Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, August 24, 2026
- Defense Watch: MQ Next, DOT&E Concerns, SSN Shakedown, Army Motors
- USAF Working on CCA Increment 2 Acquisition Strategy, As Service Considers An Evolution Of Increment 1
- Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’
- C-UAS Marketplace Is ‘Accelerating Rapidly,’ JIATF-401 Director Says
- White House Targets Support For 1,000 Launches Per Year by 2030
- Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus
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Friday, August 21, 2026
- Qatar Could Become Fourth Country With KC-46As, As State Department Okays $4.5 Billion Sale
- Army Eyes Plans To Begin Production Of New T901 Helicopter Engine By 2031
- Saildrone And Lockheed Martin Test Fired Missiles Off USV During RIMPAC
- Castelion Raises $1 Billion To Produce Hypersonic Weapon Sooner, Develop New Weapons
- ThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
- Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs
- Portal Space Plans First Launch Of Transorbital Supernova Spacecraft In 2028
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
- DoD Declined To Brief CBO On Golden Dome
- X-Bow Planning Flight Test Of Low Cost Interceptor For MDA In Early 2028
- Air Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
- Hanwha Defense USA To Deliver First K9 Mobile Howitzer Prototype To Army This Fall
- Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
- REGENT Demonstrated Autonomous Seaglider At Navy Drone Event
- U.S. Innovation Technology Fund Lists More Than $1.5 Billion Raised In Private Equity Sale
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Anduril Says 2nd CCA Exercise With Air Combat Command’s EOU Featured Multiple Daily Sorties Of YFQ-44A
- E-2D Block II Passes Critical Design Review
- Army Picks Hanwha Defense USA To Deliver K9 Mobile Howitzers For Rapid Prototyping Effort
- Aerospace Report Examines Defense And Space Growth In FY ‘27 Budget Request
- F.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron To Buy DJI Drones For Counter-UAS Testing
- Australia Picks Amentum Joint Venture To Develop New AUKUS Sub Shipyard
- Saildrone Boosting Presence In Europe To Support USV Growth
- Smack Raises $61 Million To Expand Scope Of Edge Autonomy Platform
- CVN-79 Carrier Finishes Acceptance Trials
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- Mehta Appointed New CEO At L3Harris After Kubasik Forced Out Due To Conduct
- Navy Awards Raytheon $22.9 Billion Tomahawk Contract To Bolster Long-Term Production
- Anduril Details Upgraded Tech For SBMC Phase 2, Eyes Potential Army Downselect In ‘28
- GE Aerospace And Kratos Announce USAF EMD Contract For Alternate JASSM-ER Engine
- HawkEye 360 Gets NRO Award For Sustained Use Of Commercial RF Sensing Data
- Drones May Play Significant Role in Future Air Superiority
- Lockheed Martin Validates First Japanese ASEV Radar Shipset
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Monday, August 17, 2026
- Defense Watch: Golden Dome $$, RIMES, Whirlwind in Space, RTX UUV, Neros Raise
- M1 Beats Out Bell For Army’s Flight School Next Award, Nabs 26-Year, $10 Billion Deal
- Trump Memo Directs Future Carriers Revert To Steam Catapults, Start Fifth Public Shipyard
- Army Picks Six Firms To Deliver UGV Prototypes For ‘Last Tactical Mile’ Operations
- Boeing to Boost Production Of Parts For Standard Missile-3 In Framework Deal With DoD, RTX
- D-Orbit, Firefly And Katalyst Nab Deorbit-As-A-Service Awards From DIU And SDA For Designs
- Anduril’s First Satellite On Orbit With Imaging Payloads
- Boeing Unveils Its IFPC Inc. 2 Design, Expects August Downselect
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Friday, August 14, 2026
- SPACECOM Officials See Use For, And Threat From, Space Fires
- CENTCOM Creating Multinational Task Force For One Way Attack Unmanned Systems
- Lockheed Martin Developing Modular Payload System For Hypersonic Missiles
- Space Force Selects Five Companies To Help Leverage Commercial Satellites As Part Of SDN
- Lockheed Martin Reports $140 Million In Tariff Refunds; Other Primes Haven’t Quantified Payback
- AEVEX Agrees To Acquire BlackSea Technologies To Access Unmanned Maritime Systems
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Golden Dome’s Space-Based Interceptor Competition Passes First Test; Homeland System Needs AI
- Boeing Developing New Ultra Low-Cost Seeker For Weapon Systems
- Precision Munitions Startup Heaviside Raises $60 Million; Partners With Nammo
- DARPA’s Lift Challenge Winner Demonstrated ‘Unprecedented” Payload-To-Weight Ratio
- Northrop Grumman Pitches New Guided-Ammo Gun For Air Defense
- Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Airspace Awareness System For Drones With Commercial Partners
- Impulse Space Gets Space Force Award For More Tactically Responsive Space Missions
- Fluor Adds Former Naval Nuclear Propulsion Director To Board
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Guetlein: Without Reconciliation, ‘There Is No Golden Dome Because There Is No Funding’
- Army Needs Comprehensive Missile Defeat Strategy, Rafferty Says
- Pentagon Launches Golden Dome Hub To ‘Streamline Collaboration’
- Joby Aviation Agrees To Acquire Resonant Sciences To Expand, Diversify Defense Business
- Stratom Details Team Delivering TALUS Prototype For Army’s Project Sustainment
- Austal Gives Hanwha Defense USA Okay To Assess Potential Acquisition Of U.S. Shipbuilding Business
- Rocket Lab Introduces Containerized Launch System For Global Deployments
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort
- Archer Acquiring Boeing Businesses That Add Drones, Autonomy And Air Traffic Management
- Epirus Tightens Relationship With Marines To Counter Drones Using Directed Energy
- Second Stage NGI Motor In Successful Hot Fire Test
- Saronic Adds Gulfport Site For On-Water USV Testing
- DoD Investing More Than $2 Billion In Batteries, Critical Minerals And Magnets
- Lockheed Martin Nabs Contact To Create Combat Systems Integration For Australian Virginia Subs
- Lockheed Martin Offers Modular Missile Technologies And Related Storefront