Defense Daily
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Homeland SecurityTSA Completing Testing Of Standoff Explosive Detection Capabilities For Soft Targets
The Transportation Security Administration is in the final stages of testing technology that can detect the presence of explosives on a person at stand-off ranges, David Pekoske, the agency’s chief, […]
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BudgetTrump Signs Fourth CR For FY 2018 Into Law
President Trump signed into law late Jan. 22 a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Feb. 8 and ends a three-day federal shutdown. Earlier that evening, the Senate […]
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CyberMattis: DoD Needs Cyber Reorganization, Defined Role For Protecting The Domain
The Department of Defense will undergo a continued reorganization of its cyber posts as it aims to better protect against broadening attacks to the domain, according to Defense Secretary Jim […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFormer Chief Weapon Buyer: Open Systems Requirements Need Better Enforcement
Requiring that new weapons have some degree of openness to upgrades has been a Pentagon policy for decades, but the Defense Department needs to better enforce that expectation so emerging […]
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
- Study: Drawdown, Budget Caps Have Harmed Every Sector Of Defense Industrial Base
- Senate Votes To Reopen Government
- Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket Reaches Orbit For First Time
- ULA Launches Air Force’s Fourth SBIRS Missile-Warning Satellite
- GA-ASI Successfully Tests Automatic Takeoff And Landing Capability For MQ-9Bs
- Curtiss-Wright Launches New Initiative To Support Army C4ISR/EW Open Suite Of Standards
- HII Wins $125 Million Modification For More Fitz Repair Work
- BAE, HII, and GD Win $238 Million Contract For Maintenance Of Surface Combatants
- BAE Wins $47 Million For Four More Upgraded Mk 45 Naval Guns
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BudgetSenate Votes To Reopen Government
The Senate approved a continuing resolution (CR) late Jan. 22 that would fund the government through Feb. 8 and end a three-day federal shutdown. The Senate passed the measure by […]
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ArmyCurtiss-Wright Launches New Initiative To Support Army C4ISR/EW Open Suite Of Standards
Defense manufacturer Curtiss-Wright [CW] is launching a new initiative to support Army Materiel Command’s new C4ISR and electronic warfare modular system standards program, the company said at a conference Monday. […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Wins $47 Million For Four More Upgraded Mk 45 Naval Guns
The Navy awarded BAE Systems, Inc. A $47 million contract option to deliver four more Mk 45 5-inch naval guns, upgrading existing units, the company said Monday. This is a […]
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Navy/USMCBAE, HII, and GD Win $238 Million Contract For Maintenance Of Surface Combatants
The Navy awarded Britain’s BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Inc.’s Continental Maritime [HII], and General Dynamics National Steels and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) [GD] a combined $238 million modification for maintenance of […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $125 Million Modification For More Fitz Repair Work
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Huntington Ingalls Inc. [HII] its largest modification yet, $125 million, for the contract repairing the heavily damaged USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), the Pentagon said […]