Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, February 2, 2026
- Defense Watch: DIB Days, DoD Biz Portal, Indian V-Bats, Drone Charging
- L3Harris Nabs Marine Corps Precision Attack Strike Munition Contract
- Pentagon Set For Temporary Weekend Shutdown, As Senate Votes On Final Spending Deal
- Boeing Awarded Up To $2.8 Billion For F-15K Upgrades
- Army Awards $1 Billion To RTX For LTAMDS Radar Production
- Second Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials
- Construction Of Anduril’s Arsenal-1 Facilities Underway; Production Of Fury Ahead
- Varda Space Capsule Launched In November Successfully Returns To Earth
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Friday, January 30, 2026
- Mobile And Mid-Range Targets An Issue For USAF, Targeting Planner Says
- Lockheed Martin, Pentagon Sign Agreement To Quadruple THAAD Interceptor Production
- HELIOS Shipboard Laser System Successfully Tested In Counter-UAS Uses
- USAF “Focus Right Now Is Readiness,” Acting Vice Chief Says
- York Space Systems Goes Public In $629M IPO To Fund ‘Proliferation At Scale’
- Coast Guard Looks To Sunset Dolphin Helicopter Early, Light and Medium Icebreakers To Be Built in U.S., Commandant Says
- Lockheed Martin Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Plans Large Boost In Internal Investment
- W80-5 “Just Came Up,” Will Go On SLCM-N, Weapons Directors Say
- Northrop Grumman Conducts Static Fire Test Of Latest Rapidly Developed Solid Rocket Motor
- State Department Okays $1.7 Billion Foreign Military Sale To Support Spanish Frigates
- Voyager To Expand And Consolidate Rocket Motor Capabilities In Colorado
- Earnings Fall At L3Harris In Fourth Quarter Amid Solid 2025
- Director Says LANL Exceeds Pit Production Objectives
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
- USAF Considering “Modular” Missile Silos For Sentinel
- GAO Warns Of Tech Readiness, Cost, And Schedule Risks For SDA Constellation
- CNO’s New Hedge Strategy Uses “Tailored Forces” To Underpin Upcoming Strategic Guidance
- Cyber Top of “Threat Vector” List For STRATCOM Commander
- PDW Details TiC Work With C100 Drone, Eyes Army’s Potential Move Into MRR Later This Year
- Hanwha Securing Lease To Build $1.3 Billion Munitions Plant At U.S. Army’s Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Shipbuilding Leads GD To Solid Fourth Quarter In Finish To Strong Year
- GPS III Satellite Successfully Launched Into Orbit
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Northrop Grumman Expects Agreement Soon To Accelerate B-21 Production; Pausing Buybacks
- Boeing Reports Another KC-46 Tanker Charge; Sees Improvements In Defense Business
- CNO: F/A-XX Needs To Start Now To Prep For Spreading Advanced Anti-Air In A Decade
- Duffey Teases Announcement Of More Production Boost Initiatives ‘In the Coming Days’
- Calio Commits RTX To Boosting Capex, Paying Dividends
- Ukrainian Feedback Organization Cited As Means To Field Effective Systems Quickly
- Bechtel Receives $812 Million Naval Nuclear Propulsion Contract
- NNSA Should Approach Contracting Differently, Pappano Says
- NNSA No. 2 Committed To A “Two-Site Solution” For Pits, Needs SRS Support
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- Golden Dome Director Outlines Priorities Through 2027
- Army Awards Potential $5.6 Billion AI, Data Analytics Deal To Salesforce
- Grid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS
- Trump Admin Releases National Defense Strategy With Homeland Defense As Top Priority
- Space Systems Command Looking Into Mission Operations Center For Space Data Network
- U.S. Taking Equity Stake In Mining Company USA Rare Earth
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Monday, January 26, 2026
- Defense Watch: L3 Dividend, GPS III on Tap, Autonomous Intercept
- Stop Work Order Issued To AeroVironment For SCAR Antennas
- As U.S. Space Force CASR Gets Underway, “Definitely Some Gaps” In War Risk Insurance
- Appropriators Don’t Grant Army’s Full Agile Funding Push, ‘Discourage’ Future Requests
- SSC Eyes Award Of First RG-XX Contracts Next Month Or March
- Leonardo DRS Opens New Naval Power And Propulsion Facility
- Counter-Drone Solution For Washington, D.C.-Area Achieves IOC
- AFRL Selects Aalyria For Space Data Network Experimentation Program
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Friday, January 23, 2026
- Pentagon Launches Pilot Waiving Fees For 400 Patents To Help ‘Productize’ Its Billions In IP
- After Review Of 60 Programs Last Year, 2026 Is SSC’s Year Of Execution, Purdy Says
- Houses Passes Final $839 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill, Heads To The Senate
- DoD Names Golden Dome Deputy
- Appropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision
- Stratolaunch, Varda Space Selected As Launch Providers For Hypersonic Test Bed
- DDG-1000 Finishes HII Builders Trials After Hypersonic Launcher Installed
- SDA Awards Starfish Space $53 Million For Deorbiting Services Of PWSA Satellites
- Anduril Expanding In Southern California With 1.2 Million Square Feet Of Space
- CACI Posts Strong Earnings Gains In Second Quarter
- NNSA’s Williams: President Trump Will Make Call On Nuclear Testing
- NNSA Explores Pilot Project With AWS For Genesis, Fed Spending Site Says
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
- Appropriators Fund More Multi-Years For Munitions, But Not All Of DoD’s ‘Very Late’ Request
- Lawmakers Boost LSM Spending, Confirm Fincantieri As Shipbuilder But Warn On Cost Growth
- Space GMTI Partially Moves To Procurement Funding Account
- Appropriators Direct F/A-XX EMD Contract Award While Boosting Funding To Nearly $1 Billion
- Blue Origin Reveals TeraWave LEO/MEO Constellation For Enterprise, Government Connectivity
- Navy Reschedules Modular Missile Industry Day
- Space Force To Undertake Pilot Acquisition Reform Program, Appropriators Say
- Hypersonic Testing Company Stratolaunch Raises New Capital
- Wittman Introduces Bill To Speed Arms Sales To Taiwan
- Space Systems Command Seeks Help With Satellite Ground Systems, Ops Centers
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
- Defense Appropriations Conferees Provide $900 Million Boost For Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
- Final FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill Has $8.4 Billion Increase, Addresses Some ‘Broken Glass’ Requirements
- Golden Dome Budget Data Still Lacking, Impeding Oversight, Appropriators Say
- George: Army To Keep Moving ‘Faster’ On Modernization Priorities With Potential FY ‘27 Spending Boost
- FF(X) Needs Five “Significant” Capability Adds, Navy Starts From Scrapped 11th NSC
- $528 Million For Two More GPS IIIFs, As Appropriators Seek DAF Annual Commitment To Program
- Singapore Gets Okay For $2.3 Billion Sale Of P-8 Aircraft And Related Equipment
- Defense Bill Provides $500 Million To Add Alternative Solid Rocket Motor Sources
- NRO Launches Twelfth Proliferated Architecture Mission
- Canadian Software Firm Focused On Arctic Security Raises $15 Million In Seed Round
- Minibus That Funds NNSA Passes Senate, Heads To Trump’s Desk
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- Defense Watch: SHIELD Grows, Navy CCA Demo, Lunday Sworn In, York Sets Price
- FF(X) Frigate Restricts Engineering To Single Digit Changes Over NSC, Containerize Extra Systems
- Mistral, UVision To Provide HERO 90 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Navy Should Consolidate Command-And-Control Platforms For Unmanned Vessels, Official Says
- Coast Guard Establishes Rapid Prototyping Office
- Estonian Conference This Month May Dovetail With Pentagon Swarm Forge Effort