Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, August 3, 2026
- Defense Watch: FF(X) and BBG(X), AUKUS, K2 Raise, Unmanned News, A-LE
- GAO Advises USAF To Delay Production Decision For B-52 CERP Until Service Analyzes Cost Growth, Schedule Delays
- Army Details New Reveille Forge Test Facility To Support “Right To Integrate” Push
- DoD Makes Potential $820 Million Loan Commitment To Drone Company To Mass Produce Components
- Construction Manager For New Marine Corps LSMs Sees Them As Test Case For VCM Model
- Space Force Awards Contracts Worth Up To $981 Million For Test And Training Technologies
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Friday, July 31, 2026
- Lockheed Nabs $53.9 Billion Add To PAC-3 MSE Deal, Boosts Multi-Year Award To Nearly $59 Billion
- HII Nabs $25 Billion Of New Submarine Contract
- CACI Nabs $500 Million JIATF-401 Deal To Supply C-UAS Capabilities
- Air Force Budget Has T-7A Funding “Wedge” To Account For Any EMD Changes
- TOTE Sees New Marine Corps Landing Ship As A Three Yard Solution, Sure Bollinger and Fincantieri Will Get More Orders
- L3Harris Pauses IPO Of Missile Solutions Business, Says Market Undervalues
- USAF Looking at ISR Niches for Group 2 and Group 3 Drones
- Army Plans ISV-Heavy Production Decision In Second Half Of FY ‘27
- HII Turns In Strong Second Quarter On Carrier Work, Assault Ships, JVs
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Thursday, July 30, 2026
- Navy Awards $76.6 Billion For Nine Block VI Virginia-Class And Five Columbia-Class Submarines
- Air Force Leadership And AETC Consult On Uses For Future F-35As Delivered Without Radars
- Army Readies To Scale NGC2, Details Successes, Challenges From Largest Experiment To Date
- Mitigation Or Fix Of Five Cat 1 KC-46A Deficiencies Needed Before USAF Will Obligate FY 2028 Funds
- $1.6 Billion In NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 Task Orders Awarded To SpaceX
- NGAP Not Tied To F-47, But To Ensuring U.S. Propulsion Advantage, Official Says
- Marine Corps Accepts Final MV-22B Osprey, Completing Program Of Record
- Aerospace, Shipbuilding Drive Strong Second Quarter At General Dynamics
- AV Teams With Applied Intuition In Pursuit Of Army’s Launched Effects Opportunities
- Leonardo DRS To Acquire Data Fusion Company Raft For $450 Million
- Elroy Air Demonstrates Multiple Unattended Delivery Modes With Cargo Drone
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- DOT&E Finalizing Report On Gray Eagle As Lead Aviation Platform For MGUE, Increment 1
- Boeing Takes $280 Million Charge On Air Force One In Second Quarter; Risk Low On KC-46
- Army Picks GM Defense, Ford, BC Customs For ISV-Heavy Prototyping Competition
- NNSA Delivers New Nuclear Detonation Sensors To Space Force
- Leidos Awarded $717 Million Air Force Contract To Continue ISR Support
- HII Adds Outsourcing To Amphib Construction; Australian Official Visits
- Navy Seeks Vendor-Neutral USV Maintenance Framework
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- F135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies
- Pentagon Signs Frameworks With L3Harris To Boost PAC-3 MSE, THAAD Propulsion Production
- Air Force Modifying B-52 To Resume Radar Modernization Program Testing
- U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says
- Rocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
- Rocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
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Monday, July 27, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 Spares, SPEAR Integration, C-UAS and UAS News, $5B for AI
- House NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
- Navy Under Secretary Argues Focus On Acquisition Cost Usually Counterproductive; Explains Reform Moves
- Counter-Drone Company Led By Former Trump Acting SecDef Gets Seed Investment
- DIU Plans Demos Soon To Find Ground-Based, Long-Range Strike Systems To Scale Rapidly
- Oracle Nabs $7 Billion Centralized Software Agreement
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Friday, July 24, 2026
- White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA
- BAE Systems Offers Brontanax For UK CCA, No Comment Yet On Any Proposal For USAF
- CoAspire Wins $70 Million Contract For Navy Affordable Coalition Missile Program
- Saronic Partners With Samsung Heavy Industries For Unmanned Shipbuilding
- RTX Powers To Strong Second Quarter On Broad Strength
- Missile Business Leads Lockheed Martins Second Quarter Results Higher
- Boeing Divesting Stake In Joint Venture With Quantum Expertise
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
- House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0
- Degree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
- White House Seeks Exceptions From FY ‘27 Continuing Resolution Limitations In Shipbuilding And Munitions
- Ainsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
- Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle Launched Into Space; Operations Begin In 2027
- American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation Expands Indiana Industrial Hub, Adds New Tenants
- Army Manufacturing Platoon Expanded Drone Support In Recent Flytrap Event
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- Senate Appropriators Press On Supplemental’s Requests Beyond Iran Scope, Hegseth Urges Full Funding
- Northrop Grumman To Produce SRMs For PAC-3 Missiles As Second Source
- Pentagon Seeks Bomber Prototypes In Drone Dominance Program
- CPS Upgrades For Zumwalt DestroyersIs Running Two Years Behind, GAO Says
- Northrop Grumman Takes Charges On GEM 63XL, SiAW In Second Quarter
- Ukrainian Drone Builder Partners With Reconcraft For U.S. Autonomous Surface Vessels
- Electra Selects Ohio Site To Produce Dual-Use Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
- Poland Commits Nearly $750M to European Satellite Constellation for Secure Communications
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- Lockheed Announces New PAC-3 ACE Low-Cost Interceptor
- Anduril, Archer Developing Collaborative, Autonomous Tiltrotor Aircraft To Enable Maneuver Warfare
- “More Than 50” Drones At A Time Target Of Lockheed Martin’s New MORFIUS X-Rotor HPM Design
- PAE Maritime Reaches IOC
- BETA Working With Sikorsky On New MV250 Hybrid-Electric VTOL For Contested Logistics
- Trump Tries Tightening Defense Contractors Access To Strategic Materials Sourced From Adversaries
- Karman To Acquire UK-Based Missile Component Supplier In First Deal Outside U.S.
- Space Force Boosts Ceiling For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 By $11.4 Billion
- Shield AI, GE Integrate Advanced Vectoring Nozzle For X-BAT Engine