Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, January 9, 2026
- Trump Directive Halts Dividends, Stock Repurchases By “Major Defense Contractors”
- Department Of The Air Force Gets In Line With Hegseth Acquisition Reform Plan
- Work To Begin Building First FF(X) Frigate Is ‘Imminent,’ HII CEO Says
- HASC, SASC Chairs Back Trump’s Call For $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget In ‘27
- HII CEO Expects New Details On BBG(X) Battleship’s Design Schedule In Next 30-60 Days
- Lockheed, M1 Also Advance In Army’s Flight School Next Effort, As Lawmakers Seek More Info
- Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract
- Lockheed Martin Announces “Record Breaking” Delivery Of 191 F-35s In 2025
- Mach Industries Adds Counter Drone System To Product Portfolio
- Karman To Acquire Composites And Material Sciences Companies To Boost Navy Work
- Bipartisan Appropriations Minibus That Includes Energy And Water Passes House
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
- Trump Wants $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget In ‘27, Limits On Contractors’ Stock Buybacks, Exec Pay
- Army Will Soon Ask For Future Self-Propelled Howitzer Proposals, Eyes As M777 Replacement
- Northrop Grumman Says It’s Received Navy Contract for SSRM After Beating Anduril
- Senate Confirms Hegseth’s Top Military Aide LaNeve As Next Army Vice Chief
- Pentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns
- Vatn Systems Acquires Company With Subsea Acoustic Sensing And Signal Processing Expertise
- Autonomy Software Firm Gambit Exits Stealth With DoD Contracts
- Appropriations Minibus That Includes NNSA Hits House Floor
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
- Trump Says Defense Firms Must Build Weapons Faster, Arms Sales Take ‘Too Long’
- DoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production
- New PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say
- Conventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
- Autonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
- Space Radar, Satellite Startup Array Labs Raises $20 Million
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- Bell Advances To Next Phase Of Army’s Flight School Next Evaluation
- AE Industrial Partners To Acquire 60 Percent Stake In L3Harris’s Rocketdyne Business
- GD and HII To Work On Trump’s New BBG(X) Battleship Design For Six Years, Analysts See $10-15 Billion Cost
- L3Harris Trims Operating Segments In Realignment
- SDA Surveying Industry On Ability To Provide Ground Entry Points For Tranche 3
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Alternative Warhead-Variant Extended Range GMLRS Test
- Advanced Materials Developer Cambium Raises $100 Million; Includes Investment By Lockheed
- Bozeman’s Lattice Materials To Gear Up Germanium Production
- DoD Makes Additional Investments In Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base
- Still Early Days But DoD Taking Positive Steps To Improve Acquisition, Lynn Says Ahead Of Exit
- State Department Approves Sales Of Three P-8A Poseidon Aircraft To Denmark, Training And Logistics Support To Poland
- Coast Guard Awards $3.3 Billion In Polar Icebreaker Contracts To Bollinger And Rauma
- Boeing Awarded $8.6 Billion Deal To Build Israel’s New F-15IA Fighter Jets
- Tory Bruno Hops From ULA, Skips To Blue Origin
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
- Navy To Award Leidos’ Gibbs & Cox Contract For New Battleship Design
- Replicator 2 Effort Now Within JIATF-401, Director Says
- Boeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028
- RTX Awarded $1.7 Billion FMS Contract To Supply Patriot Systems To Spain
- Kratos Orders 60 Zeus SRMs From L3Harris Technologies
- Denmark Gets State Department Approval For AMRAAM-ER Purchase
- Sidus Space Looks to Raise $25M in Public Offering
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
- Trump Wants To Bring Back Battleships With New Ship Class Named After Himself
- Trump To Defense Industry Leaders: Slash Executive Pay, Dividends And Buybacks In Favor Of Production Investments
- CACI Makes Play To Bolster Space Capabilities With $2.6 Billion Bid For ARKA Group
- USAF Designates Talon CCA Contender As YFQ-48A
- DoD Awards First Round Of APFIT Projects Using FY ’26 Funds
- Parsons Receives $30 Million Under DARPA Blackjack Program, Company Says
- 3D Printing Tech Company Velo3D Nabs $33 Million DIU Award To Help Weapons Program
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Monday, December 22, 2025
- Defense Watch: LCS Drone Launch, PhantomStrike Award, Tungsten Mining
- Navy Picks HII To Build New Small Surface Combatants Based On National Security Cutter
- SDA Awards Over $3.5 Billion For Tracking Layer Of Tranche 3
- New Navy Frigate Will Be “Mothership” To Control Unmanned Systems For Future Hybrid Fleet
- JIATF-401 Chief Says U.S. Counter-Drone Framework Should Tie Into Golden Dome
- Nammo And Firehawk Aerospace Make More Rocket Motor Investments In U.S.
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Friday, December 19, 2025
- HIMARS, M109A7 Howitzers, ALTIUS Loitering Munitions Included In More Than $11 Billion Arms Sale To Taiwan
- DoD Seeks Solutions For $150 Million First Phase Of Drone Dominance Program
- MDA Says It Now Has Made 2,100 Awards Under SHIELD
- Boeing Picks Anduril As Rocket Motor Partner In Pursuit Of IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor
- HawkEye 360 CEO Says ISA Buy Will Bolster Hawkeye’s Signals Analysis and Financial Position With Acquisition Of ISA
- Space Force’s Space Test Program S30 Mission Launched From Wallops Island
- After Eight Months, White House Names Nominee To Head NSA And CYBERCOM
- Trump Issues Space Policy Order Affirming 2028 Moon Landing Goal
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
- NDAA Heads To White House After Senate Passage
- Cadenazzi Plans More Discrete Approach To Supply Chain Investments
- USAF Cites Data Rights As Reason For Sole Source Follow-On SiAW Award
- Lawmakers Give Navy Flexibility On Carriers And Sub Procurements, But Mandates Outside Manager For LSM And Oiler
- Textron Sells U.S. Navy One Tsunami USV For AUKUS Testing
