Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, June 1, 2026
- Defense Watch: Golden Dome Munitions, Collaborative Autonomy, New Glenn News, P-8 News
- SpaceX Gets Nearly $4.2 Billion Nod From Space Force For Initial SB-AMTI
- Army’s R2I Requirement ‘Starts Today,’ Pushing Hackathon Updates To CENTCOM Over Next 30 Days
- DIU And Navy Launch Mine Countermeasure Modernization Prize
- Saronic’s Marauder MUSV Begins Water Trials
- NATO Accelerator Program Includes Two U.S. Firms For Prototyping, Potential Adoption
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Friday, May 29, 2026
- Military Personnel Must Retain Targeting Decision Go Or No Go, Vance Says
- Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA
- Striveworks Tapped As First AI Firm To Work On Both Of Army’s NGC2 Prototyping Efforts
- DIU Awards $159 Million For Hermeus To Demonstrate High-Mach Flight And Payload Release
- Federal Spending On Venture And Private Equity-Backed Companies Increased In FY ‘25
- DIU Seeks Solutions For Autonomous Watercraft For Intra-Theater Logistics
- Austal USA Names Miller As New President
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Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Space Force Awards SpaceX $2.3 Billion Contract For Space Data Network
- F-35 Program And Lockheed Martin To Finish F-35 PTMS Analysis Soon, As HASC Argues Block 4 “Underfunded”
- Marine Corps Explores Adding Second Supplier For ‘Production-Ready’ JLTVs
- Boeing, USAF Conduct Preliminary Design Review of LAM Pylon for B-1B, Company Says
- Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC
- HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy
- HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps
- Navy Names New Temporary Acquisition Chief
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- HASC’s $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 Draft NDAA Doesn’t Shift Items Over From Reconciliation Request
- Air Force Could Transfer Appropriated Funding From Other Programs To ICBMs In 2027 And Beyond Under HASC Proposal
- HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship
- HASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Adds More Black Hawks, Chinooks For Army, No Plus-Up For Apaches
- USAF Establishes EPAWSS “Speedline” At Warner Robins To Accelerate System Fielding
- DoD’s Equity Stake In L3Harris Rocket Motor Business Comes At Expense Of Other Suppliers, HASC Warns
- Drone Dominance Program Selects 49 Companies To Compete In Phase 2 Qualifier
- DARPA Awards Voyager And Raytheon Contracts For Rocket Motor Technologies
- Hermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Defense Watch: Sub Deal Soon, Mach Buy, THAAD Investment, CUAS Marketplace
- Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27
- Space Force Awards Viasat And Intelsat General $438 Million For Continued Work On PTS-G
- Rocket Lab To Design, Build And Operate Two GEO Satellites For Space Domain Awareness Under $90 Million Contract
- Polaris Nabs ULTV Follow-On Contract From Marine Corps, Includes High Power Variant
- DoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
- House Appropriators Pass Energy And Water Bill With Less NNSA Funds Than Requested
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Friday, May 22, 2026
- FAMM More Than Two-Thirds Of Munitions Buy In Air Force FYDP
- Army Confirms FY ‘27 Chinook Request Covers Five MH-47Gs, No New CH-47F Block IIs
- Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition
- YFQ-42A Dark Merlin Resumes Flight Tests for CCA Program
- Stratolaunch Announces Hypersonic Flight Test With Missile Defense Agency
- SpaceX’s IPO Filing Gives First Look Into Company’s Financials
- Parker Hannifin To Acquire CIRCOR Aerospace From KKR For $2.6 Billion
- Blue Water Autonomy Marks Construction Progress On First Liberty Class USV
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Thursday, May 21, 2026
- MQ-9 Strikes in Iran Far Outnumber Those of Other Platforms, USAF Chief Says
- CBO Looks At Options To Quickly Increase Navy Missile Capability
- Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase
- Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections
- NNSA Touts Early First Production Unit Completion Of W76-Related Project
- SSC And SpaceWERX To Launch Orbital Logistics Challenge
- U.S. Special Operations Command Budget For OA-1K Drops From 62 To 53 Planes
- Amca Raises $300 Million To Bolster Aerospace And Defense Supply Chain
- Red Cat Acquires Wireless Drone Recharging Company Quaze Technologies
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- MQ-25 Okayed For Production With Milestone C Approval
- CNO Details New Ohio SSBN Extension Strategy
- Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers
- Shield AI’s AI Pilot Software Selected To Provide Collaborative Autonomy To LUCAS Drones
- Fischer Criticizes Lack Of SLCM-N Funding, Discourages Reconciliation Process
- Sandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE For Missile Warning And Tracking
- Army To Brief Congress Soon On Planned Projects For New Private Sector Co-Investment Effort
- Data Center Startup Armada Raises $230 Million; Partners With Johnson Controls On Manufacturing
- Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle May Launch This Summer
- Coast Guard Plans R&D Effort With Lockheed Martin To Assess HPMs To Stop Small Boats
- Redwire Says Awarded Large Drone Contract From NATO Ally
- York Space Systems To Acquire Space Solar Tech Company Solestial To Shore Up Supply Chain
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- State Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium
- Lockheed Conducts Successful Seeker Test For QuadStar Missile Competing For Army’s NGSRI
- Perennial Autonomy Nabs $500 Million DoD Counter-Drone Contract
- DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
- RTX Wins ONR Contract To Develop Multiplexing Radar Software
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Monday, May 18, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 News, Big GD Sub Award, E-7 Reversal, UxS News
- Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement
- Navy Reveals Long-Term MUSV Fleet Size; Using OTA For Off The Shelf Vehicles
- Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
- Demand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
- Australian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe