Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, March 21, 2022
- Defense Watch: Aerojet Vision, Cyber Exercise, Japanese Global Hawks, OPC Bids In
- HASC Leaders Want Plan For Replenishing Stinger Missile Stockpile, Urge Fielding New SHORAD System
- Analogic Scores $781 Million TSA Checkpoint CT Award
- Air Mobility Command Seeks Thermal Curtains for KC-46A
- State Department Approves Sale Of Ballistic Missile Defense Radar, C2BMC to U.K.
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Friday, March 18, 2022
- Bell’s FARA Build Is Over 80% Complete, ITEP Engine Delay Pushes First Flight To Early ‘23
- Sen. Warren Introduces Antitrust Bill She Says Would Have Prohibited Lockheed-Aerojet Deal
- Familiar Nuke Names Nab Spots on Congress’ New Strategic Posture Commission
- Idea of Providing MQ-1s and MQ-9 Reapers to Ukraine Raised
- Northrop Grumman Details Two New Successful IBCS Flight Tests During IOT&E
- Berger: Slow Russian Progress In Ukraine Gives China Pause In Taiwan, Validates USMC Direction on Modernization
- Mayorkas Restarts, Restocks Advisory Council
- Boeing Starts Building First New Zealand P-8A
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Thursday, March 17, 2022
- Biden Details New $800 Million Military Equipment Package To Ukraine, Includes Drones
- Booz Allen To Acquire Mission Services Company EverWatch
- Navy And Marine Corps Exercise Manned And Unmanned Helicopter Teaming
- Accenture Nabs $199 Million TSA Contract To Consolidate Credentialing Systems
- Final FY ‘22 Budget Requires Some Buy America Parts In New Navy Ships
- USAF to Equip F-16 Fighters with New EW Suite
- Maturity of Design of Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype Validated in Review, Boeing Says
- Startup Aims To Bring AI Technology To Defense, Starting With Maritime Surveillance
- USAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
- SASC to Hold Nomination Hearing Next Week for LaPlante
- SDA to Issue Solicitation in Next Two Weeks for Tranche 1 of Tracking Layer
- State Department Approves Sale Of Eight MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters To Spain
- Biden Signs New Federal Spending Bill
- Coast Guard Issues RFP For Missionization Of C-130Js
- U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Electra and MIT for eSTOL Flight Controls
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
- As Putin Continues Assault on Ukraine, Germany Announces F-35 Buy
- Lawmakers Place $350 Million For IVAS Procurement On Hold Until IOT&E Completion, Brief On Program
- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to Get New Chief
- New LPD and SSN Delivered To the Navy
- Aquilino: Shortening AUKUS From 10 To Eight Years Would be ‘Herculean’
- Bipartisan Group Of Senators Want DHS Update On Cyber Defenses Against Russia
- U.S. Approves Sending $200 Million In Additional Military Equipment To Ukraine
- PACAF Commander Lays Down Marker for Significant Attritables Fleet
- TransDigm To Acquire Helicopter Equipment Provider DART Aerospace
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Monday, March 14, 2022
- Defense Watch: AFWERX VTOL, SpeedDealer, CISA Boost, Russian Subs
- Congress Passes FY ‘22 Spending Bills, Includes $782 Billion For Defense Programs
- CNO Navigation Plan To Be Updated Within A Month
- Congress Directs F-35 Program to Submit Performance Reports on C2D2
- NNSA Budget Up In Omnibus; Prohibitions Against B83, Sea-Launched W80-4 Gone
- NNSA Can’t Spend Its Way To Plutonium Pit Goal, STRATCOM Commander Tells Senators
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Friday, March 11, 2022
- Army’s Rapid Capabilities And Critical Tech Office Exploring Counter-sUAS ‘As A Service’ Model
- Navy Argues Old Cruisers Unsafe, Not Just Costly
- GAO Finds Three DHS Major Programs Not Meeting Baseline Goals
- Omnibus Spending Bill Nixes ARRW Buy, Redirects $80 million to Boost Testing
- Cyber Incident Reporting Bill Passes House As Part Of Omnibus
- Transfer of UAVs to Ukraine Offers Benefit, Low Escalation Risk, Atlantic Council Says
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
- Final FY ‘22 Spending Deal Boosts Defense Funds By Billions, Includes $13.6 Billion In Ukraine Aid
- FY ‘23 Budget To Show ‘A Lot Of Continuity’ In Funding For Future Army Maneuver Platforms, Wormuth Says
- Navy To Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft Replenishment During Summer Exercise
- Boeing Wins $498 Million Contract Order For Taiwan Harpoon Coastal Defense System
- USAF Official Sees ‘Wide Open’ Landscape for Use of Unmanned Aircraft
- Omnibus Bill Will Add To Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program
- Appropriators Give CISA Big Increase In FY ’22 Bill
- F-35 Sustainment Contract To Pay Bonuses for Improved MC Rates
- HII NNS Reaches New Labor Contract Agreement With United Steelworkers
- TSA Publishes Identity Management Roadmap
- ACC Commander: Greater Range, Payload, Sensing, Weapons Needed for Current and Future Fighters
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
- Army ‘Not Changing’ Modernization Priorities, McConville Says
- NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM Leaders Look To Bolster ‘Domain Awareness’ With FY ‘23 Budget
- Putin Committed For Now To Neutralizing Ukraine, Intelligence Officials Say
- U.S. Space Command Three Years Away from Full Operational Capability
- Google To Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant For $5.4 Billion
- MDA To Extend Boeing GMD Contract Through Late 2024
- Australia Will Build New Sub Base For AUKUS Vessels
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
- VCNO Equates Naval Safety Center Process With INSURV
- Pentagon To Start Planning Soon For Second Rapid Experimentation Sprint In FY ‘24, Shyu Says
- Vectrus, Vertex Merging To Create $3.4 Billion Defense Services Company
- BAE Completes $200 Million Acquisition Of Simulation Company Bohemia
- Anduril Plans To Develop And Manufacture Products In Australia
- JAGM Achieves Initial Operational Capability For AH-1Z
- B-52Hs Cycled Through Bomber Task Force in Europe