Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, June 22, 2026
- Defense Watch: Abrams Update, SSN-788 Ready, UAS and C-UAS News, FMS Deals
- SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding
- Air Force Examining Long-Term Buy Of 130 New Weapons Pylons For B-52Hs
- SASC Bill Would Raise Amphib Requirement To 33 Ships
- Energy Fuels Gets DoD Investment To Expand Into Expand Rare Earth Supply Chains
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
- General Atomics And Anduril Continue Into CCA EMD; Shield AI, Collins, And Anduril Picked For Mission Autonomy
- Army ‘Looking At Options’ For Supporting Munitions Boost Plans If Reconciliation Fails, Official Says
- Senate Authorization Bill Restricts Building Navy Warships Overseas With Limited Exception For Auxiliaries
- Castelion Nabs First Delivery Award For Blackbeard Hypersonic Weapon
- Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says
- Austria In Line For Potential $1.5 Billion Black Hawk Buy
- Build Of At Least 45 MQ-9s By Start Of FY 2029 Required By SASC Bill
- Retired Admiral Breckenridge Tapped As Shipbuilding Advisor
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
- Trump Leverages Defense Production Act To Boost Munitions Collaboration Within Industry
- ‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default
- Lockheed Martin Exploring Production Help With GM Defense
- Mach Industries Wins DIU Contract For Runway-Independent Navy Drones
- Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”
- Space Force Looking Into Architecture For Epoch 3 And Epoch 4
- Pentagon Loaning $500 Million To Rare Earth Element Processing Company For Expansion
- Gilat to Acquire Comtech’s Satellite and Space Business, Targeting US Defense Growth
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
- More Than 20 Companies In The Running For CCA, Increment 2, Air Force Says
- GAO Recommends Navy Improve Drone Development Via Reorganization, Iterative Approach
- Shield AI, Destinus Demonstrating Collaborative Autonomy Between Drones For Use In Ukraine
- Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says
- U.S., Other Powers Increased Spending On Nuclear Weapons In 2025, ICAN Report Finds
- Honeywell To Complete Aerospace Spin-Off On June 29
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Monday, June 15, 2026
- Defense Watch: Budget Progress, Tanker News, AIA Concerns with Bill, VAMPIRE Order
- SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts
- Proposed Elimination of SDA And Space RCO Faces Opposition
- CSIS Releases Report On Rocket Motor Industrial Base Challenges And Opportunities
- CBP Awards Anduril $363 Million For Extended Range Surveillance Towers
- BWXT, ATI Extend Naval Nuclear Propulsion Supply Agreement Through 2030
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Friday, June 12, 2026
- SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction
- SASC Wants Boost In Air Force MQ-9 Numbers
- Saronic, Castelion Partner For Sea-Launch Of Hypersonic Vehicle From MUSV
- GA-ASI And Germany’s INTEC Enter German CCA Competition
- Pyka’s New Autonomous Cargo Drone Conducts Parachute Airdrops
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
- House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation
- MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says
- Kongsberg Completes Acquisition Of Zone 5 Technologies
- Hybrid-EV Truck Developer Harbinger Unveils Unmanned Platform For Military; In-Q-Tel Invests
- State Department Approves Sale Of AMRAAMs To South Korea
- DoD Nominates New Third Fleet Commander And Joint Staff Director
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
- USAF Looks To Start Building Family Of Affordable Mass Missiles In September
- McConnell: “Safe To Conclude There Will Not Be A Third Reconciliation Bill”
- U.S. Used Corsair USV In Operation To Rescue Apache Crew Downed Near Oman
- HASC Wants Info On Army’s Plans To Pursue Autonomous Aerial Delivery, Surface Vessels For Logistics
- NRO Awards BlackSky Multi-Million Dollar Modification To Accelerate Development Of AROS Satellite
- House Panel Zeros Coast Guard Request To Begin New OPC Competition; Warns Of Eroding Trust
- MacGyver, Squishy Tech, YGGY Aviation Among Invitees For DARPA Lift Challenge
- ICEYE Raises $520 Million In Late Stage Round
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Air Force Eyes Mass Production of FAMM-P While Also Pursuing FAMM-L
- HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW
- State Department Okays $2 Billion Sale Of Anduril C-UAS Systems; JASSM-ER For Denmark
- Mine Countermeasure Systems Need To Be Self-Contained, Have Onboard Data Analysis: Officials Say
- Joint Strike Missile Operational Test Planned For October, 2027, As Kongsberg Gets Nearly $241 Million Lot 2 Award
- CACI’s SkyValor Counter-Drone System Validated For Operational Use By JIATF-401
- Palladyne AI To Make, Sell Israeli Loitering Munitions To Defense Department
- Bayou Metal To Build Modules For HII’s ROMULUS USV To Help Speed Production
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Monday, June 8, 2026
- Defense Watch: HASC Work, DDG Delivery, C-130 Autonomy, Swarm Forge
- HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform
- Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG
- Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says
- York Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA
- Fiscal ‘27 NDAA Advances Out Of HASC, Sets NNSA Spending Cap At $32 Billion
- State Department Okays $1.8 Billion In FMS Deals, Including MH-60 Helos For Kiwis
- Apex Raises $200 Million To Boost Hiring And Vertical Integration
- Bullfrog Counter-Drone Developer Allen Control Systems Raises $200 Million