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International
State Department Approves $1 Billion Sale Of MH-60R Equipment To India
The State Department on Monday okayed a potential $1.2 billion sale of tactical radio terminals and other equipment to India for use with the country’s MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters. India would […]
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Space
Fifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NROL-126–the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) proliferated constellation–lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Asks for Input on Support for AC-130J Precision Strike Package
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s special operations forces, personnel recovery, and rotary division (AFLCMC/WIU) at Robins AFB, Ga., is surveying industry to determine its capacity to provide […]
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Editor’s Note
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Defense Daily will not publish Nov. 28-29. Your next issue will be dated Dec. 3.
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Nuclear Modernization
Feds Ask Judge to Vacate Order in Activists’ Nuclear Weapons Lawsuit, Keep Case in District Court
The federal government last week asked a judge to vacate a judgment favoring environmentalists in a plutonium pit lawsuit and stop the case from going to an appeals court. The […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards BAE $212 Million Contract For Maintenance on LPD-20
The Navy awarded BAE Systems a $212 million contract on Nov. 25 to perform maintenance on the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The award […]
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Nuclear Modernization
GAO Says More Work Needed on DoE Procurements
When it comes to overseeing billions of dollars’ worth of federal contracts, the Department of Energy, and its two nuclear weapons complex offices, still has work to do, a congressional […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Awards $125 Million To Offshore Service Vessels For Commercial Icebreaker
The Coast Guard last week awarded a $125 million contract to Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, to acquire a commercially available polar icebreaker (CAPI) that will help bridge a gap in […]
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Navy/USMC
Latest 5th Fleet Unmanned Exercise Tests Remote Launch And Launching a Drone Off USV
The Navy’s 5th Fleet group that focuses on unmanned testing conducted another iteration of unmanned tests, this time with remote launch of a loitering munitions and the take-off and landing […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Commerce Department Finalizes CHIPS Act Awards To BAE, Rocket Lab
The Department of Commerce on Monday said it has finalized awards to BAE Systems and Rocket Lab [RKLB] to incentivize domestic semiconductor capabilities using funding provided by the CHIPS and […]
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