Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, April 21, 2025
- Defense Watch: FMD + Hyundai, SecNav To Sea, Polar Star Refresh
- Army Aims To Have First Human-Machine Integrated Formation Platoons In FY ‘27
- USAF May Fund Integration of JMPS with MH-139 Flight Management System
- DIU Seeks Demonstrable Long-Range High-Capacity Payload UUVs
- Commentary: Addressing America’s Military Space Race Vulnerabilities
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Friday, April 18, 2025
- Malave Departs Lockheed Martin; Evan Scott Named New CFO
- Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Production-Ready ‘Purpose-Built Attritable Systems’
- Shaheen Seeks Info From DoD On Tariffs Impact, Potential For Rising Acquisition Costs
- USAF Considers FY 2027 EMD for Wedgetail Upgrades, Including MESA Replacement
- Leidos Pitches New Low-Cost Attritable UUV
- Space Force Outlines Elements Of Space Warfighting In First Framework
- Shield AI Touts V-BAT Sorties In Ukraine
- STRATCOM Looking Into Strategic Impacts of Golden Dome, Commander Says
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Sentinel To Have New Silos, Air Force Leaders Tell Town Halls
- Saronic Acquires Gulf Coast Shipbuilder; Introduces 150-Foot USV
- USAF Offensive sUAS Program Surveys Industry for Multi-Domain Comms for Drone Swarms
- L3Harris Expands Payload Facility in Indiana to Meet Demand for Missile Defense Capabilities
- Minotaur IV Used for NRO Mission from Vandenberg
- AUV Developer Vatn Systems Employs Palantir To Scale Manufacturing
- Autonomous Technology Company Scout AI Exits Stealth With $15 Million Seed Round
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Electric Boat UAW Union Authorizes Potential Strike Amid Negotiations For New Contract
- Ukraine Assistance Group, Now Led By U.K., Germany, Pledges ‘Record’ $23.7 Billion Aid Boost
- Rocket Lab Added To Air Force, U.K. Contracts For Hypersonic Test Launch Support
- DARPA Program Seeks Autonomous, Maneuverable Satellites For Cislunar Domain Awareness
- State Department Approves $1.1 Billion In FMS Deals, Including Stingers For Morocco
- DIU Selects Eight Possible Companies for Advanced Microreactor Program
- BWXT Acquires Land for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, NNSA Signals Intent For Sole-Source
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Defense Daily, Tuesday, April 16, 2025, Vol. 306, Issue 11
// PDF View- NATO Acquires Maven For Military Planning And Operations Office
- New SSBN 12-18 Months Late But Trying To Recover Partial Time, Navy Tells Lawmakers
- Epirus Reveals High-Power Microwave Disables Boat Motors, Used In Navy Test
- Northrop Grumman Opens Facility To Expand IBCS Production Capacity
- NRO Launches Another Proliferated Architecture Mission
- B61-13 ‘Significantly Ahead of Schedule,’ NNSA Says
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Monday, April 14, 2025
- Defense Watch: Golden Dome, DOGE Cuts, Sub Production, Razin In
- SSC Official Says TacSRT Has Received COCOM Support
- Army Plans To Award Prototype Deals For IVAS Follow-On Effort In Late August
- Next Two Carriers Running Even Later, PEO Carriers Says
- Bringing Together Commercial Operations for Military Use Hinges on Integration Roadmaps
- Advances And Adjustments Are Needed To Bring Space Communications To The Edge
- Blue Water Autonomy, With Plans For Autonomous Oceangoing Navy Ships, Raises $14 Million
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Friday, April 11, 2025
- NAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work”
- House Narrowly Passes Compromise Reconciliation Blueprint With $150 Billion For Defense
- Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed At Revamping Maritime Policy, Investments In Domestic Shipbuilding
- Executive Order: Commercial Contracts, Other Transactions to Be DoD Default
- Trump Signs Executive Order To Reform FMS Process, Speed Up Arms Sales
- Counter-C5ISR and Long Range Fires Top of Paparo’s List to Deter China
- Maven Adoption Quadruples In Past Year
- Trump Administration Support for Nuclear Triad May Lead to Sentinel Reprieve
- New Space Adviser Charged With Integrating Military Space Enterprise
- Trump Order Targets Sentinel, Other Major Defense Acquisition Programs
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
- SecNav Phelan: Navy Change Is Coming, Considers Warfare Like A Business
- Mission Analysis For Golden Dome Will Lay Foundation For Programs, Budget, Space Chief Says
- Wittman: Navy Must Decide If Frigate Should Be Fixed Or Scrapped
- LRDR to Enter Operational Test This Summer
- U.S. OKs Potential $1 Billion AMRAAM Missile Deal With Australia
- HASC Chair Says ‘Accelerate AUKUS’ To Deter China, North Korea
- Space Force’s International Strategy Promises Tighter Integration With Allies And Partners, Saltzman Says
- HASC Chair Intends To Include ‘Robust Levels’ Of Weapons Aid For Taiwan In Next NDAA
- Space Force Looking to Promote CIC Data Sharing with NRO
- NATO Works to Expand and Direct Multinational Space Capabilities
- U.S. Air Force Receives First TPY-4 for Testing
- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Tapped To Replace Kash Patel As Acting ATF Director
- Ahead Of Potential Tariff Concerns, Space Force Began Assessing Supply Chain In Wake Of COVID
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Trump, Hegseth Announce Plan For $1 Trillion Defense Budget Request
- Navy May Look To Retire Cruisers Under Budgetary Pressure
- Bollinger Delivers First Three Counter-Mine Unmanned Surface Vehicles To Navy
- U.S. Space Command, SpaceWERX Sponsoring Space Maneuver Challenge
- Space Force Contracts With Astroscale For On-Orbit Refueling Demonstration
- Lozano: Army Looking To AI, Autonomy Capabilities For Contribution to Golden Dome
- EUCOM Chief, HASC Leaders Agree U.S. Should Maintain Troop Levels In Europe
- L3Harris and BAE Systems Pitching Funding Add for Four EA-37Bs By FY 2027
- Brandon Williams, NNSA Head Nominee, Vows To ‘Push Back’ For ‘Specialized’ Workforce
- Blue Origin May Launch Future GPS Missions, As Space Force Says ULA and Blue Origin Have ‘Credible Plans’ for Certification of Rocket Launches From Both Coasts
- USSPACECOM Chief Tout’s Maven’s Role In Space Domain Awareness
- NRO Launching Two More Proliferated Architecture Missions In April
- Millennium Space, L3Harris Complete Critical Design Review For FOO Fighter
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Lockheed Martin Delivers Eighth GPS-III Satellite, Launch In Late May
- DIU Taps Firefly Aerospace For Responsive On-Orbit Mission
- Acting CNO: Need To Be More Sure Of Laser Output Before Going All-In, F/A-XX At Higher Levels
- Anduril Announces New Copperhead UUV, Includes Torpedo-Like Variant
- Nammo, Northrop Grumman Get RTX Contracts As Alternative Sources For Mk 72 Rocket Motors
- Shield AI Producing Upgraded V-BAT With Greater Range, Other Capabilities
- Govini Nabs Spot On $919 Million Supply Chain Risk Awareness Contract For DoD
- LeoLabs Introduces Expeditionary Radar For Space Domain Awareness
- Saildrone to Introduce Fourth Unmanned Variant, Mustin Named Company President
- HII, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Sign MoU For Accelerating Ship Production
- Oshkosh Nabs $95 Million Army Order For FHTV Trucks, Includes Autonomy-Ready PLS A2s
- Voyager Technologies Added To Air Force $46 Billion Agile Acquisition Contract
- HII Delivers Navy’s First Lionfish UUVs