Defense Daily
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Monday, February 5, 2018
- Defense Watch
- DoD Nuclear Review Backs Existing Modernization Efforts, New Sea-Launched Capabilities
- Low-Yield Warhead Details Due in ’19 Budget, But Big NNSA Infrastructure Plans Will Wait a Year
- Air Force Plans Second Light-Attack Aircraft Experiment
- Second Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Completes Acceptance Trials
- UPDATED: Army Wants New Combat Vehicles, Helicopters ‘Substantially’ Sooner Than Originally Planned
- DHS Awards Booz Allen $621 Million For Federal Cyber Security Tools
- Airbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract
- DARPA Transfers Sea Hunter To ONR, Will Continue Developing It
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Navy/USMCDARPA Transfers Sea Hunter To ONR, Will Continue Developing It
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully completed its anti-submarine unmanned vessel program and officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, called the Sea Hunter, to the Office of Naval […]
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PentagonDoD Nuclear Review Backs Existing Modernization Efforts, New Sea-Launched Capabilities
The Pentagon’s newly released nuclear posture review (NPR) reaffirms existing plans to modernize the nation’s aging nuclear arsenal, saying a robust suite of air-, ground- and sea-based systems will be […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Completes Acceptance Trials
The U.S. Navy said the second of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), completed acceptance trials on Thursday. During the trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch
DHS Authorization. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has introduced a bill that would permanently authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Requirements Council, an executive body within the department that oversees […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Awards Booz Allen $621 Million For Federal Cyber Security Tools
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] on Friday said it has won a $621 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the first award under a new acquisition vehicle that […]
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Homeland SecurityLow-Yield Warhead Details Due in ’19 Budget, But Big NNSA Infrastructure Plans Will Wait a Year
Cost and schedule details about a proposed low-yield warhead for submarine-launched ballistic cruise missiles will appear in the White House’s fiscal 2019 budget requests later this month, but details about […]
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Air ForceAir Force Plans Second Light-Attack Aircraft Experiment
The U.S. Air Force intends to conduct a second phase of experiments with light-attack aircraft this spring and summer, the service said Feb. 2. The Air Force said in a […]
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ArmyUPDATED: Army Wants New Combat Vehicles, Helicopters ‘Substantially’ Sooner Than Originally Planned
The Army’s number-two civilian, who is overseeing a massive restructuring of the service’s weapons development and acquisition process, wants to push up prototyping and experimentation of new combat vehicles and […]
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ArmyAirbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract
Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit last week, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts […]