Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, February 9, 2026
- Defense Watch: MQ-25 Taxiing, Harpoon Testing, Machina Raise, TNT Awards
- Army Plans Future Howitzer Prototype Award In July, Production Deal In FY ‘28 For Up To 500 Systems
- DARPA Selects RTX, Charles River, Leidos And Saronic For Pulling Guard
- America First Arms Transfer Strategy Looks To Larger FMS
- Cyber Defense At RF, Ground, Optical Interfaces Key For Space Systems
- THAAD Will Integrate Into IBCS Faster And Cheaper Than DoD Planned, Northrop Grumman Says
- Starfish Nabs $55 Million Space Force Award For Orbital Mobility
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Friday, February 6, 2026
- Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns
- Support Groundwork At Nellis AFB Eyed For F-47
- Golden Dome Official Highlights Importance Of Affordability, Acquisition Reform
- HII Reports Strong Fourth Quarter And 2025 On Shipbuilding, Mission Tech
- FMS Will Increase, Help U.S. Space R&D Efforts, COMSO Head Says
- FCC Approves Logos Space Enterprise Constellation Plans
- NGA Awards Vantor $5 Million For Global Change Detection Under Luno B Contract
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
- RTX Signs Framework Agreements With DoD To Increase Production On Five Munitions
- Lockheed Offering Robinson’s R66 For Army’s Flight School Next, Moving To Phase III With Bell, M1
- DIU Soliciting For Deorbit Services, Containerized Drone Delivery, New Interceptor Sensors
- One-Year New START Extension May Not Be In The Cards
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Current F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar
- Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown
- DoD Selects 25 Vendors To Compete In First Round Of Drone Dominance Program
- RTX Conducts Ballistic Test Of Stinger Replacement Offering, Plans For Initial Full Flight In 2026
- State Department Approves $3 Billion Sustainment Deal For Saudi F-15s
- BlackSea Conducts Keel Laying For New NightTrain Autonomous Logistics Vessel
- Senate Confirms New Navy Sub Portfolio Head, Air Boss
- Cybersecurity Firm Supporting Defense Companies Raises $31 Million In Early Funding Round
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
- USAF Heralds “Rusty Dagger” Test As “Critical Milestone” In Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
- House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE
- DoD Inspector General Launches Audit Into SM-3 IIA
- Northrop Grumman Eyes Quadrupling IBCS Production, Maps Out More Mobility And Adding AI
- Drone Autonomy Company Swarmer Files To Go Public
- Space Systems Command Examining Future Spaceport Development Program
- Lockheed Martin Completes First Operational Test Phase For A4 Radar
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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