Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets Behind Musk’s DOGE
- Last Minuteman III Decommissioned 2050 or Later, W87 Non-Sentinel Test Within Year
- HII Completes Asset Purchase Of Submarine Metal Fabricator
- Trump Preparing Executive Order On ‘Iron Dome For America,’ Hegseth Says
- Senate Confirms Noem As Homeland Security Secretary
- No Answers from Pentagon on Deportation Costs Nor Share for DoD/DHS
- UPF Rebaseline ‘Done,’ Project On New Schedule, NNSA Official Says
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Defense Daily, Monday, January 27, 2025, Vol. 305, Issue 14
// PDF View- Defense Watch: HAC-D Panel Rosters, SASC Panel, DEI, New NSC-68
- SDA Outlines Tranche 3 Transport Layer In Draft Solicitation
- Army Testing GM Defense’s Hybrid Tactical Vehicle Prototype At Exercise In Germany
- Eric Schmdit-Backed Foundation Advises New Tech Innovation Budget for DoD
- Navy Opens New Defense Manufacturing Training Center
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Friday, January 24, 2025
- Boeing Warns Of Another Loss To End 2024, Including More Defense Charges
- Senate Advances Hegseth To Final Confirmation Vote, As Two Republicans Oppose
- Trump Wants NATO Burden Sharing Requirement Pushed To 5% Of GDP On Defense
- As Some Top Defense Companies Stay Mum, Lockheed Martin Says It Will Abide by Trump Executive Order on DEI
- Work on E-7A Wedgetail for USAF Rapid Prototype to Begin
- Kaine Says AUKUS ‘Probably’ in ‘Good Position’ Under Trump
- LANL Director Says Trump Return to Office Order Doesn’t Affect the Lab
- Army Places $400 Million In Orders To L3Harris, Elbit America For More ENVG-Bs
- Startup With 3D-Printed UAS Gets $100 Million Air Force Award
- Leidos Nabs Potential $2.6 Billion TSA Support Contract
- Seasats Starts Second Trans-Oceanic Unmanned Vehicle Voyage
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Army Releases RFI For IVAS Next
- Trump’s Emergency Order Ask DoT To Consider Waving Restrictions On Use Of Counter-Drone Technology Along Southern Border
- Lockheed Martin Plans to Integrate New Defensive System on F-22
- Navy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR
- Acting Coast Guard Chief Directs Surge Of Assets To Thwart Illegal Activity Near U.S. Borders
- Jill Hruby Says ‘Momentum’ Most Important for NNSA Next Admin
- Norway And France Start Closer Defense Coop As Norway Plans To Compete New Frigate
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Trump Taps Long-Time Border Patrol Officer As Acting DHS Chief; Dumps Fagan, Pekoske
- Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing DOGE Office, With Focus On Upgrading Federal IT
- Acting DoD Acquisition Assistant Secretary Named Acting Air Force Secretary
- Dipping Below Space, Redwire To Acquire Autonomous UAS Provider Edge Autonomy
- DARPA Office Head Named Acting SECNAV
- Senior Civilian Aide Mark Averill Tapped As Acting Army Secretary
- USAF Reports Receiving First Two F-15Es with EPAWSS
- Navy’s Indian Head Division Making Progress On Road To Increasing Energetics Capacity
- SASC Votes Along Party Lines To Advance Defense Secretary Nominee Hegseth
- Australia Announces Another $164 Million For AUKUS Sub Industry
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Defense Watch: Digital Design, Green F-35s, PWSA Ideas, More Tech Hubs
- House Freedom Caucus’ Reconciliation Pitch Includes Up To $200 Billion For Defense
- Daly Envisions MUSV As Timely Capability For $50 Million Each
- Pentagon Wants to Speed Parts Repair for F-35 As Part of Sustainment Cost Reduction
- Maritime Industrial Base Requires 25,000 New Trade Workers Annually, Navy Says
- HASC Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members, New Democrats On The Panel
- DHS Plans Demonstration Of Kinetic Drone Killers
- Biden Administration Awards GlobalFoundries Up To $75 Million To Expand Chip Facility
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Friday, January 17, 2025
- NRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
- Kubasik All In On DOGE, Offers Recommendations To Ease DoD Regulations, Speed Acquisitions
- Mine Countermeasures USVs Ready To Support Fifth Fleet Deployment This Year
- Zumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026
- Army Planning Initial Next-Gen C2 Awards In May, Prototype Deliveries Six Months Later
- Trump Taps Brandon Williams as His NNSA Administrator Nomination
- Anduril Picks Columbus For First Gigafactory With Production To Start Mid-2026
- Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay
- Kaine: Future of Navy Will ‘Heavily Be in the Uncrewed Space’
- NAVSEA Mulls Transitioning C-UAS Prototyping Effort To Program Of Record
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
- Lockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
- HASC Chair Rogers Pushing To Boost Defense Spending Above 4% Of GDP
- Navy Introduces C-UAS Capabilities To LCS Ship During Red Sea Operations
- NGA Selects 13 Companies For Luno B Program For GEOINT Data
- Ship and Submarine Maintenance Improvement Needed, Navy Vice Chief Says
- MDA Conducts Second Flight Test Experiment With Hypersonic Test Bed
- Frigate Manager Says Design To Finish This Year, Delays Because Parent Design Mods Not Understood
- Army Seeking Industry’s Help To Provide Tech Data To 3D Print More Parts
- Hegseth Says Supports SLCM ‘As of Right Now’ at Senate Armed Services Hearing
- Trump’s DoE Nominee Says U.S. Uranium Enrichment and Pits ‘Collapsed To Nearly Nothing’
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Navy Needs USV Ecosystem With Surge Capacity And Adaptability Cycle Ahead Of Adversaries, Admiral Says
- SecDef Nom Hegseth Spars With Dems, Offers Acquisition Reform View At Contentious Hearing
- Still Unhappy With Progress On Directed Energy Weapons, SWO Boss Wants More Land Based Testing To Speed Use On Ships
- Navy Examining Ship Self-Protection Measures
- Lockheed Martin Demonstrates First Live Track Using SPY-7 Radar For Spanish Frigate
- Commerce Department To Provide $70 Million To MACOM To Support Chips For Defense, Telecom
- Navy Surface Warfare Director Confirms Merging Medium And Large USV
- BlackSky Wins 1-Year Extension for EOCL Contract with the NRO
- Navy Names Two Carriers After Presidents Clinton And Bush, Future SSNs and Third SSBN
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Defense Daily, Tuesday, January 14, 2024, Vol. 305, Issue 7
// PDF View- Manned NGAD Would Require More Than $20 Billion Extra in R&D, Kendall Says, As He Lays Out Options for Trump Administration
- Kendall Cautions Trump DoD Efficiency Effort, Says Air Force Has Enough C-130s
- CBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
- Lockheed Martin Names New Skunk Works and Integrated Fighter Group Managers
- Marine Corps To Add Self-Driving Capability With ROGUE-Fires Autonomy Upgrade
- Out Of Time, Biden Drops Bid To Require Contractors To Disclose Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Textron Unveils New Low-Cost USV