Defense Daily
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ArmyService Secretaries Share Science & Tech Notes Over Regular Breakfasts
Expanding on promises of “jointness” and cooperation on the battlefield, the military service senior civilian leaders are meeting regularly to trade notes on research efforts to reduce overlap and promote […]
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Monday, March 12, 2018
- Defense Watch
- Congress Nears Finishing FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
- Report Suggests Multiple Approaches To Better Integrate Allied Defense Industrial Base
- Palantir, Raytheon To Share $876 Million Contract For Army Battle Management System
- Senate Panel Advances Bill Pushing Energy Sector To Adopt Analog Technology For Improved Cyber Threat Prevention
- Northrop Grumman Awarded $475 Million Contract To Model Missile Defense, MDA Director Says No GBI Tests In ‘18
- Navy Starts Submarine Arctic Ice Exercise
- Army Buys First Post-Lawsuit Lot Of Airbus Utility Helicopters
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch
F-35 vs. A-10. A congressionally mandated comparison test of the Air Force’s F-35A and A-10 aircraft will be conducted during the F-35’s initial operational test and evaluation, which is slated […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Submarine Arctic Ice Exercise
The U.S. Navy, in cooperation with British and Canadian partners, started its biennial ICEX (Ice Exercise) 2018 in the Arctic Ocean this week. ICEX is a five-week exercise that involves […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Awarded $475 Million Contract To Model Missile Defense, MDA Director Says No GBI Tests In ‘18
Earlier this week the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Northrop Grumman a non-competitive contract worth up to $475 million to develop, integrate, test, and field missile defense modeling and simulation […]
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ArmyPalantir, Raytheon To Share $876 Million Contract For Army Battle Management System
Nearly two years after Palantir Technologies sued the Army for not considering commercial products for its battlefield data management system, the company is co-recipient of a $876 million contract for […]
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CongressSenate Panel Advances Bill Pushing Energy Sector To Adopt Analog Technology For Improved Cyber Threat Prevention
A Senate energy panel unanimously approved a bill Thursday directing the energy sector to adopt lower-grade technology needed to facilitate better cyber security controls in the face of growing threats […]
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BudgetCongress Nears Finishing FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Lawmakers are “on track” to unveil the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations conference report sometime during the week of March 12-16, a spokeswoman for the House Appropriations Committee said March […]
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ArmyArmy Buys First Post-Lawsuit Lot Of Airbus Utility Helicopters
Free from legal shackles it has been forced to wear for more than two years, the Army has signed a $273 million deal with Airbus Helicopters for additional UH-72 Lakota […]
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Business/FinancialReport Suggests Multiple Approaches To Better Integrate Allied Defense Industrial Base
New exemptions for controlled goods, program licensing, integration of performance based logistics contracting, and improving standards to better enable open systems architecture among international partners are among the key recommendations […]