Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, November 19, 2021
- Columbia Could be Down to 2 Months of Margin, Navy Program Exec Says
- CVN-78 Taking Parts From CVN-79, Navy Says No Delays To Construction
- With Recent Awards, CBP On Track With NII Deployment Plans, Official Says
- Senate Advances NDAA Toward Debate After Deciding Against Including China Competition Bill
- U.S. Space Force Looking Into On-Orbit Debris Removal and Satellite Refueling/Repair
- Biden Administration Opposes Authorizers’ Provision to Limit Reduction Below 400 ICBMs, As NPR Continues
- Collins Aerospace Acquires Dutch Composites Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman Names Tom Wilson New Chief Of Space Systems
- Norway Accepts First Of Five P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
- U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin to Split Cost of LCS Combining Gear Fix
- Army’s JLTV Follow-On Deal May Be Worth $6.5 Billion Over 10 Years
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
- Disagreement On China Competition Bill Delays Senate’s Progress On NDAA
- NR Head to Industry on Nuke Propulsion Transfer to Australia: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You
- Some House Homeland Democrats Frustrated Russian Not Cracking Down On Ransomware Actors
- Ambassador: AUKUS Subs To Avoid Domestic Nuke Industry, Confirms HEU
- Freedom Radio Proof of Concept Demonstration Coming Soon, Northrop Grumman Says
- Biden Nominates DoE Artificial Intelligence Official To Run DHS S&T
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
- USAF Looks to Re-Imagining Air Superiority, Conduct of Warfare
- Space Development Agency Chief Would Like To Link Transport Layer With Commercial Satellites
- House Report Says Ransomware Victims Lack Clarity In Responding To Feds
- Defense Nuclear Amendments for the Senate’s FY22 NDAA: W80-4; Posture Review; Plant Directed R&D; More
- B61-12 First Production Unit ‘Nearing Completion,’ DoE Nuke Agency Says
- Pentagon Fails Fourth Financial Audit, DoD Comptroller Sees ‘Steady Progress’
- General Dynamics BIW Starts Building DDG-132
- U.S., China Look To Hold Further Strategic Stability Talks Following Biden-Xi Virtual Meeting
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
- Russian Direct Ascent ASAT Test Generates More Than 1,500 Pieces of Trackable Debris
- Government Spending On R&D ‘Dangerously Low,’ Warns Northrop’s Warden
- AFRL Says It Plans to Double Investment in Space Cybersecurity, Other Capabilities
- Top Senate Appropriator Leahy Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022
- Treasury, Israeli Finance Ministry Partner To Combat Ransomware
- Navy Contracts With Five Companies To Compete On $8 Billion In SIOP Work
- Foggo: New Naval Think Tank Akin To Mitchell Institute
- PAC-3 MSE Tests Integration With IBCS
- Schumer Moves To Proceed On Senate’s NDAA, Likely Wednesday Vote To Begin Floor Debate
- Cornyn, Hassan Introduce Defense Supply Chain Bill
- DoE Nixes Huge Site Management Competition Over Concerns With Nuclear Weapons Work
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Monday, November 15, 2021
- Defense Watch: Saudi FMS, Project Convergence, Lockheed Fighting Forest Fires
- Sustainment/Availability Has Been Achilles Heel for F-35 Fighter
- BAE To Acquire Bohemia Interactive, Software Developer For Training Solutions
- First Autonomous Black Hawk Flight With No Safety Pilots Set For January, Potential Role For Tech On Enduring Fleet
- Navy To Conduct Unmanned Prize Challenge This Month
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Friday, November 12, 2021
- AFWERX Director Notes Potential of eVTOL for Air Force Personnel Recovery
- USAF to Compete High-Fidelity Crew Station for F-35 Joint Simulation Environment
- Counter-Drone Office Plans Evaluations Of As-A-Service and High Power Microwave Solutions
- Navy League Launches Think Tank Led By Foggo
- Project Convergence Results To Help Inform Modernization Funding Decisions, Wormuth Says
- CISA Needs To Be Non-Partisan, Easterly Says
- Northrop Grumman Finishes Hypersonic Sensor CDR
- Austal USA Takes Over West Coast Repair Facility
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
- Army Rolls Out New Future Vertical Lift Tech, Nearly Triples Its Network Reach At Project Convergence
- Aviation Business To Remain With GE As Corporate Giant Plans Breakup
- USAF Looks to Integrate ACES 5 Ejection Seat on F-15E
- SASC Bill Would Require Contractors to Divulge Diversity Training Materials
- Ambassador: AUKUS Sub To Modify Existing Design And Project Power
- U.K. Awards $136 Million Contract To Upgrade Maritime EW
- Capella Space to Add Mynaric Optical Terminals on Future Satellites to Test with DoD Space Architecture
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Vol 292, Issue 26
- Shyu Details Pentagon’s Plans For New Joint Experiment To Test Emerging Tech Starting In FY ‘23
- Pratt & Whitney Looks to Enhanced F-35 Engine for Cooling Advanced Weapons and Saving Billions in Life Cycle Costs
- Viasat to Acquire Inmarsat in $7.3B Satellite Industry Consolidation Deal
- BlueHalo Acquires C-UAS Company Citadel Defense
- Navy Extending Textron UAS Contract On ESB-4
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Monday, November 8, 2021
- Defense Watch: Cyber EO, Redwire Deal, Northrop Stock Buyback
- New NGA Strategy Aims To Improve Use Of Commercial GEOINT
- Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Measure To Defense Bill
- On-Time Acquisition of KC-46A and E-2D Among Top JASDF Priorities
- Navy Announces Unmanned Industry Day Ahead Of New R&D Contract
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Friday, November 5, 2021
- SecNav Confirms DDG Multi-Year Procurement Planned, Agrees With Ending F/A-18E/F Purchases
- Huntington Ingalls Posts Lower Earnings On Pension, Acquisition Costs
- White House Extends Vaccine Deadline to Jan. 4
- Pentagon Rolls Out Updated ‘CMMC 2.0’ Aimed At Addressing Complexity, Cost Concerns
- State Department Approves Potential $650 Million AMRAAM Missile Deal With Saudi Arabia
- DHS Delays FirstSource III Awards A Bit More
- USS Connecticut Leadership Relieved Over Collision