Defense Daily

Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton assumed command of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) yesterday, taking the helm from Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Kehler, who has been leading the command on […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced it has made $52.3 million in recent awards to contractors for various new security equipment, most of which is headed […]

The Air Force said yesterday that it intends to launch the first of its new communications satellites, the Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) system, into orbit next Tuesday. […]

Israel’s RAFAEL Armament Development Authority recently unveiled SpotLite-M a new and mobile member of its SpotLite family of electro-optic (EO) enemy fire detection systems. “The SpotLite-M provides the best solution […]

Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won’t greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, […]

By Jen DiMascio The leader of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) yesterday vowed to block a war supplemental from moving forward unless the president agrees to change course in Iraq. […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is planning to conduct a demonstration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned sensor aircraft next year in the Pacific to showcase the platform and […]

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) this week awarded contracts to General Electric‘s [GE] Global Research Center, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and SAIC [SAI] worth a combined $33 million […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army is using simulations to take advantage of the fact that today’s recruits are Internet savvy and multi-task oriented, according to the service’s top recruiter. "Absolutely […]