Defense Daily
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Homeland SecurityGAO Rejects Leidos Protest Of DHS Biometric Database Award To Northrop Grumman
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last Thursday rejected a protest by Leidos [LDOS] of a contract awarded late last September to Northrop Grumman [NOC] to build out a new multimodal […]
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Friday, January 19, 2018
- Air Force Begins Broad Review Of Programs
- Acquisition Nominees Call For Prototyping Before Buying Major Weapon Systems
- Air Force Secretary Eyes Research Funding Boost
- MDA Will Not Take Over GMD Integration From Boeing
- Pekoske Details Plans To Begin Ramp Up Of New Checkpoint Scanners This Year
- House Panel Urges Manufacturing Officials To Update IoT Cyber Security Standards
- Industry Officials Laud Benefits Of DHS Cyber Security Program
- Senate Passes Bill Reauthorizing Controversial Warrantless Surveillance Program
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CongressSenate Passes Bill Reauthorizing Controversial Warrantless Surveillance Program
The Senate voted Thursday to pass a bill reauthorizing a controversial National Security Agency (NSA) program allowing warrantless surveillance of foreign suspects outside the U.S. for another six years. Legislation […]
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Air ForceAir Force Begins Broad Review Of Programs
The U.S. Air Force has launched a two-month review of all of its programs to determine whether some of them are no longer needed, according to a service official. The review, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Eyes Research Funding Boost
U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Jan. 18 that she wants to increase the portion of the service’s budget devoted to science and technology. The Air Force currently spends […]
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Cyber
House Panel Urges Manufacturing Officials To Update IoT Cyber Security Standards
A House panel urged manufacturing industry partners on Thursday to assist federal agencies with developing improved security standards for internet connected devices to fend off future cyber attacks. Witnesses at […]
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Air ForceAcquisition Nominees Call For Prototyping Before Buying Major Weapon Systems
Rapid experimental prototyping of the sort that resulted in the SR-71 Blackbird and F-117 stealth fighter is the key to keeping major weapon system development programs on track, according to […]
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CongressPekoske Details Plans To Begin Ramp Up Of New Checkpoint Scanners This Year
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske says his agency plans to field 40 new advanced checkpoint screening systems for aviation security this year for further operational testing in advanced […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Will Not Take Over GMD Integration From Boeing
The U.S. government notified industry last week it will not assume the prime integrator role for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system after concluding doing so now would add “an […]
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CongressIndustry Officials Laud Benefits Of DHS Cyber Security Program
Despite delays in the rollout of a cyber security program that is meant to provide greater visibility and security of federal networks, so far the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) […]