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Air Force
General Electric May Receive Up to $5 Billion for F110-129 Engines for Foreign F-15s
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Cincinnati’s General Electric Aerospace [GE] a contract worth up to $5 billion to provide the company’s F110-129 engines for Boeing [BA] F-15 fighters and […]
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Force Multipliers
Chris Wilson – Qlik
In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […]
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Army
Army Expanding TiC Rapid Fielding Initiative To Multi-Domain Task Forces
The Army’s ongoing Transforming in Contact (TiC) initiative to get after rapidly fielding new capabilities is expanding to include its Multi-Domain Task Forces (MDTF), a lead official confirmed on Friday. […]
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Navy/USMC
Amphib Ship Maintenance Plans Work Better If COCOMs Do Not Extend Units, Marine Corps Commandant Says
The Commandant of the Marine Corps this week said while the Navy is trying to get its ships into maintenance availability on time and out to sea on time, part […]
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Space
Ursa Major Nabs Award To Develop In-Space Propulsion Capability
Ursa Major, which has been cutting its teeth developing solid rocket motors and liquid rocket engines, has received a contract from an undisclosed customer to develop chemical propulsion for tactical […]
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Congress
Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Create Shipbuilding Commission
Three House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a new maritime industrial base commission to study and make recommendations on the U.S. maritime industry. The bill, called […]
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Uncategorized
Defense Watch: FPV Drones, Portugal Fighters, Reaper Pod, Office of Net Assessment Closes, McAleese Conference
First-Person View. Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine should spur the Pentagon to put a higher priority on offensive first person view (FPV) drones, according to one lawmaker. “We […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Surveying Industry on Mature Counter UAS
The U.S. Air Force wants to hear from companies able to demonstrate mature, Technology Readiness Level 6 ground-to-air and air-to-air counter drone systems by June 30 and to increase production […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DIU Selects Companies To Rapidly Prototype Long-Range Loitering Munitions For Contested Environments
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last Friday said it has awarded contracts to AeroVironment [AVAV], Auterion, Dragoon Technology, and Swan to rapidly prototype and demonstrate long-range loitering munitions that can […]
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Air Force
USAF Awards Lockheed Martin More Than $1.9 Billion for JASSM and LRASM
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a more than $1.9 billion contract for the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), DoD […]
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