Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
- AV Wins Army’s Competition To Deliver Next-Gen C-UAS Missile
- Apex Planning On-Orbit Demonstration Of Commercially Developed Space Based Interceptor Next June
- Boeing Nabs $461 Million To Deliver Army’s Next Nine CH-47F Block II Chinooks
- Shield AI Says Development of More Than 2,000 Mile Range X-BAT Underway
- Lockheed Martin Takes Fixed Price, Production Lot Charges on “P958” Program
- Northrop Grumman And LIG Nex1 To Collaborate On Korean Air And Missile Defense, May Integrate IBCS
- Textron Taps Bell Chief Atherton As New President And CEO
- Army Plans Regular Competitions For Counter-UAS Capabilities
- Vantor Tracking High-Interest Objects For Space Force Under New Award
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
- Engineering Analysis Underway For Upgraded F-35, F-22 Based On NGAD Development
- USAF Gauging Industry Expertise To Build NGAS
- Trump Taps Hegseth’s Top Military Aide LaNeve For Army Vice Chief
- Northrop Grumman Reports Strong Third Quarter; Another B-21 Award Expected Soon
- Courtney: Australians “Buoyant” For AUKUS After Trump Meeting, Pentagon Review Likely Focused On Industrial Base
- Lockheed Martin Wins $233 Million Full-Rate IRST Block II Order For Navy And Air National Guard
- AV Tapped As Lead Software Integrator For Army’s Human-Machine Integrated Formation Effort
- RTX Posts Strong Third Quarter On Commercial, Defense Work
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
- Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review For Sentinel Launch Support
- Trump Approves Of AUKUS Moving Along, Says Expediting Sub Sales To Australia
- Dutch Join USAF CCA Program, Team With GA-ASI for New Small Drone
- Kansas To Join North Dakota As Site Of Counter Drone Point Defense Battle Lab
- Lockheed Eyes Flight Test In 2026 For Long-Range Missile Concept Informing PrSM Inc. 4
- Anduril Acquires Infrared Camera Designer American Infrared Solutions
- Coast Guard Awards GD’s Gulfstream Unit $172 Million For Command And Control Aircraft
- Lockheed Has Reached Production Goal To Build 14,000 GMLRS Annually
- NNSA furloughs 80 Percent Of Workforce; Focus On Keeping Pantex And Y-12 Open
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Monday, October 20, 2025
- Defense Watch: Wedgetail, Energetics Partnering, Drone News
- Collins Aerospace Unwilling To Sell USAF Repair Data For AWACS DRAGON, Service May Add Repair To Existing Sustainment Contract
- Army Says No Final Call Yet On New Multi-Years For Black Hawk, Apache, May Decide With FY ‘27 Budget
- Official: T901 Engine Testing On Black Hawk ‘Very Successful,’ Program’s Future Still TBD
- Army Wants SkyFoundry To Manufacture 10,000 Drones Monthly Within A Year
- Australia Doubles Sub Supplier Qualification Investments
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Monday, October 13, 2025
- Defense Watch: AUSA Up, German SPY-6, Space Fund, Funding Rounds
- White House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards
- Senate Passes FY ‘26 NDAA With $32.1 Billion Topline Boost, Adds AUMF Repeal, AUKUS Measure
- No More AWACS Retirements Until USAF Submits AMTI Plan, Senate Says
- Kelly Plugs Increase In F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots At 162nd Fighter Wing
- Senate-passed NDAA includes Wicker amendment on Pantex Plant
- Govini Raises $150 Million, Discloses Annual Sales Top $100 Million
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Friday, October 10, 2025
- USAF CCAs May Have Their Own Squadrons
- L3Harris Developing Multi-Domain Variants Of VAMPIRE Counter-Drone System
- AEI Releases Space-Based Interceptor Calculator, Costs Can Balloon Into Trillions For Larger Constellations
- Army Uses IBCS To Help Defeat Cruise Missile Threats In Key Operational Test
- Epirus, GD Partner To Integrate High Power Microwave System On Tracked Robot
- Forterra Acquires Tactical Radio Supplier goTenna To Bolster Communications For Autonomous Solutions
- USAF Looking Into Spares For AWACS DRAGON Program
- Stoke Space Says $510M Round Will Fund Nova Rocket Through First Flights
- HII Tests REMUS 620 Submarine Torpedo Tube Recovery
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
- IOT&E for MH-139A Completed, As Boeing Announces $173 Million Contract for Eight
- Muon Space Tapped By Space Force For Weather Monitoring Satellite Demos
- Acquisition Reform Top Priority for Department of Air Force General Counsel Nominee
- Overland AI Teams With AimLock On Targeting Systems For ULTRA Autonomous Vehicle
- Viasat Plans To Demonstrate PTS-G Design By Middle of Next Year
- SHIPS Act In Commerce Committee, Kaine Says
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
- AUKUS Can be Strengthened, More Sustainable, DoD Official Says During DoD Review
- Seasats Nabs Its Largest Award For USVs With $89 Million Navy Contract
- Northrop Grumman Says More Than 50 Drones Downed in Arizona in May Demonstration
- Blue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract
- GD On Track To Begin Delivering XM30 Prototypes To Army In July 2026
- Anduril, RTX Static Fire Rocket Motor Using Highly Loaded Grain For Air-To-Air Missile
- Mack Defense Nabs Army Order For 86 More M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks
- Autonomous Drone Navigation Startup Tycho.AI Exits Stealth With $10 Million Raise
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
- Firefly To Acquire Data Analytics Provider SciTec In Expansion Of National Security Focus
- Sikorsky Developing Nomad Prop-Rotor Drones, Larger Variants May Have 500-Pound Payload
- MDA Extends Golden Dome SHIELD Solicitation Due To Heavy Interest
- USAF Looking To Accelerate NGAS Delivery From 2040 To 2036
- Army Interested In “Smaller And More Agile Design” For IBCS
- Hanwha Picks Former PEO Ships To Lead U.S. Shipbuilding Programs
- U.S. Space Force Considering Upgrades for Three Electromagnetic Warfare Systems
- SAIC To Acquire National Security Technology Firm SilverEdge
- NNSA Funded Until Oct. 10, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says
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Monday, October 6, 2025
- Defense Watch: DDGs, Shutdown Impacts, NGC2
- SpaceX to Launch Five USSF/NRO Missions in FY 2026, ULA Two
- Mistral, UVision Nab $982 Million Army Deal To Deliver HERO 120 Loitering Munitions
- Army Affirms Rapid Fielding Plan For Boeing’s CH-47F Block II, Will Outfit Two Brigades
- Navy Prepares For Another Multi-Year Round For Phalanx CIWS
- SDA Projects Contractor Personnel Increase Needed for Golden Dome, Custody Layer Support