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Defense Daily
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L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Thursday debuted a pair of new flexible swarming “launched effects vehicle” munitions that have been tested on multiple platforms. The weapons, called the wolfpack family, are […] ...
PHILADELPHIA – The new South Korean owner of the Philly Shipyard is looking at a combination of internal and government-funded yard improvements to boost production from the current 1-1.5 ships per […] ...
Austal USA on Friday delivered the 19th and last Independence -variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Pierre (LCS-38), to the U.S. Navy. Austal built them and delivered this […] ...
The head of a Navy task force focused on evaluating and using lower cost unmanned systems for 6th Fleet said recent testing at the Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS) maritime exercise […] ...
The founder and CEO of unmanned surface vessel (USV) company Saildrone said the company is ripe for significant expansion to more European customers following a June NATO test and demonstration […] ...
The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […] ...