Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- Army Approves Officially Transitioning PrSM Inc. 1 Into Production Phase
- Malave’s Employment With Boeing Comes With Temporary Restrictions
- Marine Corps’ Budget Includes JLTV Procurement Pause In FY ‘26, Cites Delivery Backlog
- Build of RTX FET To Begin In Second Quarter Of FY 2026
- Space Systems Command Gives Nod to Boeing Over Northrop Grumman for Evolved Strategic SATCOM
- House Sends Massive Reconciliation Bill With $150 Billion For Defense To Trump’s Desk
- Lockheed Martin Delivers First SPY-7 Aegis Radar Shipset To Japan
- House Panel Wants Coast Guard To Examine UAS For Its Medium Endurance Cutters
- DoD OIG to Assess Effectiveness of U.S. Space Force Oversight of GPS OCX
- Shipbuilder Fincantieri Appoints New CEO For U.S. Subsidiary
- Moog Acquires Small Company To Complement Components Business
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Monday, July 7, 2025
- Defense Watch: NATO Nuclear Mission, GMTI, AV Raise, UKR Aid Pause
- Mingus: Army To Lead New Joint Interagency Task Force On Drones, C-UAS
- Palantir, BlueForge Alliance Partner To Accelerate Warship Production
- Lockheed Martin Wins Another $2.97 Billion Contract To Upgrade Aegis Over Next Decade
- Ursa Space, NV5 Nab First Luno B Awards By NGA
- Editor’s Note
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
- Forecast Launch of First Six Epoch 1s Delayed Until Fiscal 2027
- Army Details Progress Bringing Secure M-Code GPS To Commercial Chips
- Parker Tapped To Lead Boeing’s Defense Business
- Planet Highlights Defense Momentum With $280 Million German Government Deal
- Shield AI, RTX Partner On Collaborative Autonomy, Sensor Integration
- Army Exploring Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Technology With Electra
- Senate Narrowly Passes Reconciliation Bill With $150 Billion For Defense, Sends To House
- Parsons Acquires Defense Technology Company CTI For $89 Million
- Cap on Contractor Indirect Cost Reimbursement to DoD for Commercial Launches Valid Through FY 2026
- SDA Issues Solicitation For Europa Experimentation Effort
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Monday, June 30, 2025
- Defense Watch: F-47 Choices, B-21 Production, Hyundai Ship Collab, FY ’27 Defense Topline
- Army Acquisition Chief Nom Supports Having ‘Right To Repair’ For All Capabilities
- Army’s ‘Invest To Divest’ Strategy For Transformation Plan Includes $4.9 Billion In FY ‘26 Cuts
- USAF Requests $387 Million for ARRW Production
- Space Force Awards SpaceX $81 Million Task Order for USSF-178
- Maxar Intelligence Partnered With Satellogic On Luno A Order
- F/A-XX and Frigate Future Not Yet Decided In Navy’s FY 2026 Budget Request
- DARPA Accelerates Flight-Testing For Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Effort
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Updated Defense Reconciliation Bill Adds Industrial Base Support, Reduces Border Support Funds
- Navy Leaders Tell Lawmakers Columbia Sub About 17 Months Late
- Maxar Releases Geospatial Monitoring Solution For Predictive Intelligence
- SAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor
- AeroVironment Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Sees More Of the Same In New Year
- House Appropriators Approve $66 Billion DHS Bill For FY ‘26
- Cotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority
- NATO Releases its First Commercial Space Strategy
- $250 Million for Penetrating Munitions in DoD Reconciliation Bill Takes on New Light After Strikes on Iran
- Startup Developing Reusable Satellite Bus Emerges From Stealth
- SpaceWERX Announces Winners For Sustained Maneuver Challenge
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Monday, June 23, 2025
- Defense Watch: Joint Integrated Fires Exercise, Bomber Task Force Model,
- GD Nabs $621 Million Order For SGT Stout Stryker-Mounted SHORAD Platforms
- AFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
- NATO Members Set To Agree On New 5% Of GDP Defense Spending Target
- New Frontier Aerospace Hot Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
- BAE Signs CRADA With Army DEVCOM To Further Develop M109-52 Howitzer Prototype
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Streamline AUKUS Defense Industrial Base Collaboration
- SRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar
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Friday, June 20, 2025
- Collins Slams Army’s Decision To Cancel Robotic Combat Vehicle
- Kelly Pushes Hegseth On Golden Dome Reality, Cutting Pentagon Testers
- Anduril Offers Autonomous Air Vehicles, Rocket Motors To Europe In Partnership With Rheinmetall
- Driscoll Says Details On Army Transformation Initiative Coming In June
- Trump Nominates Caudle As Next Chief of Naval Operations
- DoD CIO Official: Satcom Needs its ‘3GPP Moment’
- B-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges
- Commentary: DoD Zeroes in on Boosting Cybersecurity for Systems that Sustain the Military
- Editor’s Note
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- EXCLUSIVE: Bussiere Approves 2 of 3 Missile Wings’ Sentinel Silo Plans
- Marine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM
- DIU Seeks Funding for Active Response to Interference Against Commercial Satellite Operators
- Satellite Developer Portal Space Opens First Manufacturing Facility
- Mach Industries Closes $100 Million Round To Scale Production Operations
- Raft Acquires N3bula Systems To Strengthen AI-Based Military Data Networks
- Anduril Working With Riverside Research To Strengthen Cybersecurity Of Lattice
- General Atomics Simulates Live Shootdown Using MQ-20 UAS Equipped With AI Pilot
- Honeywell, Near Earth Conduct First Flight Test Of Autonomous AW139 Helicopter
- BWXT Selects New Chief Nuclear Officer
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Leidos Taps Pratt & Whitney For Engine To Power Black Arrow Cruise Missile
- Kratos Plans New Facility To Produce Engines Co-Developed With GE Aerospace
- BlackSky to Expand Constellation With Multispectral, Large-Area Satellites
- USAF Explores Possible Minuteman III Development, Operations, Sustainment Program
- Honeywell To Provide Auxiliary Power Unit, Cooling Solution For Army’s FLRAA
- Ursa Major Gets Largest Contract To Date In $33 Million Order By Stratolaunch For Hadley Engines
- Navy Freezes Hypersonic HALO Missile To Restructure Due To Cost, GAO Says
- Australia Test Teams Up Ghost Bat Drones With E-7A Wedgetail Aircraft
- U.S. OKs Potential $2 Billion F/A-18F, EA-18G Support Deal With Australia
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Monday, June 16, 2025
- Defense Watch: Coast Guard V-BAT, QUICKSINK, Cyber ROE
- House Appropriators Pass $831.5 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Bill With Measures Protecting UH-60, E-7 Funds
- GD, AWS Demonstrate Integrated AI, Cloud Solution For Aerial Threats
- GAO Says Navy To Merge MUSV and LUSV Programs, Skeptical XLUUV To Become Program Of Record
- CBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D
- Redwire Closes $925 Million Acquisition Of Edge Autonomy, Adding UAS Tech