forces, N9, and Deputy Fleet Forces Heads
- CBP Releases Solicitation For NII Anomaly Detection Algorithms
- Air Force Initiates Test Firing of Unarmed Minuteman III From Navy E-6 Aircraft
- GAO: U.S. Space Force Faces Hurdles Integrating Unified Data Library into Space Situational Awareness Operations
- L3Harris Settles False Claims Act Allegations For $21.8 Million; Gets $8 Million Back
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Monday, April 24, 2023
- Defense Watch: Space Experiments, Industrial Base, Satellite Partnership, Rheinmetall/Lockheed Martin
- Start of F-35 ODIN Software Fielding to Squadrons Delayed Until 2025
- Navy Completes Study For FVL Effort To Replace MH-60R/S, May Start Program In 2025
- MDA’s Hill: NGI Program Flexible Enough To Allow Two Builders, GPI Could Move Faster
- Mayorkas Launches Initiatives Focused On China Threat, Artificial Intelligence
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Friday, April. 21, 2023
- Engine Delay Pushing Back FARA Timeline By About 8 Months, Milestone B Slated For Early FY ‘26
- Navy Plans To Sell Six LCSs In Next Two Years
- Fagan: Coast Guard Budget Cut To 2022 Levels Would Cause $500 Million Shortfall
- House Passes Bill Asking for DoD Report on UAP Intrusions Since 2017 and Sanctions on China for Balloon Surveillance
- SDA Expects to Release Tranche 2 Transport, Tracking Solicitations This Summer and Fall
- Space Operations Command Planning More Growth In ISR Element
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
- USAF Vice Chief Agrees with ACC Commander on Need for More Fighter Squadrons
- SecArmy Eyes $5.3 Billion Long-Term CR Impact, House GOP Debt Limit Bill Doesn’t Exempt Defense Cuts
- Pentagon Wants Authority To Begin New Program Starts Without Funding; Kendall Wants Congress To Act
- Existing Space Sensors Show GMTI Technology Ready, Prototypes Coming Soon
- Space Command Creates Office To Improve Coordination Of Commercial Efforts
- Space Force Chief Warns Against Complacency in Space Operations
- CNO Says ‘Very Important To Get Second Frigate Shipyard and Build Four Per Year
- Navy Plans to Buy More Virginia-Class Subs To Replace Australia AUKUS Sales
- U.S. Approves $325 Million In New Weapons Aid For Ukraine
- SASC Cybersecurity Panel Witnesses Push Back Against Suggestion of Pause in Cutting Edge AI Development
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
- Supply Chain Shortfalls Affected KC-46 RVS 2.0, But Air Force Still Plans to Begin Fielding by Start of Fiscal 2026
- DoD Space Policy Official Plumb Outlines Steps to Normalize Space as an Operational Domain
- McKinsey Report Analyzes Scenarios for Interconnected Launch Supply and Demand
- Lockheed Martin Touts Success Of Satellite Maneuvering For On-Orbit Services
- NRO Expects RFP This Fall For Advanced Commercial Electro-Optic Capabilities
- U.S. Space Command On Track To Reach Full Operational Capability In 2023
- Lockheed Martin Reports Growth in Space, Yet Continued Supply Chain Headwinds in Munitions, Other Areas
- Sikorsky Won’t Pursue Further Legal Action On Army’s FLRAA Award Decision
- Army Prepared To Hold New Competition If IVAS 1.2 Testing Isn’t Successful, Bush Says
- Navy’s Latest Shipbuilding Plan Has Three Options Again, Only One Reaches 355 Ships
- Northrop Grumman In Build Phase Of SDA’s Satellite Mesh Network After Successful Critical Design Review
- DoD Tech Chief Shyu Begins More Focused Engagement With Commercial Space Sector