Defense Daily

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to initiate a pilot project in February that involves inspecting cargo bound for passenger aircraft using existing X-Ray and explosive trace […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Try, Try Again. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said last week that Republicans thwarted the Democrats’ efforts last […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s annual Title 10 war game for the future force, Unified Quest 08 (UQ08), will have a national level guidance that officials from the Army Training […]

By Jen DiMascio For the past three years, aerospace giants Boeing [BA]and Lockheed Martin [LMT]have flirted with the idea of teaming up to make the Air Force’s next-generation bomber aircraft. […]

President Bush last week appointed Lincoln Bloomfield as the State Department’s Special Envoy for MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defense System) Threat Reduction, giving him the lead role for the United States […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s Grow the Force initiative has not developed a "transparent and comprehensive" funding plan, according to a new government report. The Government Accountability Office says decision […]

A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led industry team earlier this month unveiled the Canadian Advanced Command and Control System (CanACCS-9LV) and demonstrated the team’s readiness to lead the combat systems integration element […]

The J-2X rocket engine for the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket aced tests, according to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies [UTX] unit. That engine will power the Ares launch […]