Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, October 18, 2026
- BAE Agrees To Increase APKWS Production Under Multi-Year Framework With DoD
- Scale Top Modernization Priority for SPACECENT, As Commander Says He Talks Daily With CENTCOM Commander
- Army Picks Four Firms To Demo Offerings For Expanded IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor Effort
- Four Democratic Senators Ask SpaceX for Answers on Starshield Restrictions
- Australia Unveils New Anduril Ghost Shark UUV Payloads
- Tech7 Receives Small SpaceWERX Contract For PWSA Testbed
- DoE Authorizes Full Construction of Savannah River Plutonium Facility
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Monday, October 19, 2026
- Defense Watch: RTX C-UAS Award, MQ-25 Software Test, PrSM Inc. 4, Taiwan V-BAT, Autonomous Black Hawk
- Sikorsky’s Unmanned U-Hawk Enters Flight Test Program, Sees ‘More Interest’ From Marines
- U.S. Space Force Forecasts Buy of 32 to 56 Meadowlands Jammers
- BAE Systems Receives Space Force Contract For Small RF Terminals
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Friday, October 16, 2026
- As Army’s Planned ISV Buy Grows To 12,000 Vehicles, GM Defense Exec Sees Potential To ‘Double That’
- Lockheed Martin, Ukrainian Air Force Discuss F-16 Upgrades
- Counter-UAS Top Innovation Priority For Commander Of Army Forces In Africa
- HII Wins $56 Million Navy Contract For AUKUS Submarine Design Work
- Raytheon Receives Space Force Radar Contract For Missile Defense
- Air Force Tests Unarmed ICBM Reentry Vehicle
- Navy Tests Drone Without GPS To Land On Moving Ships
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
- Official: Army Awarding CAML Medium Platform Soon, Plans CAML Light Effort With Australia
- NORTHCOM’s JTF-Gold Helping Set Up Defensive Cyber for Golden Dome
- Army S&T Center Focusing On Soldier-Level Counter-Drone Capabilities
- U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Wants Recon Drones With Multiple Sensors
- BAE Systems Unveils Prototype High Power Microwave System For Killing Drone Swarms
- Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome
- Hadrian, Lockheed Martin Formalize Agreement For Automated Manufacturing Of Missile Parts
- Lozano Wants To Have ‘Multiple’ Solutions In Production For Army’s New Munitions Programs
- Taiwan Signs Agreement To Co-Produce MARTAC Devil Ray T24 USVs
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Lozano: Army Giving Industry Another Shot To Offer IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor, NGSRI Solutions
- LaNeve Redesignates Army’s FCC To Be New Futures and Autonomous Systems Command
- Avio USA to Qualify, Build Rocket Motors For Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM
- York Space Systems to Support Space Force’s SDN
- Lancer Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Demand in Ukraine
- Army’s Drone And Counter-Drone Marketplaces Expand To 30 Allies And Partners
- U.S. Pacific Forces Learning Mobility/Maneuver Lessons From Ukraine And Iran, North Korea Improving From Experience
- Lockheed Official Says New PAC-3 ACE ‘Could Be’ Solution For Army’s Low-Cost Interceptor
- L3Harris Teams With Advanced Manufacturer Divergent On Wolfpack Production
- Trump Announces Cleveland As Pick For New Sub Component Repair Center
- Army’s Janus Program Potential Support For Broader ‘Fortress America’ Energy Push
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- BAE Systems Rolls Out New Autonomous AMPV, Plans For Initial Demo In February
- Lockheed Martin Typhon Passes Two and a Half Years in Philippine Inventory, Army Leaders Say
- GD To Deliver All XM30 Prototypes By Late November, Tracks Downselect Decision In Spring 2027
- Anduril Industries Looks for Steelfin Variants To Take On Drone and Missile Threats
- Sikorsky Developing ‘Black Hawk Next’ As A Follow-On to UH-60M
- Heaviside Introduces TYR Loitering Munition For Anti-Tank, Anti-Personnel Use
- Army Orders Three More K9 Mobile Howitzer Prototypes, HDUSA Interested In New Tracked Effort
- GM Defense Unveils New UGV, Aims To Have Tech Demonstrator Ready By June 2027
- RTX Unveils New Rocket Motor-Powered Variant Of Coyote Drone Interceptor
- X-Bow To Supply Rocket Booster For Leidos Low-Cost Cruise Missile
- Navy Seeks SSN(X) Shipyard Info In Early Step To Manufacturing
- Sikorsky Plans to Introduce ‘Fast Pack’ Feature for Nomad 100s
- DoD Finds GD Bath Iron Works Now Has Two-Destroyer Production Capacity
- Army To Hold ‘Manufacturing Rodeo’ In Early ‘27 To Find Industrial Base Weak Points
- L3Harris Nabs Large International VAMPIRE Order; Army Deliveries Underway
- Space Force Successfully Launches Northrop Grumman’s First Plane Of Transport Layer Satellites
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Monday, October 12, 2026
- Defense Watch: AUSA Week, Aussie Hivemind, Troublemaker
- NGC2 Architecture To Be Deployed Across Army’s I Corps By End Of 2027, Anduril Says
- Lockheed Martin Unveils PAC-3 Edge; Advances In Army’s Future Interceptor Program
- Coast Guard Buys Its Own MQ-9B Long-Range UAS
- Rocketdyne Pursuing More In-Space Propulsion Business With New Customers
- STAR-FISH Effort Seeks ‘Secure By Design’ Satellite
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Friday, October 9, 2026
- BAE Receives Final ACV Order From Marines, Nabs $230.1 Million For 32 Recovery Variants
- TOTE Gets Promised Contract For MDA Vessel And Subcontracts To Hanwha Philly
- Navy Awards Shield AI $150 Million To Help Ready X-BAT For Production
- Fortastra, Startup Developing Maneuverable Spacecraft For On-Orbit Effects, Raises $30 Million
- Wolfspeed Gets $1.5 Billion Conditional DoD Loan Commitment To Bolster Silicon Carbide Production
- Mach Confirms PrSM Inc. 4 Offering Based On Pike Long-Range Strike Platform
- Overland AI Unveils IBEX Autonomous Ground Vehicle For Marine Corps MADIS Program
- Anduril Partners With Gecko Robotics For Arsenal-2 Shipyard Testing
- USAF Expects TACMOR Radar Contract Award In FY 2027
- Gallatin AI Raises $50 Million To Bolster AI-Enabled Logistics Decision Support Tools
- First U.S.-Made Tamir Missiles Delivered To Israel
- Navy Awards Over $170 Million in Trident II Support Contracts, as Columbia Advances
- Air Force Breaks Ground on New B-21 Assembly Line as Production Expands
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Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Deep Tapped As Next CEO Of General Dynamics; Novakovic Will Be Executive Chair
- Army Awards $93.6 Million To Nine Companies For NGC2 Applications
- BWXT Awarded $189 Million Naval Nuclear Fuel Contract
- CMG Acquires Rocky Mountain Scientific To Vertically Integrate Energetics Capabilities
- X-Bow Nabs Rocket Motor Development Contract For Future Navy Missile
- AFLCMC Postpones Virtual Industry Day on More Than $4.5 Billion ‘Megatron’ Contract Vehicle
- HII Promotes Greg Ennis to CFO of Mission Technologies
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Anduril To Start New Baltimore Shipyard For Sub Parts With $3.7 Billion Investment
- AI Maturity for Fighter Missions Looms As Big Challenge for CCA
- Aventra Defense Raises $18 Million To Support Long-Range Strike System
- Decision Support Software Firm ConductorAI Nabs AFPIT Award Supporting DIA
- Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine
- Lockheed Martin Awards BAE Systems Subcontract for ASQ-239 for Lot 20-22 of F-35
- Lockheed Martin Nabs $245 Million Mod For Second IRST Block II Order
- The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
- Tech Execs, Former Defense Officials Picked For Pentagon’s Project Meridian Future Warfare Panel
- Ursa Major Wins Contracts For Navy Solid Rocket Motor Development