Defense Daily Archive
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- McConnell: Trump Admin’s Defense Budget Outline ‘Fails’ To Meet Required Investment
- SNC Completes Initial Flight Testing Of RAPCON-X ISR Jet Ahead Of Late ‘25 Delivery To Army
- U.S. OKs Potential $1.32 Billion Chinook Deal With UAE
- BlackSky Looks to Make Gen-3 Widely Available This Year
- GAO: SDA Tranche Achievement of MVP Could Help Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Decade
- Senate Confirms Meink as Air Force Secretary on 74-25 Vote
- Danish Fund Leads Investment In Saildrone To Bring USVs To Northern Waters
- VTG Acquires Three Companies To Expand Intelligence Community Footprint
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Amid Army’s Planned Cancellations, AM General To Continue Operating JLTV, Humvee Lines
- Lockheed Martin Expands Investment In X-Bow To Add Startup As Independent Rocket Motor Supplier
- RTX Nabs Another $2.1 Billion Mod For More SM-3 Maintenance
- DIU Adds Companies To Hybrid Space Architecture Effort Ahead Of Upcoming Pilot
- MGUE Program Awaiting Army Guidance on Any Effects of Gray Eagle Cancellation
- Vatn Systems Introduces AUV For Torpedo, Other Roles; Opens Manufacturing Facility
- Scaling Up of Black Arrow Control System Eyed by Moog
- MDA Seeks ‘Paradigm Shift’ With New Missile Defense Targets Program
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Monday, May 12, 2025
- Defense Watch: FORGE, Cloud Contract, Another Super Hornet Lost, AFC/TRADOC Merger Name, TOC-L Protest
- DoD Weapons Portfolio Manager Ingraham Tapped To Be Army Acquisition Chief
- Embraer Shows KC-390 to Military, Congressional Staff at Joint Base Andrews
- First Orca XLUUV Minelayer To Deliver This Summer, Navy Developing More Playloads
- Navy Tests Solid Fuel Ramjet From Drone
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Friday, May 9, 2025
- Lawmakers Press Army Under Secretary Nom Obadal On Retaining His Equity In Anduril
- Kratos Introduces Landing Gear Variant Of Valkyrie Tactical Drone
- Ursa Major Validates Rocket Motor Manufacturing Process With Denser Propellant Arrangement
- CACI, General Atomics, Viasat Move On In Space Laser Communication Effort
- Rheinmetall and ICEYE to Create Satellite Production Joint Venture in Germany
- Army Ends ITEP, FTUAS, RCV Development, HAC-D Seeks Details On Planned Cuts
- Battery Manufacturer Lyten Launches Unit Focused On Drones
- Rocket Lab To Conduct Return-To-Earth Cargo Mission For Air Force With Neutron Rocket
- Air Force Secretary to Submit Formal Congressional Notification of Significant Nunn-McCurdy Breach on B-52 RMP Before May 24
- Mid-Band Spectrum Crucial For Golden Dome, Arrington Tells Hill
- Navy Seeks Industry Help For Foreign Partner Long Range UAV
- Amentum Reports Increased Earnings, Cites Nuclear Biz
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Army Aims To Speed Up FLRAA To 2028, No Commitment On Another Black Hawk Multi-Year
- B-52 Radar Modernization Program in Significant Nunn-McCurdy Breach
- MDA’s Next-Gen Interceptor And First Hypersonic Defense Systems Already Running Late From Early Downselects
- First Production Unit of B61-13 Gravity Bomb Could Be Out This Month, NNSA Exec Says
- Coast Guard Interested in High-Power Microwaves To Stop Small Craft, Drones
- No Decision Made Yet on Reusing Minuteman Siloes for Sentinel, Commander Says
- USAF ‘Driving Toward’ 465 Tankers, As Service Accounts for 18-Month RVS 2.0 Delay for KC-46
- Quantum Computing Company IonQ to Acquire Capella Space
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Calvert: ‘We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the F-35 Program’
- MDA Moves To Prioritize Directed Energy Lasers For Missile Shield
- DIU Launches Replicator Effort To Evaluate, Quickly Scale Low-Collateral C-UAS Solutions
- Bollinger, Edison Chouest Partner To Pursue Coast Guard’s Arctic Security Cutter
- Leidos Posts Strong First Quarter Across Enterprise; Details Growth Strategy
- Space Systems Command Awards SciTech New FORGE Framework Contract
- Space Force Taps 12 Space & Satellite Companies for Latest STP Contract
- BWXT Has Strong Quarter, Sees ‘Robust’ Opportunities From Oak Ridge Land Purchase
- Australian PM Says ‘Warm’ Phone Call With Trump Included AUKUS, Tariffs
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- HASC’s Top Dem Calls Army’s New Transformation Plan With Program Cuts ‘A Positive Step’
- DoD Initiates 90-Day Sprint For New Plan To ‘Fast Track’ Software Acquisition
- Anduril Acquires Tactical Computing Firm Klas, Details New Menace-T Rugged C4 System
- Machinists On Strike At Pratt & Whitney In Connecticut
- Navy Establishes USV Squadron 7 For Small Vessels
- NATO Seeks Solutions To Counter Fiber Optic-Controlled FPV Drones
- DoD Flies Hypersonic Test Vehicle Again, Demonstrating Reusability
- USAF Awards ALQ-172 Field Engineering Services’ Follow-On to L3Harris for B-52s
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Monday, May 5, 2025
- Defense Watch: ALPV Update, Russian EW, Sentinel, Blue UAS Revamp, HPM
- GOP Lawmakers Knock White House’s Use Of Reconciliation To Reach $1 Trillion Defense Request
- Nuclear Modernization and Space Resilience Top Challenges Lohmeier Says He Plans to Address
- Administration’s ‘Skinny Budget’ Request For DHS Relies On Reconciliation For Boost
- Navy Performs First Hypersonic Test Using Future Sea-Based Launch Systems
- V-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes
- Army Cancels Procurement Of M10 Booker Combat Vehicle
- Air Force Taps Ursa Major To Integrate Tactical Flight Demonstrator For Hypersonic Uses
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Friday, May 2, 2025
- Hegseth Directs Army Scrap ‘Outdated’ Systems, Cuts Include JLTVs, AH-64Ds, Gray Eagles
- New Memo Orders Army To Merge Futures Command And TRADOC, Pursue Acquisition Reforms
- HII’s Earnings, Sales Dip In First Quarter; Cites CVN-30 Supply Chain Hiccup
- Beale AFB to Be Deployment Center for CCA, As USAF Begins Ground Tests
- DIU To Issue Solicitation For Low-Collateral Effects Counter-Drone Solutions
- Some Democratic Lawmakers Ask for DoD IG Review of Golden Dome
- AeroVironment Completes BlueHalo Acquisition; Creates Two Operating Segments
- Navy Awards Billions GD And HII Billions To Finish Last Two Block V Virginia-Class SSNs and Shipyard Support
- Leonardo DRS Opens 2025 With Strong Results
- Coast Guard Approved For Full Production Of First Polar Security Cutter
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Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Marines To Outfit First Platoon With New MRIC Cruise Missile Defeat System By End Of FY ‘25
- Marine Corps Outlines LSM Future: First Within Five Years, Sharing Second Test Ship With Australia, Hybrid Crewing T-EPFs
- True Anomaly Raises $260 Million To Support Growth
- Airbus, Shield AI Partner On Unmanned Lakota For Marines’ Aerial Logistics Connector
- House Transportation Panel Approves $22 Billion In New Coast Guard Funds
- Fourth Plane for USAF SAOC Program Arrives at SNC’s Dayton Site
- Operational Assessment Testing of IVEWS on F-16 Completed, Northrop Grumman Says
- VTG Acquires Cyber And Signals Intelligence Firm Triaplex
- State Approves Software Deal To India, Patriot Upgrades to Kuwait
- Govini Tapped For Navy Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base Software