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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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InternationalState Department Okays $2.5 Billion In FMS, Including Large APKWS Deal For Saudi Arabia
The State Department on Wednesday okayed a potential $2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of guided rockets and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, part of more than $2.5 billion in […]
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Business/FinancialPentagon’s Strategic Capital Office To Support Credit Funds Investing In Critical Minerals Companies
The Defense Department on Thursday said its Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has established a new mechanism to provide capital to private lenders that will pool funds from investors and […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Carves Out $100 Million For Venture Fund In UK, Europe
Lockheed Martin [LMT] will dedicate $100 million of its venture capital fund to investments in the United Kingdom and Europe, tapping into an emerging innovation ecosystem that in turn can […]
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
- At Least 15 F-35s “DD-250’ed” Since May 2025
- House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense
- Anduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
- SDA Set To Resume Launches Thursday With Second Plane Of York Transport Layer Satellites
- YFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
- RTX Details Successful Demos With NGSRI Offering For Stinger Replacement Competition
- Northrop Grumman Planning To Add Hundreds Of Jobs For Sentinel
- Ursa Major Nabs $10 Million SRM Contract For Standard Missile Rocket Motors
- DIU Wants Solutions To Beam Power Through, And From, Space
- Auriga Space Adapting Electromagnetic Launch Tech For Counter-Drone Interception
- DIU Picks Kongsberg Team For CAMP XLUUV
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
- At Least 15 F-35s “DD-250’ed” Since May 2025
- House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense
- Anduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
- SDA Set To Resume Launches Thursday With Second Plane Of York Transport Layer Satellites
- YFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
- RTX Details Successful Demos With NGSRI Offering For Stinger Replacement Competition
- Northrop Grumman Planning To Add Hundreds Of Jobs For Sentinel
- Ursa Major Nabs $10 Million SRM Contract For Standard Missile Rocket Motors
- DIU Wants Solutions To Beam Power Through, And From, Space
- Auriga Space Adapting Electromagnetic Launch Tech For Counter-Drone Interception
- DIU Picks Kongsberg Team For CAMP XLUUV
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SpaceDIU Wants Solutions To Beam Power Through, And From, Space
Seeking novel ways to produce power in space to boost power in spacecraft, and to deliver power to Earth, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is soliciting proposals for space-based utility […]
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PentagonAnduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
The Pentagon has signed new multiyear production agreements with Anduril Industries, CoAspire and Zone 5 Technologies for the companies’ low-cost cruise missiles under the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass […]
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SpaceSDA Set To Resume Launches Thursday With Second Plane Of York Transport Layer Satellites
After a nine month pause in launches, the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Thursday plans to launch the next plane of 21 York Space Systems [YSS] data transport satellites into […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuriga Space Adapting Electromagnetic Launch Tech For Counter-Drone Interception
Auriga Space on Wednesday said it has signed a three-year research and development agreement (CRADA) with an Army science and technology command to advance the startup’s electromagnetic launch technology for […]
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Army Negotiating With AV On Enduring-High Energy Laser Contract, Lozano Says
- DoD Awards $548 Million In APFIT Funds, Including First Software Investments
- Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns
- Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost
- European Companies To Jointly Develop New Missile Defense Interceptor
- BAE Systems To Furnish EPAWSS For F-15K Fighters
- Navy Releases Draft Notice For Naval Modular Missile Interceptor
- Singularity, Startup Developing Low-Cost Air Defense Systems, Exits Stealth With $80 Million Round
- Vatn Rapidly Develops Autonomous UUV For Mine Countermeasures
- Interview with Lt. Col. Adam Scher, Strategic Communications Advisor for the Joint Interagency Task Force-401