Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, March 9, 2026
- Defense Watch: Parts Framework, Canadian CCA, PWSA Ideas, Startup Raises
- Trump Says Defense CEOs Agree To Rapidly Quadruple Production Of ‘Exquisite Class’ Weapons
- Pentagon Plans $65 Million Effort To Integrate PAC-3 MSEs Onto Navy Destroyers
- JIATF 401, FAA Plan Weekend Test Of Army High Energy Laser For Countering Drones
- Significant Department Of Air Force Readiness Boost May Come from Process Automation, Epsilon3 Exec Says
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Friday, March 6, 2026
- USAF Weighing Alternative To Stand-in Attack Weapon
- In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms
- Army Aims Co-Investment Effort At $150 Billion Infrastructure Backlog, Wants Deals This Summer
- Amphibious Fleet At 45 Percent Readiness As New Board Meets To Fix Challenges
- DoD Counter-Drone Task Force Award Imminent For Command And Control System
- NGA Awards BlackSky Seven-Figure Order On Luno A Contract
- Venture Firm Focused On Dual Use Maritime Companies Gets $150 Million DoD Loan Backing
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
- U.S. CENTCOM Confirms First Combat Use Of Lockheed-Built PrSM In Iran Strikes
- Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation
- Electric Boat President Says Multi-Sub Award Still Months Away, Explains Outsourcing Issues
- Two Re-Entry Vehicles Featured In Latest Minuteman III Test, AFGSC Says
- STRATCOM Wants Innovation Alliance To Advance NC3 Technologies
- Heritage Report Assesses U.S. Military Strength As ‘Marginal’
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
- SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts
- DIU Seeks Larger Capacity Autonomous Low Profile Sea Vehicles For Shore Resupply
- AeroVironment Investing In Albuquerque Expansion As SCAR Negotiations Continue
- X-Bow Begins Hot-Firings Of Large Solid Rocket Motor For Hypersonic Applications
- USAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws
- Rocket Lab Lifts Scramjet-Powered Air Vehicle For DIU Hypersonic Test
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
- Hegseth, Caine Offer Details On Iran Strike Campaign, U.S. Has Employed ‘Classified Effects’
- Daily Use Of Several Thousand Munitions Over Several Months Would Strain U.S. Inventory
- Army Details New Co-Investment Initiative With Private Sector To Bolster Tech, Industrial Base Efforts
- Sub Forces Commander Pushes To Maintain SSN(X) Support, Continue Unmanned Development To Keep Advantage Over China
- U.S. Confirms First Combat Use Of Low-Cost, One-Way Attack Drones In Iran Strikes
- L3Harris Names New CFO, Freeing Bedingfield To Run Missile Solution Business
- RG-XX To Highlight New Space Force Acquisition Approach
- Hermeus Flies Again With New Quarterhorse Unmanned Aircraft
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Monday, March 2, 2026
- Defense Watch: Black Arrow and Blackbeard, Jordan KuMRFS, Epirus and DFT
- Experimental Operations Unit Flights To Spur CCA Increment 2 Requirements
- Army’s Mesquite Facility Not Close To Making 155mm Metal Parts, Re-Scoping With GD
- Army To Solicit Industry’s Prototype Proposals This Summer For New Ground Robotics Effort
- USAF May Reopen Hypersonic Test Facility In Sandusky, Ohio
- Nominal Supports Navy With Software Test Infrastructure Layer In Recent CCA Work
- Rocket Lab Hits Record Revenue In 2025, But Delays Neutron Launch
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Friday, February 27, 2026
- More Than Half Of Increase In Department Of Air Force Future Years Plan Is For Readiness, Lohmeier Says
- Booster Resurfaces As Vulcan Centaur Issue; Rocket Use For NSSL Halted During Space Force Investigation
- Army Accelerates S-MET Inc. II Timeline, Will Begin Testing Prototypes This Spring
- Army To Pick Autonomy Provider For PLS Trucks This Summer, Fielding Prototypes In Early FY ‘28
- Critical Design Review Complete For SDA’s Fire Control Ground System, Kratos Says
- Army Awards Vantor $217 Million Contract To Transition One World Terrain To Production
- BlackSky’s Growth Contracts In 2025 For Second Year
- Redwire Emphasizes Defense Pivot And Maturing Capabilities In 2025 Results
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Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Air Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’
- USAF And Northrop Grumman Break Ground On Sentinel Prototype Silo
- Army Aims To Complete New Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy In Coming Months
- Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain
- Spending Plan Outlines How Navy Seeks To Expand UUV Production, Confirms Shift Away From Orca XLUUV
- Marine Corps Affirms Plan To Keep Buying JLTVs, Replacing Its Entire Humvee Fleet
- Avio Will Focus On Defense Tactical SRMs At New Virginia Plant; Options For Strategic Motors
- Marines ‘On Track’ With MTT Effort, Not Testing ND Defense Prototype Due To ‘Budgetary Constraints’
- Battlefield Power Solutions Developer Chariot Defense Raises $34 Million
- New Sub Forces Head Succeeds Gaucher As He Preps For New Sub Czar Position
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
- Army Will Issue CSO Soon To Move Forward With Procuring Common Tactical Truck
- Pentagon Reconciliation Funding Has $4.5 Billion For B-21, As Northrop Grumman And Air Force Agree To Acceleration
- Air Force Starts Inert, Captive Carry Weapons Testing For CCA
- USAF Primed To Buy Large Number Of KC-46s In FY 2027; No Look At KC-390
- Counter-Drone Marketplace Operational With Over 1,600 Items, DoD Says
- Rolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says
- Ursa Major Unveils Hypersonic Missile System It Says Is Affordable, Rapidly Producible
- Official: Army’s Plan Remains ‘Buying Less’ JLTVs, Doesn’t Foresee Fleet Divestments
- Leonardo DRS Ends Strong Year With Robust Fourth Quarter
- Net Income Soars At Kratos In Fourth Quarter And 2025
- Turbojet Engine Manufacturer PBS Aerospace In Subcontract With Zone 5
- Strong Fourth Quarter Despite Gov Ops Decrease For BWXT
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- Pentagon Details Plan To Increase Reconciliation Spending To Over $150 Billion In FY ‘26
- GPS-IIIF Will Change “Calculus” Of Adversaries Seeking To Counter GPS, Lockheed Martin Official Says
- F-22 Fighter, MQ-20 Avenger UAS Demonstrate Manned-Unmanned Teaming
- USAF Test Pilot School And Lockheed Martin Collaborate On Automatic SAM Avoidance
- Kratos, GE Win Air Force Contract For GEK1500 Engine Preliminary Design
- “Not Sure How They Get To Where They Wanna Be,” Calvert Says of $1.5 Trillion Defense Topline Proposal
- AST SpaceMobile Nabs First Space Development Agency Award Under Europa Effort
- Austal Nabs $2.8 Billion Contract To Build Eight LST-100 Landing Craft For Australia
- Aalyria Posts $100M Series B Funding Round
- U.S. Intelligence: China conducted 2020 Explosive Nuclear Test, Revamping Arsenal