Defense Daily Archive
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Defense Daily, Thursday, March 13, 2025, Vol. 305, Issue 46
// PDF View- Army Vet, Anduril Exec Michael Obadal Nominated To Be Army Under Secretary
- Civilian Cuts To Space Force Workforce Will Challenge Acquisitions, Purdy Warns
- Arlington Capital Launches GRVTY, New Defense Technology Company
- U.S. Space Force Looking for Cost Estimates on PTES Modifications
- Hoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel
- Rocket Lab To Acquire Laser Comms Supplier Mynaric To Strengthen Supplier Base
- MDA Looks To Add Competition To SM-3 IIAs in RFI
- Senate Foreign Relations Top Dem, Senior SASC Member Shaheen Won’t Seek Reelection
- Workforce And Wage Increases Needed To Fix Shipbuilding Problems, Navy Official And Analysts Tell Lawmakers
- Shield AI Brings In Seasoned Executive To Help Scale Company
- CR Includes Slight Boost To Navy Shipbuilding, Adds Funds For Third Destroyer
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Space Acquisition Chief Assessing Commercial Options For Situational Awareness, Comms, Other Needs
- Army Rebrands IVAS Next, Plans Open Competition For Prototyping Period
- DoD Looks for Launch Alternatives, as Launch Emerges As ‘Long Lead Item’
- Responding to DoD Direction, DiSCO Not Focused on Specific Platform
- U.S. Lifts Pause On Security Aid For Ukraine, As Kyiv Backs Ceasefire Proposal
- HII Wins Australian Contract To Help Aussies Qualify as Sub Suppliers
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- NGA’s Latency For Imagery Improves But More Data Requires More Compute, Whitworth Says
- Construction Halted On Last National Security Cutter Over Conformance Issues
- Space Development Agency Independent Review Team Begins Work
- Anduril Wins $642.2 Million Marine Corps Deal For Capability To Protect Bases From Small Drones
- House GOP’s Full-Year CR With Defense Boost Faces Narrow Path, Senate Dem Pushback
- Australia’s New Submarine Industry Strategy Plans For $19 Billion Domestic Investment
- Sikorsky Details Successful ‘Full Mission Profile’ Demos With Rotor Blown Wing UAS Concept
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Monday, March 10 2025
- Defense Watch: Sentinel Static Fire, Spartan Mace, Guam Challenges, Maven
- Collins: Missile Defense ‘Magazine Depth Is Going to Be Crucial’
- Hegseth Signs Memo Directing DoD ‘Maximize’ Use Of Tools To Rapidly Deliver Software
- Palantir Delivers Two More TITAN Intel Ground Station Prototypes To Army
- Rapid Prototyping Key in NC3 Modernization
- DHS Wants To Take Counter-Drone Activities Nationwide
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Friday, March 7, 2025
- Runway Size, Long-Range Fuel Delivery, and Signature Considered by USAF in NGAS AoA
- DARPA Launches Prototype USV Designed For Zero Sailors
- Army Approves Collins Aerospace’s MAPS Gen II For Full-Rate Production
- York Space Systems Completes Environmental Testing For Experimental National Security Mission
- U.K. Administered Fund For Ukraine Contracts With Anduril For Loitering Munitions
- Small Startup With Natural Language Processing Tool Launches AI-Powered Public Sector Offering
- Shield AI Raises $240 Million In New Round That Includes L3Harris
- National Security Space Association Pushes for Doubling of Space Force Budget by FY 2030
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
- SASC Chair ‘Encouraged’ By Trump’s Plan For New White House Shipbuilding Office
- U.S. Space Force Expects GPS OCX Fielding Decision This Year
- HASC’s Crow, Wittman Suggest Pushing More Procurement Authority To COCOMs
- CCA Builders Believe Commercial Engines Will Reap Big Savings
- NTS-3 May Launch This Year on Vulcan Centaur
- AeroVironment Swings To Loss In Third Quarter; Cali Fires Clip Sales
- Epirus Raises $250 Million To Boost Leonidas Production, Strengthen Supply Base
- Design Nearly Complete On Polar Security Cutter, Full Rate Production Still Ahead
- OMB, DHS On Board With Coast Guard’s Goal Of $20 Billion Budget, Official Says
- Thunderforge Award Goes To Scale AI, Bringing Artificial Intelligence To Military Planning
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- USAF Will Likely Fare Well in Budget Reconciliation, Service Official Says
- Longer Term Contracts Would Ease Production Surge, if Required for F-35, Lockheed Martin Official Says
- Lead Aviation Platform for MGUE Increment 1 Changed from B-2 to Gray Eagle
- Startup Mach Industries Flight Tests Vertical Take Off Cruise Missile Under Army Award
- Anduril, Zone 5 Tapped By Air Force, DIU For Next Phase Of Enterprise Test Vehicle Project
- Gambit and Fury CCA Offerings Get USAF Designations; Flights on Track for This Summer
- SASC Presses DoD Policy Chief Nom Colby On Ukraine, As Trump Pauses Further Military Aid
- General Atomics Showcases Autonomy Of UCAV At Air Force Test Event
- EU Unveils ‘ReArm Europe’ Plan To Boost Defense Spending By Nearly $850 Billion
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- CMMT Offering by Lockheed Martin to Serve as Subsonic Cruise Missile, Drone or Sensor
- Air Force Hopes To Begin Rocket Cargo Logistics Demonstrations In 2025
- Trump Admin Bypasses Congress To Fast Track $3 Billion In Arms Sales To Israel
- Black Sea Drone Combat Acting As U.S. Navy Battle Lab, Beyond Experimentation To Operationalization, Admiral Says
- General Atomics Acquires Signals Intelligence Firm; Establishes Cross-Collaborative Software Enterprise
- Lockheed Martin Adds Nokia To 5G Military Networking Solution
- Space Force Selects BAE To Continue Developing C2 System For Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites
- DoE Issues Return To Office Schedule For Most Employees
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Monday, March 3, 2025
- Defense Watch: AFA Colorado Kicks Off, SHIPS Act, Epirus/Peraton Partner, L3Harris Dividend, Gulf Yards Visit
- Deputy Defense Secretary Nom Plans ‘To Review The Value’ Of Replicator Initiative
- Trump Picks Former Navy Diver And Congressional Candidate Hung Cao For Navy Under Secretary
- X-Bow Gets Another Navy Award To Help With Energetics And Munitions Modernization
- Collins Aerospace: Proposed EPACS System for F-35 Achieves Technology Readiness Level 6
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Friday, February 28, 2025
- SECNAV Nominee Says He Will Work To Improve Industrial Base, Evaluate Contracts
- Army Interested In Developing Larger M-MET Logistics Ground Robot
- DIU Lacks Performance Goals For Scaling Commercial Technology, GAO Says
- Kratos Ends Strong Year With Solid Fourth Quarter; Sees $1 Billion Sales Potential With Prometheus
- Navy Issues RFI Survey For More Counter-Uncrewed Systems
- Pentagon Says SDA Meeting Minimum Viable Product, But GAO Notes Problems