Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, November 2, 2026
- Defense Watch: BAE Deck Launcher, SSN-788, Swedish Saildrone, XQ-57A, Leidos Dividend
- Shipbuilding Propels GD To Strong Third Quarter
- If Sent, 500 PAC-3 MSEs Approved by State Department Would Last Ukraine A Little More Than Three Months
- TOTE Awards HDUSA $269 Million To Build First Medium Landing Ship
- Army To Ask Industry To ‘Prove It’ On Manufacturing Ability With Upcoming ‘Rodeo,’ Telle Says
- USAF Looks to Advance STITCHES With Upcoming Contract to Lockheed Martin
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Friday, October 30, 2026
- Army Picks Lockheed For Future Interceptor Development Effort Estimated At $1.08 Billion
- Fewer Portfolio Adjustments Ahead For L3Harris As Mehta Focuses On ‘Business We Have’
- HII Says Frigate On Schedule To Be In Water By 2028 If Contract By Early FY ’27
- Flight Demonstration of Frenzy 6 FAMM Candidate Engine Planned for Next Year
- Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia
- Fairbanks Morse Defense Wins $99 Million Contract For Sub Overhaul Work
- Broad Strength Powers Leonardo DRS To Higher Earnings And Sales In Third Quarter
- Shipbuilding, Unmanned Systems Lead HII To Strong Third Quarter
- Boeing To Receive Up to $945.9 Million Sole Source Contract for MILSATCOM Sustainment
- Lite Coms GT3 Vehicle Terminal Connects to Multiple LEO Networks Simultaneously
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Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Test Redirecting GMLRS In-Flight With Datalink Package
- X-Bow To Provide Booster For Navy’s CHAOS Ally Missile
- Firehawk Raises $150 Million-Plus To Build Out Rocket Motor And Missile Integration Plants
- Lockheed Martin Also Nabs Spot In Next Round Of Army C-UAS Interceptor Program
- Firefly Aerospace Says Space Systems Command Using FORGE for WFOV Satellite
- USAF Eyes Early February for Contract Award for F-47 Nellis Site
- DoD Picks Poland To Host European PAC-3 Maintenance Facility
- Army Expands Accelerated Test Range Access Effort To Indiana Sites
- NRC Finalizes DoE, Pentagon-Authorized Reactor Regulatory Path
- BWXT, Antares Deepen Partnership With New Multi-Year TRISO Fuel Agreement
- Fluor Marine Propulsion Wins $2.4 Billion Naval Nuclear Propulsion Contract Mod
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- Boeing’s Losses Narrow In Third Quarter; Defense Business Posts Strong Results
- CNO Argues For Better Industry Contracting Relations, Promotes Finland Model
- ‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says
- Army Plans Potential ISV Follow-On Award In July 2028 For Nearly 21,000 More Vehicles
- $694 Million Production Contract May Straighten ARRW
- Hanwha Switches Up Subsidiary With Controlling Stake On Philly Shipyard
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- CNO Downplays Near Term Unmanned Hybrid Fleet, Says Concept Of Deployment Too Fragile
- Navy Picks SSN-788 As First Sub Posted To AUKUS Assignment
- Lockheed Martin Completes $3.5 Billion Deal For Ultra Maritime
- Army Official Confirms Strategy Being Worked To Transition Joint Laser Weapon System
- Coast Guard Assessing AI Tool To Aid Search And Rescue Operations
- GAO: NNSA Workforce Shrank Nearly 12% Amid Nuclear Modernization Push
- DoD Makes $150 Million Conditional Loan To Rocket Developer Stoke Space
- SRS Prime Investing More in NNSA, DoE Research
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Friday, October 23, 2026
- Missiles, F-35 Lead Lockheed Martin To Strong Third Quarter
- Space Systems Command Makes CASR Awards for Space Domain Awareness
- Lockheed Martin Says 10-Year F-35 Framework Deal Enables Addition Of 6th-Gen Capabilities
- USAF Faces $14 Billion Spares Hole Without Industrial Base To Fill Shortfall
- Fort Benning Starts Site Planning For Three Janus Microreactors
- Response and Recovery Time Two Criteria for AFRL STAR-FISH Effort
- MDA Awards $75 Million For Flight Testing Of Long Walls’ Low Cost Interceptor
- Singularity Successfully Static Firing Rocket Motor For Low Cost Interceptors
- Radiant Picked To Supply Microreactor For Naval Weapons Station Crane
- Army Scales Up Enterprise Agreement For Striveworks’ AI Tech To $700 Million
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Thursday, October 22, 2026
- Private Equity Firm Wildcat Agrees To Acquire Fraser Shipyards
- Space Force Outlines Vision, Requirements To Increase Assured Access To Space
- Army Long-Range Fires Unit Based in Europe Fires Tomahawk From Typhon For First Time
- Fairbanks Morse Defense Starts Building New Sub Component Facility With AUKUS Investment
- Hegseth Praises SNC During Speech At Company’s Dayton Site
- Watchtower Labs Raises $35 Million In Seed Round With Focus On AI Applications For Logistics
- Former HII CEO Returns to Company Board
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
- Northrop Grumman Posts Solid Third Quarter Results Led By Military Aircraft Work
- Lockheed Details First Spike NLOS Shots From ISV-U For Army’s M-LRPSM Program
- Commercial, Defense And Tariff Recovery Power RTX To Strong Third Quarter
- Navy Quadruples Gecko Robotics Contract Ceiling For Ship Robot Scanning
- L3Harris Cuts Ribbon On New Rocket Motor Facility To Support GMLRS
- DIU Opens Second Phase In USV Prize Challenge
- USAF Examining KC-46A Software Integration Effort
- Power Systems Startup Stellios Exits Stealth With $5 Million Pre-Seed Round
- CRS: North Korea Expanding Nuclear Arsenal, Missile Capabilities
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Tuesday, October 18, 2026
- BAE Agrees To Increase APKWS Production Under Multi-Year Framework With DoD
- Scale Top Modernization Priority for SPACECENT, As Commander Says He Talks Daily With CENTCOM Commander
- Army Picks Four Firms To Demo Offerings For Expanded IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor Effort
- Four Democratic Senators Ask SpaceX for Answers on Starshield Restrictions
- Australia Unveils New Anduril Ghost Shark UUV Payloads
- Tech7 Receives Small SpaceWERX Contract For PWSA Testbed
- DoE Authorizes Full Construction of Savannah River Plutonium Facility
