Defense Daily

BAE SYSTEMS yesterday said it has agreed to sell its Pennsylvania-based Surveillance and Attack business to Cobham plc, for $240 million in cash as it de- emphasizes its role as […]

The Air Force expects to launch today a new Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation satellite into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket fired from Cape Canaveral […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy’s all-weather, airborne early warning battle management aircraft, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, flew its first mission system flight, with its radar operating, earlier this month, and […]

By Jen DiMascio Presidential contender former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) wants to move quickly on existing planned growth in the military’s ground forces and increase investment in defense. Huckabee laid […]

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] Dec. 19 announced the Army has notified the company of its intent to award a contract to operate the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant for four more […]

The Senate was likely to pass last night an omnibus spending package that would include about $70 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a […]

By Jen DiMascio Nineteen Senators last week urged Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle to provide enough funding for C-17 Globemasters in the […]

The United States and Singapore have agreed to cooperate on the Secure Freight Initiative, which is a Department of Homeland Security led effort at select foreign ports to scan U.S.-bound […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday considered four Defense Department civilian nominations including a candidate for to be the next Air Force comptroller. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) asked John Gibson, […]