Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, June 24, 2022
- HASC Opted Against Mandating Open Competition For Air Force’s KC-Y Bridge Tanker
- HASC Advances $840 Billion FY ‘23 NDAA With Near Unanimous Vote
- General Electric Looks to Adapt XA100 Engine for F-35B
- CBP Ignoring Automation In NII Equipment, Prompting Committee To Redirect Funding
- Ukraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit
- U.S. To Send Four More HIMARS Launchers To Ukraine In New $450 Million Weapons Package
- House Panel Wants Coast Guard To Consider Foreign Icebreakers
- BAMS-D Global Hawk Ends 13-Year Navy Deployment
- Northrop Grumman Wins $248 Million Contract For Two More MQ-4C Tritons
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
- HASC Approves $37 Billion Topline Increase To NDAA, Blocks Retirement Of Five LCS
- Bipartisan Votes In Annual Defense-Spending Debate Boost Nuke Cores By Lots
- House Appropriations Committee Approves $761.7 Billion FY ‘23 Defense Spending Bill
- HASC Moves To Restore Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Development In FY ‘23 NDAA
- Lockheed Martin Demonstrated AI Battle Management System In Navy Exercise
- Drake Faction Touts Backing Of Independent Proxy Advisors Ahead Of Shareholder Meeting
- U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft May Have Jamming Role
- More NNSA Contract Scrutiny Creeps Into 2023 NDAA; Forced Minuteman III Test Voted Down
- HASC Wants Report on USAF AMTI and Battle Management Requirements Before Allowing Full Service Request for AWACS Retirement
- Houses Passes Bill Requiring CISA To Begin Industrial Control Systems Training
- BlackSky Wins AI Contract from Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
- Leonardo DRS To Acquire Tactical Radar Company RADA, Taking Company Public
- House Appropriators Cut $400 Million For IVAS Procurement, Cite ‘Production Viability’ Questions
- Dem. Rep. Golden Files Amendment To Boost HASC NDAA Topline By $37 Billion
- Boeing Points to Drone Employment Possibilities for F-15EX
- California Congressman Wants More Pit Reports; Would Withhold NNSA Funding To Get
- Austal Wins $128 Million Contract For Steel Floating Dry Dock
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
- Defense Watch: Tactically Responsive Launch, F-22 Floor, Little Bird Mission Set
- HASC NDAA Seeks Regular Briefings On Progress Replenishing Stockpiles Of Munitions Sent To Ukraine
- Judge Rules For Some Of Lichtenstein’s Claims, Says Both Aerojet Factions Have Qualified Slates
- FAA Certification of MH-139 Expected This Summer, Boeing Says
- HII Wins $240 Million Mod For LPD-32 Advance Procurement Work
- New Bill Would Set Up AUKUS Submarine Training Pipeline
- Fincantieri Wins $537 Million Mod For Third New Frigate
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Friday, June 17, 2022
- SASC Adds $45 Billion To Defense Topline, HASC Matches Requested Figure In Respective NDAA Marks
- Defense Bills Would Require Navy To Keep EA-18G Growlers
- GAO Denies GDIT’s Protest Of Potential $11.5 Billion Defense Enclave Services Deal To Leidos
- Boeing Wants to Scale Up T-7A Red Hawk Approach for Other Planes
- House Panel Approves $60.3 Billion Homeland Security Bill
- Leidos To Provide Complete Checkpoint Security Upgrade To Dominican Airport
- GAO Finds That Los Alamos Safety Culture ‘Needs Improvement,’ According To NNSA
- Congress Should ‘Move Forward’ With NNSA’s Plan For Plutonium Pits, Armed Services Chair Says
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
- HASC Chair Smith Expects Congress Will Boost Defense Spending By Significant Amount
- KC-46A May Enter Critical Design Review This Year
- U.S.’ New $1 Billion Weapons Package For Ukraine Includes Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles, More Precision Rockets
- Pangiam To Demonstrate Prohibited Item Detection For TSA
- House Appropriations Draft Bill Would Boost Coast Guard Acquisition
- MDA Orders $867 Million In SM-3 IIA Missiles For U.S. And Japan
- Pratt & Whitney Wins $4.4 Billion Contract For F-35 Engines, Components
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
- House Appropriators Release $761.7 Billion FY ‘23 Defense Spending Bill In Line With Biden’s Request
- House Appropriations Bill Would Block Retiring Five LCSs
- Quantic Acquires Small Microwave Components Company
- BWX Technologies Acquires Naval Vessel Parts Suppliers
- Marine Corps Matches Navy With Aviation Stand Down
- HII Tests LDUUV Launch And Recovery Capability
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
- Boeing’s Communications Chief Dandridge Departs
- Hicks Says Not Seeing ‘Substantial’ Inflation Effect, Possible In Schedule Slips And Supplier Prices
- More Delays to Uranium Processing Systems at DoE Nuclear Weapons Site
- State Department Approves $120 Million Sale of Ship Spare Parts To Taiwan
- Low-Cost Radar Developer Echodyne Closes $135 Million Investment Round
- GM Defense Creates International Unit
- Expected Delivery of New GPS Ground Control Segment Pushed Back to October
- Navy Aviation Forces Hold Safety Pause After Series Of Crashes
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Monday, June 13, 2022
- Defense Watch; German JV, OSD Travel Limit, UAS Lethality, Parsons Lab
- GAO: LHA-8 Delayed 13 Months Due To Defects In Gear And Understaffing
- F-35 Joint Simulation Environment Not Dependent on Nine Algorithms in Legal Dispute, DoD Says
- Lockheed Martin Has Delivered First Five Sentinel A4 Radars To The Army
- DHS Requesting Proposals For Permanent Bug Bounty Program
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Friday, June 10. 2022
- Pair Of Democrats Want DoD To Review Impacts Of Northrop Grumman Purchase Of Orbital ATK
- House Lawmakers Want Info On Potential For Army To Pursue Autonomous Stryker Vehicles
- Shield AI Raises $165 Million In Funding Round To Accelerate Autonomous Piloting
- HASC Panel NDAA Mark Directs Pacific Missile Defense Reports
- Contractors Announce Stand-in Attack Weapon Awards Before USAF
- Strategic Forces Subcommittee Approves Nuclear Weapons Council Changes, Pantex Modernization study for NDAA
- Five Marines Die In MV-22B Crash
- Navy Accepts SSC LCAC-104