Defense Daily

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 […]

The governments of Greece and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of additional Lockheed Martin [LMT] precision-strike laser-guided Hellfire II missiles to […]

By Jen DiMascio Just before the Senate passed its version of the FY ’08 Defense Authorization Bill, the chamber agreed to an amendment that would make clear how funding for […]

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 George Lobsenz The Energy Department must conduct more experiments and research–and provide for more independent review of those studies–if it is to make a convincing case that its proposed […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week awarded the New York City Police Department a $3.25 million grant to establish a network system that will link […]

By Geoff Fein The Air Force Special Operations variant of the V-22 Osprey this week will begin its operational test and readiness review (OTR&R)–a comprehensive examination of all the developmental […]