Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, October 12, 2026
- Defense Watch: AUSA Week, Aussie Hivemind, Troublemaker
- NGC2 Architecture To Be Deployed Across Army’s I Corps By End Of 2027, Anduril Says
- Lockheed Martin Unveils PAC-3 Edge; Advances In Army’s Future Interceptor Program
- Coast Guard Buys Its Own MQ-9B Long-Range UAS
- Rocketdyne Pursuing More In-Space Propulsion Business With New Customers
- STAR-FISH Effort Seeks ‘Secure By Design’ Satellite
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Friday, October 9, 2026
- BAE Receives Final ACV Order From Marines, Nabs $230.1 Million For 32 Recovery Variants
- TOTE Gets Promised Contract For MDA Vessel And Subcontracts To Hanwha Philly
- Navy Awards Shield AI $150 Million To Help Ready X-BAT For Production
- Fortastra, Startup Developing Maneuverable Spacecraft For On-Orbit Effects, Raises $30 Million
- Wolfspeed Gets $1.5 Billion Conditional DoD Loan Commitment To Bolster Silicon Carbide Production
- Mach Confirms PrSM Inc. 4 Offering Based On Pike Long-Range Strike Platform
- Overland AI Unveils IBEX Autonomous Ground Vehicle For Marine Corps MADIS Program
- Anduril Partners With Gecko Robotics For Arsenal-2 Shipyard Testing
- USAF Expects TACMOR Radar Contract Award In FY 2027
- Gallatin AI Raises $50 Million To Bolster AI-Enabled Logistics Decision Support Tools
- First U.S.-Made Tamir Missiles Delivered To Israel
- Navy Awards Over $170 Million in Trident II Support Contracts, as Columbia Advances
- Air Force Breaks Ground on New B-21 Assembly Line as Production Expands
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Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Deep Tapped As Next CEO Of General Dynamics; Novakovic Will Be Executive Chair
- Army Awards $93.6 Million To Nine Companies For NGC2 Applications
- BWXT Awarded $189 Million Naval Nuclear Fuel Contract
- CMG Acquires Rocky Mountain Scientific To Vertically Integrate Energetics Capabilities
- X-Bow Nabs Rocket Motor Development Contract For Future Navy Missile
- AFLCMC Postpones Virtual Industry Day on More Than $4.5 Billion ‘Megatron’ Contract Vehicle
- HII Promotes Greg Ennis to CFO of Mission Technologies
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Anduril To Start New Baltimore Shipyard For Sub Parts With $3.7 Billion Investment
- AI Maturity for Fighter Missions Looms As Big Challenge for CCA
- Aventra Defense Raises $18 Million To Support Long-Range Strike System
- Decision Support Software Firm ConductorAI Nabs AFPIT Award Supporting DIA
- Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine
- Lockheed Martin Awards BAE Systems Subcontract for ASQ-239 for Lot 20-22 of F-35
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $245 Million Mod For Second IRST Block II Order
- The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
- Tech Execs, Former Defense Officials Picked For Pentagon’s Project Meridian Future Warfare Panel
- Ursa Major Wins Contracts For Navy Solid Rocket Motor Development
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- AV, Boeing, Epirus And Kord Selected For Directed Energy C-UAS Pilot
- Anduril Nabs Potential $1.8 Billion Army Deal To Support ‘Corps-Scale Fielding’ For NGC2
- U.S. State Department Green Lights More Than $2.2 Billion in Weapons to UAE, Egypt, and Kuwait
- Australian Navigation Company To Begin Manufacturing In U.S.
- Army To Establish New Command, Acquisition Office For Autonomous Systems
- Talon Blue Debuts In Autonomous Flight From Mojave
- SAIC Acquires Cybersecurity Firm Information Security Corporation
- DHS IG Dings Coast Guard FRC Program For Operational Shortcomings
- Boeing Awarded $14.7 Billion Contract For PAC-3 MSE Seekers To Match Framework Agreement
- Early Equipment Delivery Advances Savannah River Pit Production Training Facility
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Monday, October 5, 2026
- Defense Watch: Possible MUSV Lease, CBO and Golden Dome, X-BAT Sites
- Hegseth Moves To Speed C-UAS Use In The Homeland, Expands JIATF’s Roles
- Pentagon Partners With In-Q-Tel On Rapid ‘Technology Scouting’ For Critical Priorities
- Skillman Nominated As VCNO, Mahan Moved From Acting Navy Acquisition Chief To Temporary Under Secretary
- NROL-97 Mission Features First Agency Use of Falcon Heavy Rocket
- Northrop Grumman’s First Plane Of Transport Layer Satellites Set For Monday Launch
- Navy Awards RTX $24.4 Billion Contract To Accelerate SM-6 Production
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Friday, October 2, 2026
- Navy Awards RTX $24.4 Billion Contract To Accelerate SM-6 Production
- Army Picks Initial 30 Finalists For Low-Cost Interceptor Demonstrations
- Blackbeard Flight Tested On Super Hornet
- Neros Says Gauntlet II Order For Drones And Explosive Payloads Is $100 Million
- USAF Looks for Long-Range Communications Drones Deployable from AFSOC Fixed Wing Platforms
- W93/Mk7 Enters Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase
- Domestic Supply Chain Still Needs To Catch Up To Meet Growing Energy Demands, Officials Say
- DIU And Navy Award Three MCM Modernization Prize Winners
- Varda Launches Two Hypersonic Reentry Capsules On SpaceX Transporter-18 Mission
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Thursday, October 1, 2026
- Army Picks Five Companies To Develop Long-Range PrSM Inc. 4 Prototypes
- Ukraine Requests U.S. Provision of S-300 ‘Clones’ and TELs For APKWS
- Counter-Drone Tech Company Fortem Closes $50 Million Series B Round
- Hegseth Announces Plans For New Autonomous Warfare Command, Project Meridian Panel
- Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House
- Miller Tapped to Head SPACECOM, Oversee Move To Huntsville
- Navy Takes Partial Acceptance of CVN-79 Carrier, HII Nabs CVN-75 Midlife Overhaul Contract
- Powerus Set To Go Public On Thursday
- DIU Launches $100 Million Low-Cost Aerial ISR Prize Challenge
- NNSA, Task Force Sign Agreement To Share Counter-Drone Data
- Boeing Says It’s Working to Up Rate to Two F-15EX Per Month, As Company Announces Nearly $2.4 Billion Award for 22 in Lot 7
- U.S. and U.K. Sink Decommissioned Frigate In Missile And Torpedo Test
- Boeing Picked For Navy’s F/A-XX Carrier Fighter
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- L3Harris Awarded $6 Billion Deal From Lockheed For THAAD Propulsion Production Boost
- Saronic’s Port Alpha Breaks Ground With LCU-1700 Backlog, Open To Building Navy Modules
- Avio Breaks Ground On New Solid Rocket Motor Facility Expected To Begin Production In 2029
- DoD Takes Equity Stake In Steel Firm As Part Of Funding Raise
- Navy Awards Contracts To Three MUSV Phase One Trials Winners, Others Continue To Phase 2
- JIATF-401, Army Establish $7 Billion In Counter-Drone Contracts For Domestic Shield
- Anduril, Voyager Formalize Partnership As Shared Programs Move Into High-Rate Production
- Pentagon Plans $450 Million Buy For Drone Dominance’s ‘More Complex’ Phase 3 Competition
- New BAE Systems IFF System Receives Certification for Use on F-16
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Shield AI’s Hivemind Used In Autonomous USV Teaming In U.K. Demo
- Army Eyes Potential ‘Multiple Awards’ For Rare Earth Magnets To Support Brushless Motor Work
- USAF Plans Participation of Early CCA Production Aircraft In Emerald Flag
- Army Establishes Dedicated Counter-Drone Testing Lanes At Yuma
- 21 Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Delivered to Vandenberg, Northrop Grumman Says
- Korte Construction Awarded $52.4 Million Contract For Nuclear Command Facility
- V2X Wins $46 Million Air Force Contract Supporting B-52 LRSO Integration
- Col. Rob Kinney, Chief of Fires, XVIII Airborne Corps, Discusses Scarlet Dragon 26.3