Defense Daily

The U.S. Navy and its Poseidon industry team marked the beginning of the P-8A production last month at Spirit AeroSystems‘ [SPR] Wichita, Kan., the Navy said. The P-8A is the […]

The future USS New York (LPD-21), the fifth ship of the San Antonio-class of amphibious ships, was launched last month from Northrop Grumman [NOC] Ship Systems in Avondale, La., the […]

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) this week announced he has chosen Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) to replace the retiring Minority Whip Trent Lott. Lott, who had four years remaining in […]

By Jen DiMascio Congressional leaders are weighing options for overcoming President Bush’s decision to veto the annual bill to authorize funding for Pentagon operations that lawmakers overwhelmingly passed last month. […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy in 2008 will begin an effort looking at developing a direct attack moving target capability (DAMTC) for strike weapons as well as necking down the […]

Britain’s BAE SYSTEMS last month said it has agreed to acquire MTC Technologies, Inc., [MTCT] in a $450 million deal that gives it access to new customers in the Defense […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] last month said it has acquired PercepTek, Inc., a developer of autonomous software technologies used in navigation for unmanned ground vehicles and aircraft systems, and automated persistent […]

By Jen DiMascio Like a number of senators last week, 57 House members this week appealed to the Defense Secretary to ensure that the Air Force funds C-17 Globemasters in […]

ITT Corp. [ITT] yesterday completed its acquisition of EDO Corp. for $1.7 billion, which includes the assumption of debt, giving it a range of new aerospace and defense capabilities. The […]