Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, May 15, 2026
- Golden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
- Without Iran Supplemental Soon, Caudle Expects To Make Tradeoffs In July Timeframe
- CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones
- Teledyne FLIR Defense To Provide Rogue 1 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Space Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
- Anduril Details Scaling Up NGC2 Work At Division-Level Ivy Mass Exercise
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Pentagon Signs Framework Deals To Rapidly Buy Low-Cost Cruise Missiles, New Hypersonic Weapon
- Addition Of Production Lines For F-15EX Eyed By USAF, MQ-9 Follow-On In Works
- CBO Estimates Golden Dome With Boost-Phase Space Interceptors At $1.2 Trillion
- Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement
- Anduril Raises $5 Billion In New Round; Company Valuation At $61 Billion
- With Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors
- Less Than $400 Million Needed to Modify VC-25B Bridge Aircraft, USAF Estimates
- Coast Guard Finalizes $3.5 Billion Contract With Davie For Five Icebreakers
- RTX Wins SeaRAM Ship Self-Defense Contract For Australian Frigates
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Appropriators Offer Skepticism On $350B Defense Reconciliation Plan, ‘Big Risk’ For Key Initiatives
- HAC-D Lawmakers Skeptical Of Battleship; CNO Says Will Use Ford Reactor
- SPACECOM Chief: Maneuver Needed For High Value Satellites
- Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage
- Shipbuilding Plan Reveals Battleship Will be Nuclear Powered and Armed, Pitches Some Foreign Ship Construction
- Army Awards Leidos $2.7 Billion To Accelerate Hypersonic Work
- More Defense Contractors Participating In Army’s Right To Integrate Initiative
- All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says
- Graham Criticizes DoE Reprogramming Of Savannah River Funds To Los Alamos Pit Work
- NRO Launches 13th Proliferated Architecture Mission
- Swarmer Leads Ukrainian Team Developing Counter-Unmanned Systems Platform
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says
- NGAP Contenders Complete Assembly Readiness Reviews For Prototype Engines
- Navy Establishes Three More PAEs For Aviation, Mission Systems, Munitions
- USAF To Meet With Companies On Support Equipment For B-52 CERP
- NRO Created GPU-Based Testing Environment To Validate AI Models, Director Says
- Naval Reactor Office Could Save Billions Partnering With Environmental Office, GAO Says
- USSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge
- BWXT Wins $1.4 billion In Naval Nuclear Propulsion Contracts
- Earnings Up At BWXT Due Nuclear Manufacturing, PCG Acquisition
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Monday, May 11, 2026
- Defense Watch: Mythos, DARC, DARPA Plane, New SWO Boss, Startup Raises
- Space Control Budget More Than Doubles To About 30 Percent Of Space Force Request
- Northrop Details Phase II Deal For Army’s ITDS, Delivering Prototypes In Third Quarter Of FY ‘27
- Army Details Interest In Unmanned Ground Vehicle For ‘Last Tactical Mile’ Operations
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Friday, May 8, 2026
- With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects
- Pentagon Selects Locations For Directed Energy Counter-Drone Pilots To Accelerate Fielding
- Air Force Examining Government-Owned Technical Data Library For B-2
- Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities
- Blue Water Autonomy Announces Power, Propulsion, Manufacturing Partners
- Russia Maintains Largest Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, Report Says
- MARTAC USV Completes Eight Day Autonomous Demo For Navy
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Air Force Plans $1.7 Billion Retrofit Of APG-85 Radar On 181 F-35As In Lot 17 And Prior
- Pentagon Conducting Review Of Its Military Labs, Identifying ‘Barriers’ To Tech Proliferation
- HII Working Through Carrier And LHA Amphib Delays
- NGA Director Focused On AI Support for Mission, Transformation, And Workforce
- Skunk Works Head Named President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- NGA’s New Rapid Capabilities Office Taking Risks, Not Seeking 100 Percent Solution
- State Department Approves $1 Billion In Potential C-17, JDAM-ER, Helo FMS Deals
- MGUE Program To Move From Space Force To Air Force
- HII CEO Says Sub Contracts Expected In Second Quarter, Not Focused On Auxiliary Increases
- DARPA Looks To Next-Gen Small Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Army Launches ‘Right To Integrate’ Effort To Improve Linking Industry’s Weapons, Sensors
- T-7A Red Hawk Okayed For Production, Each Of Three LRIP Lots Must Get Clearance, USAF Says
- Vast Majority Of Luno Contracts Use Artificial Intelligence, NGA’s Commercial Chief Says
- Anduril Outlines Team For Space-Based Interceptors Program
- NRO, NGA Create Cybersecurity Framework For Commercial Partners
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- NGA Has Rapid Capabilities Office As A Front Door To Commercial Innovation
- AV To Provide New Switchblade 400 Anti-Armor Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Army Plans For Long-Range PrSM Inc. 4 Prototype Deals In Late FY ‘26, Move To Production In FY ‘30
- USAF To Modify Two B-52s To Carry F130 Engines This Year
- Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to Develop Sea-Based Launch
- U.S. OKs Over $8.6 Billion In Expedited Arms Sales To Several Middle East Partners
- NRO Makes New Commercial Awards To EarthDaily, ICEYE And Pixxel
- 2028 Pegged As Delivery Date for VC-25B; USAF Says Former Qatari “Bridge” Aircraft Will Roll Out This Summer
- Shipbuilding Advisor Toti Performing Duties Of Number Two Navy Civilian
- Vantor Nabs $70 Million NGA Award For GEOINT Portal Use
