Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Air Force Plans $1.7 Billion Retrofit Of APG-85 Radar On 181 F-35As In Lot 17 And Prior
- Pentagon Conducting Review Of Its Military Labs, Identifying ‘Barriers’ To Tech Proliferation
- HII Working Through Carrier And LHA Amphib Delays
- NGA Director Focused On AI Support for Mission, Transformation, And Workforce
- Skunk Works Head Named President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- NGA’s New Rapid Capabilities Office Taking Risks, Not Seeking 100 Percent Solution
- State Department Approves $1 Billion In Potential C-17, JDAM-ER, Helo FMS Deals
- MGUE Program To Move From Space Force To Air Force
- HII CEO Says Sub Contracts Expected In Second Quarter, Not Focused On Auxiliary Increases
- DARPA Looks To Next-Gen Small Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Army Launches ‘Right To Integrate’ Effort To Improve Linking Industry’s Weapons, Sensors
- T-7A Red Hawk Okayed For Production, Each Of Three LRIP Lots Must Get Clearance, USAF Says
- Vast Majority Of Luno Contracts Use Artificial Intelligence, NGA’s Commercial Chief Says
- Anduril Outlines Team For Space-Based Interceptors Program
- NRO, NGA Create Cybersecurity Framework For Commercial Partners
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- NGA Has Rapid Capabilities Office As A Front Door To Commercial Innovation
- AV To Provide New Switchblade 400 Anti-Armor Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Army Plans For Long-Range PrSM Inc. 4 Prototype Deals In Late FY ‘26, Move To Production In FY ‘30
- USAF To Modify Two B-52s To Carry F130 Engines This Year
- Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to Develop Sea-Based Launch
- U.S. OKs Over $8.6 Billion In Expedited Arms Sales To Several Middle East Partners
- NRO Makes New Commercial Awards To EarthDaily, ICEYE And Pixxel
- 2028 Pegged As Delivery Date for VC-25B; USAF Says Former Qatari “Bridge” Aircraft Will Roll Out This Summer
- Shipbuilding Advisor Toti Performing Duties Of Number Two Navy Civilian
- Vantor Nabs $70 Million NGA Award For GEOINT Portal Use
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Friday, May 1, 2026
- Air Force To Retire BACN In 2028, Use Hybrid SATCOM Terminal As Bridge
- Near Earth’s Unmanned Bell 505 Offering Picked For Marines’ Resupply Drone Development Effort
- Space Force Again Moves To Terminate Next-Generation Missile Warning Polar Satellite Program
- Navy Leaders Want More Industry Entrants, Potentially Multiple Vendors Per Program
- Five E-7 Wedgetails Under Contract In EMD Phase
- Marines To Pick ARV Winner In Late FY ‘29, Plans Inc. 2 Effort For Future Variants
- L3Harris Reports Strong First Quarter Bolstered By ISR, Space And Rocket Motors
- York Space Systems To Acquire Terminal Developer All.Space In $355M Deal
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
- Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far
- APG-85 Fielding May Come 9 Months Early, Estimated Unit Cost Of $8.8 Million
- Official: Marines Plan OPF-L Fielding Call In ‘June Timeframe,’ Wants Anti-Armor OPF-M In FY ‘28
- Wasp Amphib Extending Five Years; Navy And Marine Corps Studying More Amphibs
- General Dynamics Posts Strong First Quarter Led By Shipbuilding
- Firestorm Labs Raises $82 Million To Transition Mobile 3D Printing Tech, Drones Into Production
- Unmanned Warfare Frontier Model Developer Scout AI Raises $100 Million
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
- Navy Awards HII $283 Million To Start Work On New Frigate
- MDA Director Says NGI On Track To Close Design Phase This Year
- Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps
- Oshkosh Anticipates Marines’ Block II ROGUE-Fires Award This Year, Details Autonomy Work
- CoAspire Unveils Extended Range Affordable Cruise Missile
- True Anomaly Raises $650 Million In New Round To Continue Scaling
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
- Marines Tap Sikorsky, Robinson’s Unmanned R66 For Medium Resupply Drone Development Effort
- Navy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight
- First Columbia Sub By 2028 Is “Heavy Lift” But Navy May Buy More Still
- Army Begins Evaluating Bumble Bee Drone Interceptor With Autonomous Kill Capability
- USAF Awards Contracts For Rapid Fielding Of Counter-Drone Systems For AFCENT
- GD Details Plans For ARV’s Pre-Production Phase, Deliveries To Begin By Late ‘28
- HawkEye 360 Files To Go Public; Plans To Raise Upwards Of $424 Million
