Defense Daily
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Navy/USMC
Navy Wasted Almost $2 Billion On Cruiser Modernization Work With Mismanagement, GAO Finds
The Navy’s effort to modernize 11 Ticonderoga-class cruisers ended up wasting $1.84 billion on ships never finished with other cost and schedule delays that only led to three ships having […]
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Business/Financial
Amentum Earnings Fall But Future Looks Bright, CEO Says
Earnings fell at Amentum [AMTM] in fiscal 2024, although the company, which consolidated this summer with the government contracting and cyber wings of Jacobs, sees better days ahead with new […]
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Army
Final FY ‘25 NDAA Scraps House Plan To Establish Army Drone Corps
The final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act does not include a House-proposed provision to establish a Drone Corps as a new branch within the Army. The move […]
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Army
GAO Denies Protest Of Army’s Nearly $1 Billion Switchblade Award To AeroVironment
The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest of the nearly $1 billion contract award to AeroVironment [AVAV] for its Switchblade loitering munitions, the company said Tuesday. Mistral Inc., a […]
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Air Force
Space Force Launches Seventh GPS III, As Others Await Vulcan Certification
U.S. Space Force launched the seventh Lockheed Martin [LMT] Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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Intelligence Community
NRO Successfully Launches Last Proliferated Architecture Mission Of 2024
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday morning successfully launched its sixth and final proliferated satellite architecture mission of the year, marking 10 total missions in the last 19 months […]
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Space
Rogers Says He Favors Budget Boost for U.S. Space Force, Opposes ‘Endless’ Cost Plus Contracts
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) says he favors an increase in U.S. Space Force numbers, including more general officers and personnel with acquisition experience and the service’s […]
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Space
SpaceX Proposing 25 Starship/Super Heavy Launches Annually
SpaceX wants the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to approve 25 annual launches of the company-touted reusable Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy boosters from SpaceX’s Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas. That […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Lockheed Martin Creates Subsidiary Focused On Secure AI Solutions For Defense, Commercial Sectors
Building on investments made in generative artificial intelligence to strengthen its own operations, Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday launched a new business aimed at helping other companies in the defense […]
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- McConnell: $900 Billion Defense Topline ‘Not Nearly Enough,’ Calls For ‘Significant’ Increase
- Democrats Introduce Bill to Spur System Sustainment by Military Services
- Capacity Not An Issue For DRS Land Systems If DoD Needs To Surge Air Defense Needs
- Poland and General Atomics Reach Deal on SkyGuardians
- Boeing Taps Former Terran, Virgin Orbit Executive To Lead Millennium Space Systems
- For Science, Keep It Subcritical, NNSA Defense Programs Head Says
- State Department Approves Sale Of Fire Control Systems For Korean Destroyers