Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, February 23, 2023
- Marine Corps Wants More LPDs, Does Not Support Early Decommissioning of LSDs
- Progressive Reps. Lee, Pocan Reintroduce Bill To Cut Defense Spending By $100 Billion
- U.S. Space Force Wants to Ramp Up Simulators for Training
- Lockheed Martin, Juniper Networks Demonstrate Advanced Networking To Prioritize Information Flow To Commanders
- USAF Finishes Flight Tests of F-16 Autonomous Gun System
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
- Following Biden’s Visit To Kyiv, U.S. Approves $460 Million In New Security Aid For Ukraine
- Lockheed Martin Ventures Invests In Counter-Drone, Chip Companies
- Booz Allen Invests In Airspace Monitoring Company Hidden Level
- USAF Nearing Hypothesis on Numbers/Ratios of CCAs to Accompany F-35s, Manned NGAD
- Connecticut’s Murphy, West Virginia’s Capito Join Senate Appropriations Defense Panel
- Navy Secretary Directs New Long Term Infrastructure Plan
- Russia to ‘Suspend’ Participation in New START But Stick to Treaty’s Warhead Limits
- Court Will Wait Until Late Summer To Decide Fate of Lawsuit About S.C. Nuclear-Weapon Plant
- Fluor Earnings Rise During Quarter, Year, Although Mission Solutions Down
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- Defense Watch: GPS III Acceptance, KC-135 Inspections, Fresh BACN, DDG-102
- U.S. Space Force’s New Acquisition Approach Aims to Encourage More Launch Bidders
- Marine Official Dismisses Medium Amphib Survivability Concerns
- Austal Delivers Autonomous-Capable EPF-13 To Navy, CNO Downplays Quick Changes
- GOP Lawmakers ‘Urge’ Biden’s Budget Include Up To $2 Billion In Military Aid For Taiwan
- Russia Amped Up Cyber Campaigns Against NATO Countries In 2022, Report Says
- Pentagon May Award Performance-Based Logistics Contract for F-35 This Year
- Leidos To Upgrade Airport Body Scanners With AI Technology
- Army Taps GD OTS, American Ordnance For $993.8 Million Deal To Boost 155mm Ammo Production
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Friday, February 17, 2023
- Marine Corps’ 35-Ship Medium Amphib Requirement Means Nine Per Regiment, Based On Space Needs
- Delays Mount For Underground Lab Upgrades Seen As Critical For New Navy Nuke
- State Department Approves Potential $670 Million Deal With Netherlands For HIMARS, Munitions
- Northrop Grumman Performs Sentinel Wind Tunnel Testing
- Whitcraft, Paradigm Precision Combined To Form New Aircraft Engine Supplier
- AIA, CODSIA Detail Concerns With Potential Greenhouse Gas Mandate
- Livermore’s Next Subcritical Test Coming This Year
- Marine Corps Starts Evaluation Of Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototypes
- Biden Says Objects Shot Down Likely Not Surveillance Assets, Cites Improving Detection Capacity
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
- Navy Cautious On Lasers Because First Program Of Record Could Cost $1 Billion, ONR Official Says
- 80-plus Pits Needed Annually in Future; Savannah River to Pick Up the Slack, NNSA Admin Says
- Air Force Searches for Companies Able to Do AEHF Integration Work on B-52
- First Over Land Flight Test of AARGM-ER Slated for Coming Months
- Newport News Shipbuilding Has Momentum In Job Hiring
- New Livermore ‘Model Contract’ Could Help Shape Coming Competition for Pantex, NNSA Official Says
- NATO Eyeing New Defense Spending Pledge, Efforts To Replenish Munitions Stockpiles
- Shifting Military Requirements Changed Design of New ICBM Pit; First Unit Delayed
- Possible To Get 30 Pits at Los Alamos Before 2030, Lab Director Says
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
- Austin Details International Partners’ Focus On Capabilities To Support Ukraine’s Potential Spring Offensive
- Northrop Grumman, Global Military Products Receive $522.3 Million To Produce 155mm Ammo For Ukraine
- Navy Planning UUV Mine Sweeping Swarm Tests
- House Homeland Security Republicans Want Balloon Briefing
- Leidos Finishes 2022 With Solid Fourth Quarter; Sees Customers Wanting To Spend Ahead Of Debt Ceiling Showdown
- AFMC Heralds Advanced Fighter Maneuver Testing of X-62A VISTA Drone
- First AIM-9X Missile Fired At Object Over Lake Huron Missed, Officials Detail Debris Recovery Updates
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
- Radar Enhancements May Explain Uptick In Detection Of Objects In U.S. Airspace, Officials Say
- Larger Drones Have Role in AFCENT Experiments, Commander Says
- Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Airborne Gateway To Link Naval Assets
- USAF Assessing Munitions Inventory and Future Needs
- TSA Seeks Feedback On Open Architecture Initiatives
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Monday, February 13, 2023
- Defense Watch: New HII Sub Facility, U.K. Missile Defense, Reed on Spending Caps, Northrop Pension Expense Issue
- U.S. Military Shoots Down High-Altitude Object Off The Coast Of Alaska
- Oshkosh Defense ‘Disappointed’ To Lose JLTV Re-Compete, No Confirmation On Protest Plans
- Panel: Russian Posture In Arctic Becoming More Offensive, Reconstituting Soviet Abilities
- NORAD ‘Domain Awareness Gap’ May Feature Relatively Low-Tech Balloons
- TSA Releases Open Architecture Roadmap But Offers No Timeline
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Friday, February 10, 2023
- AM General Beats Out Oshkosh Defense For Potential $8.7 Billion JLTV Re-Compete Deal
- Tester Wants FY ‘24 Budget To Bolster Airspace Detection, Presses DoD On Chinese Balloon Decisions
- Pension Benefit Helps HII To Earnings Gain In Fourth Quarter
- Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM Protection System For Army Helicopters Achieves IOC
- AIA Chief Fanning Warns Of Complex Mandates In Greenhouse Gas Proposal
- DARPA Exploring Use of Drone Swarms Under AMASS Program
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
- Rainey Says No Project Convergence Capstone In ‘23, Sets Futures Command’s Focus On ‘Army Of 2040’
- Chinese Balloon Was Part Of Larger Surveillance Program, Pentagon Says
- GAO Finds Worsening Navy Ships Sustainment Issues Over Last Decade
- Senate Nuclear-Weapons Panel Keeps Leaders, Has Minimal Roster Changes in 118th Congress
- Green Dings Biden For Excluding Cybersecurity In Address
- NGA Awards Maxar $192 Million To Provide Commercial Imagery Products To Allies And Partners
- Longtime Government Hands Leading NNSA Takeover of Savannah River Site