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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Icarus Production, Aussies Pick Japanese Frigate, Kratos Growth, Anduril in Taiwan
OPC Icarus. Austal USA on Aug. 6 marked the start of production on the future Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Icarus at its Mobile, Ala., facility in a ceremony with […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: UKR Aid Fund, Leidos Biometrics, CISA Nominee, F-35 Crash, LSE 2025
Ukraine Aid Fund. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairs of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, respectively, said on July 30 they plan to introduce the […]
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Force MultipliersForce Multipliers – Fred Taylor
In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […]
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Defense Watch: Defense Markup, Boeing Union Vote, PrSM Firing
Senate Approps Markup. The Senate Appropriations Committee will meet on July 31 to mark up its version of the fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill. The panel’s markup follows the […]
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Defense Watch: Guetlein Confirmed, Comet Testing, New F-35 PEO
Guetlein Confirmed. The Senate voted to confirm Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein as the reporting program manager for the new Golden Dome missile defense initiative. The Senate approved his position […]
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Defense Watch: IAM Contract Negotiations, Dutch V-Bats, B-2 Unit Costs, Starship Propulsion
IAM Contract Negotiations. Union workers at Boeing’s defense facilities in the St. Louis region, and its new MQ-25 unmanned aircraft production plant across the Mississippi River in Mascoutah, Ill., have […]
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Defense Watch: NATO Nuclear Mission, GMTI, AV Raise, UKR Aid Pause
NATO Nuclear Mission. While Pantex said in May that it built the first production B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb almost a year early on the heels of the last B61-12 coming […]
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Defense Watch: F-47 Choices, B-21 Production, Hyundai Ship Collab, FY ’27 Defense Topline
F-47 Strategic Planning Choices. U.S. Air Force leaders are to examine strategic choices on F-47 development by the end of January next year, as done in the first quarter of […]
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Unmanned SystemsSRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar
The first international sale of a fixed-site counter-drone system used by the U.S. Army is moving forward, SRC Inc. said on Monday. The $1 billion foreign military sale (FMS) is […]
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Defense Watch: Joint Integrated Fires Exercise, Bomber Task Force Model,
Parsons Award. Parsons Corporation said on June 16 it has received a four-year, $169.5 million deal from the Army Corps of Engineers to design and build a new Ammonium Nitrate […]