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There will be growing requirements in the future for arming unmanned aerial vehicles with small, precision-guided weapons to enable the military to operate in a broader range of environments and […]

While declining budgets will shrink the defense aerospace market, the commercial aerospace market will see record growth in aircraft production, according to a Deloitte study released on Jan. 2.  The global aerospace […]

The Navy is re-evaluating the proposals submitted for its next generation airborne jammer in line with the recommendations made by the General Accountability Office in the successful protest of the […]

The Defense Daily staff would like to wish all of our readers a very happy holiday season. We will resume publishing on Jan. 2.

The Department of Homeland Security will soon have its top two positions filled following Senate confirmation Friday of Alejandro Mayorkas to be the deputy secretary. The 54-41 vote in favor […]

Raytheon [RTN] Dec. 18 said it has started building the 12th AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) a day after a $172.7 million contract award. An […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 final checkout and assembly (FACO) facilities in Italy and Japan are key to the program’s maturity going forward, according to a company executive.  […]

The U.K. Defense Secretary said $129.8 million of investment has been awarded to BAE Systems to begin work on the next generation of Royal Navy submarines, Successor-class submarines, which will carry the U.K.’s strategic […]

The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legislation being considered by Congress would restrict Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding to no more than $15 million for co-production of […]

The Norwegian parliament last week authorized the purchase of six additional F-35s, raising the total potential buys to 52, according to a spokesman. Endre Lunde, spokesman for Norway’s F-35 program, […]