Defense Daily
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CyberDoD Opens Competition For Multi-Billion Dollar Commercial Cloud Contract
The Department of Defense issued a draft solicitation Wednesday for its potential multi-billion dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud services project aimed at improving data analytics and security across […]
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Air ForceF-35’s Next Development Phase Could Cost Nearly $11 Billion
The follow-on development phase for the U.S. Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to cost about $10.9 billion over seven years, the program’s leader said March 7. […]
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Business/FinancialGD Increases Dividend
General Dynamics [GD] on Wednesday said its board has increased the company’s quarterly dividend by nearly 11 percent to 93 cents per share, payable on May 11. The dividend hike […]
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Homeland SecurityPekoske Looking To Build On Successes With Public-Private Partnerships
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske wants to take greater advantage of public-private partnerships to more quickly field and evaluate new technologies to help save time when programs go […]
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CongressService Weapon Buyers Say Congress Can ‘Declare Victory’ On Acquisition Reform
By delegating management of large weapon programs to the military services, Congress may already have achieved the acquisition reforms it and Defense Department leaders have long sought, according to acquisition […]
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Air ForceBoeing’s First KC-46A Tanker Delivery Likely Delayed To Late 2018, Air Force Says
Boeing’s [BA] delivery of the first KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force has been pushed back again, as the company continues to experience delays in completing flight tests […]
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CongressDHS Reauthorization Moves A Step Closer With Approval By Senate Committee
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to reauthorize to essentially codify existing authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the House […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Backers In Congress Unsatisfied With Navy’s FY ’19 Budget
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, called the Trump administration’ FY ’19 Navy budget shipbuilding request not “robust” enough compared to what he […]
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
- Army Considering 30 Cities As Potential Futures Command Headquarters
- DoD’s New Research Chief Eyes Faster Hypersonics Development
- F-35B Makes Maiden Voyage Aboard USS Wasp Amphib In Pacific
- Acacia Group Acquires Intelligent Decisions, Splits Into Two Companies
- Key Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement
- Lockheed Martin Announces New Cyber Mission Platform
- Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful PAC-3 Missile Interception Tests
- CSRA Receives Provisional Authority To Begin Operating Its DoD Cloud Platform
- Navy Requests Relatively Modest $1.5 Billion In Unfunded Priorities List
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CyberCSRA Receives Provisional Authority To Begin Operating Its DoD Cloud Platform
The Department of Defense’s information agency has given CSRA [CSRA] approval to begin operating its cloud computing service on certain Pentagon components handling the highest level of unclassified data. Defense […]