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Space
Air Force Solicits Responses for OSP-4 Launch Services
The Air Force released Aug. 14 its solicitation for the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) program to rapidly launch payloads within two years of task order award. The service’s Rocket Systems […]
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Space
Sierra Nevada Selects ULA’s Vulcan Centaur for NASA Missions
Sierra Nevada Corp. [SNC] has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) forthcoming launch vehicle to help deliver cargo to the International Space Station beginning in 2021. SNC Chairwoman and President Eren […]
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Air Force
Air Force Temporarily Grounds One Quarter of C-130 Fleet Due to Cracks
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has ordered the temporary removal of over 100 C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft from service for inspections following discoveries of “atypical cracks” during maintenance. […]
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Business/Financial
Mattis Rejoins Board Of General Dynamics
Former Marine General and Defense Secretary James Mattis has been reelected to the Board of Directors of General Dynamics [GD], where he previously served on the board between August 2013 […]
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Analysis
Analysis: Force Boeing and Northrop Grumman to Play Nice on GBSD?
Editor’s note: This is an analysis produced by Defense Daily’s reporting team. It’s clear that Boeing [BA], which designed, built and serviced every Minuteman missile since the venerable launcher became […]
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Missile Defense
F-35 Data First Integrated Into Army’s Missile Defense System
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Stakeholders recently demonstrated the ability to integrate F-35 Joint Strike Fighter track data into the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) during […]
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Business/Financial
BWXT Halfway Through submarine Missile Tube Fixes; Threatens Exit From Business
BWX Technologies [BWXT] is now about halfway through repairing 12 submarine missile tubes it welded incorrectly in 2018, Rex Geveden, president and chief executive officer of the Lynchburg, Va., nuclear-hardware […]
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Business/Financial
L3Harris Posts Lower Earnings, Higher Sales In Second Quarter; Introduces Guidance
Reporting for the first time since the close of Harris Corp.’s acquisition of L3 Technologies in late June, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday posted unaudited second quarter financial results with […]
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Business/Financial
Leidos Posts Strong Sales But Income Dips On Higher Taxes
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday posted solid second quarter financial results driven by strong revenue growth and orders although net income was down due to higher taxes. Based on the results, […]
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Business/Financial
Private Equity Firm Advent International To Acquire Britain’s Cobham For $5 Billion
United Kingdom-based aerospace and defense company Cobham plc on Thursday said it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by the U.S.-based global private equity firm Advent International for […]
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