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Defense WatchDefense Watch: DoD AI Deals, P-8 Upgrade, Drone and Counter-Drone News
AI/Classified Networks. The Pentagon announced on May 1 it has entered into agreements with SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to leverage their advanced artificial intelligence […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Space Acquisition, Naval Autonomy, FMS Deals, Drone Warhead
NRO Nominee. The Trump administration nominated Roger Mason to replace National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Chris Scolese who last May told the House Armed Services Committee of his intention to […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Talon Blue News, Iranian Missiles, LTAMDS Award, DDG News
CCA Engine. RTX’s Pratt & Whitney said that one of its PW500 engines is installed on a Northrop Grumman YFQ-48A Talon Blue drone, which may be an entrant for Increment […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: EA-37s in Wargame, Laser Use OK’d, Army ADOC, UAS Award, FMD Chief Back
More EA-37Bs? The Air Force’s EA-37B saw its first combat use in Operation Epic Fury, according to U.S. Central Command, and the service’s fiscal 2027 budget requests $660 million for […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Unhappy Dem, Hypersonic Test, More Army Ousters, DDG Launch
Reed Knocks Budget. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, criticized the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion defense spending request for fiscal year 2027, specifically pushing […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: GMTI, New SASC Member, CH-47F Award, Big sUAS Order
Dems Want Iran Hearing. Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee have called on Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) to immediately convene a public hearing with Pentagon officials on the Trump […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Railgun Testing, DOGE Endures, FAMM Engines, Faster FMS
Railgun Redux. The Navy’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) began testing a Navy railgun again in February at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The testing was revealed in a […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: PAC-3 and Wedgtail Awards, C-UAS Standards, Dem Praises Hegseth
PAC-3 MSE Award. A Lockheed Martin spokesperson has confirmed to Defense Daily that the Army on March 6 awarded the company a deal covering the final year of its previously […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Parts Framework, Canadian CCA, PWSA Ideas, Startup Raises
Epic Fury Cost. The first 100 hours days of the U.S. military operation against Iran, dubbed Epic Fury, cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million per say, estimates the Center for […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch: Black Arrow and Blackbeard, Jordan KuMRFS, Epirus and DFT
If We Don’t Fund It, You Will. Top U.S. Air Force officials have said that they want to move quickly to space-based air moving target indication to replace the service’s […]