Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
- Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer to Be Up and Running by 2027
- Flurry Of Companies Publicize Navy MUSV Options
- Boeing Machinists In St. Louis To Vote Friday On Latest Contract Offer
- AV Swings To Loss In First Quarter On BlueHalo Deal As Sales Soar
- Ursa Major Developing New Solid Rocket Motor Test Site
- Coast Guard Taps Beautiful Bill Funds To Award Bollinger Contract For 10 FRCs
- White House Seeks $3.93 Billion Anomaly In CR For Procurement Of Columbia-Class Sub
- F.E. Warren AFB to Be Test Site for New Sentinel Silos
- Warren and Malmstrom Sentinel Missile Wings Construction Plans OK’d, Hoeven Says
- Potential $1 Billion AMRAAM Sale To Finland Gets State Department Nod
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- SDA Looks to Next Year for Operational Utility of Tranche 1, Transport Layer
- Army To Receive First M1E3 Abrams Tank Prototypes In 2026, George Says
- Leidos Starts Building New Small USV In Australia, Faster Variant Of Marine Corps ALPV
- MQ-4C Approved For Initial Use Despite Deficiencies That Could Prevent Mission Success, Says Pentagon Auditor
- Two-Year Effort to Design, Build, Test USAF Next Generation Penetrator Prototypes to Begin
- Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems Advanced R&D Groups Partner On Autonomous Aircraft Systems
- Ernst Says Democrats Stalling On New SBIR Bill
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Army Taps Anduril, Rivet For IVAS Follow-On, Luckey Sees Potential Scaled Deliveries In 2027
- USAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
- Varda, LeoLabs, And Anduril Demonstrate Tracking Of Orbital Maneuvers Prior To Hypersonic Reentry
- Northrop Grumman/U.S. Army Negotiating ITDS Scope to Meet Service Fielding Goals
- FPS-117 Radomes for North Warning System ‘Experiencing Serious Panel Decay’
- Philippines Marks Re-Opening Of Subic Bay Shipyard With Korea’s HD Hyundai
- AeroVironment Nabs $240 Million Order For Space Long-Haul Laser Comms System
- RTX Nabs $205 Million Contract To Keep Building Phalanx CIWS
- AIRO, Ukraine’s Nord Drone, Plan On Joint Venture To Scale Production, Increase Offerings
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Monday, September 8, 2025
- Defense Watch: Department of War, BlueForge Leadership Change, MIB Anniversary, Shift 5 Investment
- Boeing Says MQ-28 Demonstrations Prove Operational Effectiveness
- SECNAV Establishes New Robotic And Autonomous Systems Program Office, Consolidating Portfolios
- Leidos Reveals Sea Dagger Commando Craft For U.K. Bid
- Congress Add for Northrop Grumman IVEWS May Top More Than $400 Million
- AEVEX Acquires RapidFlight Assets, Adding Drone Manufacturing At The Edge Capability
- Anduril Confirms Selection For Navy Carrier-Based CCA Design Development
- Overland AI To Use New SPARK Upfit Kit For Army’s ISV Autonomy Program
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Friday, September 5, 2025
- LITENING Modernization May Be Big Ramp-Up Opportunity for Northrop Grumman
- Austal Signs Outsourcing Agreement With Master Boat Builders
- AV Hands Over ISV-Mounted 20KW Laser Prototypes To Army, Delivering JLTV Version Next Month
- Tax Benefit Boosts SAIC’s Income In Second Quarter But Sales Dip On Federal Contracting Challenges
- Safran’s U.S. Business To Acquire Sensing Company Attollo Engineering
- Austal USA Awarded Long-Lead Options For Three Offshore Patrol Cutters
- PBS Aerospace Opens Turbojet Engine Facility In Georgia
- House Energy and Water Apps Bill Passes by Single Vote
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Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Army Awards Lockheed Martin $9.8 Billion PAC-3 MSE Contract
- Marine Corps Awards RTX $380 Million Deal For MRIC Full Rate Production
- Five Organizations Get Green Light on SLCM-N Prototype Designs
- MDA Investigating Low Cost Missile Defense Interceptor Under $1 Million
- Lockheed, RTX Nab $900.5 Million Javelin Order, Includes Missiles For Brazil, Tunisia
- House Committee Passes Bill Extending And Expanding Counter-Drone Authorities
- Startup Developing Autonomous Laser System For Drone Defense Raises $10 Million
- U.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron to Buy Dronebusters
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- Army Taps Lockheed-Led Team To Deliver NGC2 Integrated Data Layer Prototype
- Coast Guard Needs More Counter-UAS Capabilities As Use Of Drones Expands
- Trump Announces Plan To Move SPACECOM Headquarters From Colorado To Alabama
- Los Alamos Launches OpenAI Models on Venado Supercomputer
- Official Says Allied Cooperation Improving Navy Sustainment Picture
- PACAF Commander: North Korea Prime Small UAS Threat in Indo-Pacific
- DARPA Makes Awards For First Phase Of Quantum Sensing Program
- General Atomics and Kepler Demonstrate Air-to-Space Optical Communications
- State Department OK’s $8.5 Billion IBCS-Enabled Patriot Sale To Denmark
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Defense Watch: BAE/Canada, Israel Pressure, AIM-9X FMS, New Navy Fleet Design, THAAD Seeker No. 1K
- CoAspire, Zone 5 Tapped To Provide Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine
- Forterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles
- Hegseth Directs New Army-Led Task Force To Centralize DoD’s Counter-UAS Efforts
- 150 Companies Interested in RG-XX, U.S. Space Force Official Says
- DoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications
- MQ-28 Ghost Bat Autonomous Aircraft Will Fire Missile Against Aerial Target This Year
- USAF Expects to Field BTAR Fix for KC-46A Late in Fiscal 2027
- BAE Nabs $1.7 Billion Contract For Up To 55,000 APKWS IIs
- RTX Wins $1.7 Billion For More LRIP LTAMDS
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Friday, August 29, 2025
- Hundreds Of Switchblades Delivered So Far In First Replicator Tranche, DIU Official Says
- Navy Air Boss Confirms MQ-25 Will Still Test Fly This Year, Followed By Carrier Integration In ‘26
- USAF Integrated Development Office Official: ‘Tell Me How We’re Gonna Get A 60 Percent, 70 Percent Solution Out There’
- Canada Picks ThyssenKrupp and Hanwha As Qualified Suppliers For Next Sub
- VLEO Under Examination for Possible Use by U.S. Space Force
- System Adaptability Through Tight Industry, Echelon Partnership Key Ukraine War Lesson, SACEUR Says
- Office of Inspector General ‘Did Not Substantiate’ That NNSA Not Following Export Regs
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Thursday, August 28, 2025
- General Atomics YFQ-42A First CCA Forerunner to Fly
- Task Force 66 Chief Touts Commercial Satellite Benefits For Maritime Domain Awareness
- Michael Aims To Push AI Use Across Defense Department
- Space Solar Power Company Boosts Funding Round With Lockheed Martin Investment
- MSM North America Awarded $632.5 Million To Build Army’s ‘Most Advanced’ 155mm Ammo Facility
- Gebara: Sentinel Flight Test ‘Well Prior to’ 2028, ‘Not Currently’ Concerned With NNSA’s Pit Rate
- Lockheed Martin Demos Spike NLOS For First Phase Of Army’s M-LRPSM Competition
- Hanwha Invests Another $5 Billion In Philly Shipyard
- Second Saildrone USV Gets ABS Classification
- Navy Tech Accelerator Preps Opportunity To Demo Prototype High Speed Weapons