Defense Daily
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Air ForceAir Force Plans To Proceed With Purchasing Light-Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force intends to rapidly buy a fleet of light-attack aircraft after it conducts a second round of experiments with such planes later this year, service Secretary Heather […]
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CyberWhite House Says ‘Malicious Cyber Activity’ Cost US $109 Billion In 2016
Cyber-attacks cost the U.S. economy between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016 and are measured in things like lost revenue, data and intellectual property, court settlements, regulatory penalties and […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop, DARPA Launching Open Architecture Drone Swarm
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is launching an open-architecture swarm of small drones and is inviting third-party participants to test small-unit tactics with the platform designed to rapidly develop technologies through “swarm […]
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ArmyLeonardo Drops Lakota Lawsuit, Clearing Way For Airbus Army Sale
Following a loss in court on a related case and a scathing rebuke from a competing aircraft manufacturer, Leonardo Helicopters has decided to withdraw a lawsuit challenging the Army’s purchase […]
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ArmyArmy Could Curtail Some Overseas Missions To Patch Readiness Holes
To fulfill all of the Army’s global responsibilities, soldiers typically spend as much time deployed as they do at home between missions, inspiring service leaders to see which missions might […]
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CongressSenate OKs Griffin To Lead DoD’s New Research And Engineering Shop
The Senate confirmed several national security nominations by voice vote late Feb. 15, including former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to the new job of undersecretary of defense for research and engineering […]
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Friday, February 16, 2018
- NORTHCOM Chief Says She Will Guard Against Overusing Upgraded F-16s
- HII Posts Lower Profit In Fourth Quarter On Tax, Interest Expenses: Plans New Investments
- Veritas Acquires PwC’sUS Public Sector Business
- Senate OKs Griffin To Lead DoD’s New Research And Engineering Shop
- Army Expects Quick Modernization Wins Through Rapid Prototyping
- White House Blames Russian Military For NotPetya Global Cyber Attack
- Air Force Focusing On Enterprise IT As A Service, Cyber-Integrated ISR Capabilities
- Navy Budgets For First Eight LCS OTH Missiles
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Navy/USMCNavy Budgets For First Eight LCS OTH Missiles
The Navy budgeted $18 million for the first eight Over The Horizon (OTH) missiles for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in its fiscal year 2019 Defense Department budget request. The […]
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Air ForceAir Force Focusing On Enterprise IT As A Service, Cyber-Integrated ISR Capabilities
Air Force officials are looking to cyber-integrated ISR capabilities and embracing enterprise IT as a service (EaaS) in an effort to better leverage data to protect networks and address growing […]
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CyberWhite House Blames Russian Military For NotPetya Global Cyber Attack
After months of conducting its due diligence, the U.S. government on Thursday attributed Russia’s military with a cyber-attack last summer that masqueraded as ransomware but in reality was meant to […]