Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, December 12, 2025
- Lawmakers Seek To Fence Off Half Of NGC2 Funding Until Army Provides More Details
- Kelly Says SHIPS Act Moving Forward, Skeptical Of Golden Dome SBIs
- L3Harris Delivers First Production Meadowlands Satellite Jammer To Space Force
- Final FY ‘26 NDAA Backs Army’s Early Production Push For FLRAA
- DoD Advisor Confirms Potential To Build Navy Warships Outside U.S. Akin To ICE Pact
- Northrop Grumman’s SiAW Completes Separation Test From F-16
- DIU Selects Teams To Help INDOPACOM With AI Solutions To Track “Blue Objects”
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
- House Passes $900.6 Billion FY ‘26 NDAA, Bill Now Heads To Senate
- Space Force To Begin Outlining Acquisition Reform Plans Early In 2026
- Navy Expects First LSM Hull Ready By 2029
- ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms Mostly Stripped From Final FY ‘26 NDAA
- Lawmakers Back New Army Multi-Year Deal For Black Hawks In Final FY ’26 NDAA
- Space Force Seeks Prototype Proposals For Space Based Kinetic Midcourse Interceptors
- Vatn Systems Raises $60 Million To Scale Undersea Vessel Development And Manufacturing
- AeroVironment Swings To Loss In Second Quarter As Sales Soar
- HII Lays Submarine Backbone Down For Virginia-Class Sub
- Air Force Awards Voyager $21 Million To Develop AI-Enabled ISR Capabilities
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
- First MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026
- Ghost Bat CCA Fires AMRAAM In Manned-Unmanned Demo Against Fighter-Class Drone
- DoD CTO: Army’s Goal For 90 Percent Commercial Solutions Is Possible, Wants More New Entrants
- Navy “Golden Fleet” Plan To Include Another Frigate, LSM To Avoid Change Orders
- AV Nabs New Award To Deliver P550 UAS For Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance Program
- Envision Tech, Strategic Logix Also Selected For Army FPV Drone Program
- HII Expands Partnership With Babcock International To Support Virginia-Class Subs
- Navy Renews Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Contract With HawkEye 360
- Canada Partners With Telesat, MDA Space For Arctic Milsatcom Capability
- Muon Space Nabs SBIR Award To Mature Imaging Payload For Missile Warning And Tracking
- Anduril, GKN Team On British Army Autonomous UAS Project
- Acquisition Data Insights Firm Pryzm Expanding With $12 Million Seed Round
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Lawmakers Unveil Final FY ‘26 NDAA With $8 Billion Topline Boost, Major Acquisition Reforms
- Space Force Accepts Long Range Discrimination Radar After Operational Testing
- Golden Dome Chief Confirms Some Operational Capability By 2028; Culture Bigger Barrier Than Technical Challenges
- Hegseth Says Trump Supports ‘Substantial’ Defense Spending, Expect Increased Investment
- Navy Picks Dutch Design For LSM Over Bollinger
- Boeing Expects To More Than Triple PAC-3 Seeker Production In Three Years
- Denmark Approved For $3.7 Billion In Air Defense, AMRAAM FMS Deals
- Army Awards BAE $200 Million For More AMPVs ‘To Prevent A Break In Production’
- Defense Authorizers Recommend $500 Million Put Back For SDA’s Tranche 3 Transport Layer
- Next Defense Policy Bill Should Focus On Sustaining Systems, Wittman Says
- NDAA Includes $26B For NNSA, Minuteman End Of Life, Contractor Benefits
- HII Introduces Small EW System For Use On Unmanned Systems To Detect, Attack Threat Emitters
- Boeing Completes Acquisition Of Spirit AeroSystems; Establishes Spirit Defense
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Monday, December 8, 2025
- Defense Watch: AUKUS Moves Ahead, GD Prez, KC-46 Deliveries, xTech News
- Space Development Agency Expects To Resume Tranche 1 Launches In Early 2026
- Trump’s Security Strategy Calls For ‘National Mobilization’ To Bolster Defense Industrial Base
- Northrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year
- Australia Set To Begin GMLRS Rocket Production This Month
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Friday, December 5, 2025
- Army Releases Final Solicitation Notice For Flight School Next, Plans 26-Year Contract
- Northrop Grumman Conducts Static Test Of New SRM In Promontory
- Earnings, Sales Fall In SAIC’s Third Quarter; Interim CEO Reagan Outlines Priorities
- Canada Approved For Potential $2.7 Billion U.S. Sale Of Air-Dropped Munitions
- Stalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
- Washington Harbour Partners Invests In Mission Solutions Firm Trusted Space
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Thursday, December 4, 2025
- Pentagon To Spend $1 Billion On Rapidly Delivering Over 300,000 Small Drones By 2028
- Space GMTI Evolution Of U.S. Satellite Proliferation, NRO Official Says
- Army Awards Over $200 Million To Northrop Grumman For XM1211 Ammo Production
- Central Command Deploys One-Way Attack Drones In Middle East
- NRO Extends Work For HawkEye 360, Capella, ICEYE And Umbra
- Saronic Invests $300 Million To Add Production Capacity To Louisiana Shipyard
- Shield AI Brings Its Autonomy Solution To Space Domain In Partnership With Sedaro
- FTC Requires Boeing To Divest Certain Spirit Assets To Win Deal Approval
- Applied Aerospace And PCX Aerosystems Merge To Scale Aerospace Manufacturing Capabilities
- Navy Awards Two SLCM-N Task Agreements To Northrop Grumman, Pacific Engineering
- Davie Defense Completes Acquisition Of Texas-Based Shipyards
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
- Rounds, Hoeven: Sentinel Under Golden Dome Project In NDAA And Defense Approps
- MDA Awards First SHIELD Golden Dome Contract Vehicle To Over 1,000 Offerors
- Increase In CRAF Planes Would Bolster USAF Airlift For Pacific, Paper Says
- Ukrainian Official: Brigades Have Received 130,000 Drones From New Acquisition Approach Since July
- Army Details Pursuit Of Autonomous Launcher Components, Plans FY ‘26 Demos
- Pratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment
- NNSA Approves Critical Decision 4 For UPF Subproject, Signifying Completion
- Applied Intuition, SNC Partner On Autonomy For Mobile Air Defense Systems
- NNSA Requests Information On AI capabilities In National Security After Trump’s Genesis Directive
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- MEROPS Counter-Air Drones Cited As Example Of Benefit Of U.S. Tech In Ukraine
- U.S. OKs Nearly $1.5 Billion In Potential Aircraft Support Deals With Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
- First Columbia-Class Sub Bow Section Arrives At Electric Boat
- Heven AeroTech Raises $100 Million To Scale Production, Develop Quantum Capabilities
- Army Awards BAE Systems More Than $390 Million For Bradley A4 Upgrades
- Israel’s Axon Vision Partners With Leonardo DRS On AI For Autonomous Counter-Drone Solutions
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Monday, December 1, 2025
- Defense Watch: Ship Assessment, Golden Dome, C-sUAS Summit, NGA Contracts
- Navy Investing In Guns, Pushing For Counter-UAS Mission With HVPs
- 96 AH-64E Apaches For Poland In Nearly $4.7 Billion Award, Boeing Says
- GAO Points To Continued Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter
- Senate Wants Study of Alternate Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Sites
- Quantum Tech Firm IonQ Invests In, Partners With, Drone Company Heven