Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, May 21, 2026
- MQ-9 Strikes in Iran Far Outnumber Those of Other Platforms, USAF Chief Says
- CBO Looks At Options To Quickly Increase Navy Missile Capability
- Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase
- Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections
- NNSA Touts Early First Production Unit Completion Of W76-Related Project
- SSC And SpaceWERX To Launch Orbital Logistics Challenge
- U.S. Special Operations Command Budget For OA-1K Drops From 62 To 53 Planes
- Amca Raises $300 Million To Bolster Aerospace And Defense Supply Chain
- Red Cat Acquires Wireless Drone Recharging Company Quaze Technologies
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- MQ-25 Okayed For Production With Milestone C Approval
- CNO Details New Ohio SSBN Extension Strategy
- Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers
- Shield AI’s AI Pilot Software Selected To Provide Collaborative Autonomy To LUCAS Drones
- Fischer Criticizes Lack Of SLCM-N Funding, Discourages Reconciliation Process
- Sandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE For Missile Warning And Tracking
- Army To Brief Congress Soon On Planned Projects For New Private Sector Co-Investment Effort
- Data Center Startup Armada Raises $230 Million; Partners With Johnson Controls On Manufacturing
- Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle May Launch This Summer
- Coast Guard Plans R&D Effort With Lockheed Martin To Assess HPMs To Stop Small Boats
- Redwire Says Awarded Large Drone Contract From NATO Ally
- York Space Systems To Acquire Space Solar Tech Company Solestial To Shore Up Supply Chain
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- State Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Seeker Test For QuadStar Missile Competing For Army’s NGSRI
- Perennial Autonomy Nabs $500 Million DoD Counter-Drone Contract
- DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
- RTX Wins ONR Contract To Develop Multiplexing Radar Software
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Monday, May 18, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 News, Big GD Sub Award, E-7 Reversal, UxS News
- Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement
- Navy Reveals Long-Term MUSV Fleet Size; Using OTA For Off The Shelf Vehicles
- Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
- Demand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
- Australian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
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Friday, May 15, 2026
- Golden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
- Without Iran Supplemental Soon, Caudle Expects To Make Tradeoffs In July Timeframe
- CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones
- Teledyne FLIR Defense To Provide Rogue 1 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Space Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
- Anduril Details Scaling Up NGC2 Work At Division-Level Ivy Mass Exercise
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Pentagon Signs Framework Deals To Rapidly Buy Low-Cost Cruise Missiles, New Hypersonic Weapon
- Addition Of Production Lines For F-15EX Eyed By USAF, MQ-9 Follow-On In Works
- CBO Estimates Golden Dome With Boost-Phase Space Interceptors At $1.2 Trillion
- Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement
- Anduril Raises $5 Billion In New Round; Company Valuation At $61 Billion
- With Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors
- Less Than $400 Million Needed to Modify VC-25B Bridge Aircraft, USAF Estimates
- Coast Guard Finalizes $3.5 Billion Contract With Davie For Five Icebreakers
- RTX Wins SeaRAM Ship Self-Defense Contract For Australian Frigates
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Appropriators Offer Skepticism On $350B Defense Reconciliation Plan, ‘Big Risk’ For Key Initiatives
- HAC-D Lawmakers Skeptical Of Battleship; CNO Says Will Use Ford Reactor
- SPACECOM Chief: Maneuver Needed For High Value Satellites
- Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage
- Shipbuilding Plan Reveals Battleship Will be Nuclear Powered and Armed, Pitches Some Foreign Ship Construction
- Army Awards Leidos $2.7 Billion To Accelerate Hypersonic Work
- More Defense Contractors Participating In Army’s Right To Integrate Initiative
- All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says
- Graham Criticizes DoE Reprogramming Of Savannah River Funds To Los Alamos Pit Work
- NRO Launches 13th Proliferated Architecture Mission
- Swarmer Leads Ukrainian Team Developing Counter-Unmanned Systems Platform
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says
- NGAP Contenders Complete Assembly Readiness Reviews For Prototype Engines
- Navy Establishes Three More PAEs For Aviation, Mission Systems, Munitions
- USAF To Meet With Companies On Support Equipment For B-52 CERP
- NRO Created GPU-Based Testing Environment To Validate AI Models, Director Says
- Naval Reactor Office Could Save Billions Partnering With Environmental Office, GAO Says
- USSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge
- BWXT Wins $1.4 billion In Naval Nuclear Propulsion Contracts
- Earnings Up At BWXT Due Nuclear Manufacturing, PCG Acquisition
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Monday, May 11, 2026
- Defense Watch: Mythos, DARC, DARPA Plane, New SWO Boss, Startup Raises
- Space Control Budget More Than Doubles To About 30 Percent Of Space Force Request
- Northrop Details Phase II Deal For Army’s ITDS, Delivering Prototypes In Third Quarter Of FY ‘27
- Army Details Interest In Unmanned Ground Vehicle For ‘Last Tactical Mile’ Operations
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Friday, May 8, 2026
- With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects
- Pentagon Selects Locations For Directed Energy Counter-Drone Pilots To Accelerate Fielding
- Air Force Examining Government-Owned Technical Data Library For B-2
- Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities
- Blue Water Autonomy Announces Power, Propulsion, Manufacturing Partners
- Russia Maintains Largest Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, Report Says
- MARTAC USV Completes Eight Day Autonomous Demo For Navy