Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, June 15, 2026
- Defense Watch: Budget Progress, Tanker News, AIA Concerns with Bill, VAMPIRE Order
- SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts
- Proposed Elimination of SDA And Space RCO Faces Opposition
- CSIS Releases Report On Rocket Motor Industrial Base Challenges And Opportunities
- CBP Awards Anduril $363 Million For Extended Range Surveillance Towers
- BWXT, ATI Extend Naval Nuclear Propulsion Supply Agreement Through 2030
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Friday, June 12, 2026
- SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction
- SASC Wants Boost In Air Force MQ-9 Numbers
- Saronic, Castelion Partner For Sea-Launch Of Hypersonic Vehicle From MUSV
- GA-ASI And Germany’s INTEC Enter German CCA Competition
- Pyka’s New Autonomous Cargo Drone Conducts Parachute Airdrops
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
- House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation
- MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says
- Kongsberg Completes Acquisition Of Zone 5 Technologies
- Hybrid-EV Truck Developer Harbinger Unveils Unmanned Platform For Military; In-Q-Tel Invests
- State Department Approves Sale Of AMRAAMs To South Korea
- DoD Nominates New Third Fleet Commander And Joint Staff Director
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
- USAF Looks To Start Building Family Of Affordable Mass Missiles In September
- McConnell: “Safe To Conclude There Will Not Be A Third Reconciliation Bill”
- U.S. Used Corsair USV In Operation To Rescue Apache Crew Downed Near Oman
- HASC Wants Info On Army’s Plans To Pursue Autonomous Aerial Delivery, Surface Vessels For Logistics
- NRO Awards BlackSky Multi-Million Dollar Modification To Accelerate Development Of AROS Satellite
- House Panel Zeros Coast Guard Request To Begin New OPC Competition; Warns Of Eroding Trust
- MacGyver, Squishy Tech, YGGY Aviation Among Invitees For DARPA Lift Challenge
- ICEYE Raises $520 Million In Late Stage Round
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Air Force Eyes Mass Production of FAMM-P While Also Pursuing FAMM-L
- HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW
- State Department Okays $2 Billion Sale Of Anduril C-UAS Systems; JASSM-ER For Denmark
- Mine Countermeasure Systems Need To Be Self-Contained, Have Onboard Data Analysis: Officials Say
- Joint Strike Missile Operational Test Planned For October, 2027, As Kongsberg Gets Nearly $241 Million Lot 2 Award
- CACI’s SkyValor Counter-Drone System Validated For Operational Use By JIATF-401
- Palladyne AI To Make, Sell Israeli Loitering Munitions To Defense Department
- Bayou Metal To Build Modules For HII’s ROMULUS USV To Help Speed Production
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Monday, June 8, 2026
- Defense Watch: HASC Work, DDG Delivery, C-130 Autonomy, Swarm Forge
- HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform
- Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG
- Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says
- York Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA
- Fiscal ‘27 NDAA Advances Out Of HASC, Sets NNSA Spending Cap At $32 Billion
- State Department Okays $1.8 Billion In FMS Deals, Including MH-60 Helos For Kiwis
- Apex Raises $200 Million To Boost Hiring And Vertical Integration
- Bullfrog Counter-Drone Developer Allen Control Systems Raises $200 Million
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Friday, June 5, 2026
- HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup
- House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report
- Air Force Leadership Backs MYPs Beyond F-35 And F-15EX
- HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
- NGA Awards Planet $22M Luno B Option For Maritime Domain Awareness
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
- Congress Needed Pentagon’s Iran Supplemental Request ‘Yesterday,’ HASC’s Wittman Says
- MUSV At-Sea Testing Limited To Seven Selectees But Could Re-Open If Navy Wants USVs With Different Requirements
- Lockheed Details Successful Propulsion Demo For PrSM Inc. 4 Design, Flight Test To Begin This Fall
- Air Force To Focus On Less Costly Palletized Missiles For Cargo Aircraft
- Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Successful Drone Intercept With Sanctum System
- NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”
- Fluor Marine Propulsion Receives $1 Billion Award For Naval Nuclear Lab Work
- RTX Nabs $516 Million Contract For More SPY-6 Radar Support
- Ground Robotics Startup Focused On Complex Environments Raises $10 Million In Seed Round
- Y-12 Completes Fiscal 2026 Naval Reactors Uranium Castings Ahead Of Schedule
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
- Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill
- Navy Chooses Seven Companies For First MUSV At-Sea Demos
- Oshkosh Confirms Interest In Pursuing Marines’ Potential JLTV Second Sourcing Effort
- Elbit America Teams With Anduril On Offering For Army’s Future Howitzer Competition
- Next Generation Penetrator Designated GBU-76/B, USAF Conducting Market Research
- Mach Industries Raises $300 Million In New Round To Boost Production, Advance Systems
- DroneShield Awarded $13.8 Million By JIATF-401 For Anti-Drone Systems On Southern Border
- Arxis To Acquire Omnetics Connector And MagCanica For Combined $890 Million
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- Northrop Grumman Targets Next Year For On-Orbit SBI “Capability”
- Marines Award Block II Deal To Oshkosh, Forterra For Autonomous ROGUE-Fires Platforms
- Australia Will Only Buy Used Virginia SSNs For AUKUS; UUV Tech To Be Pillar II Signature Project
- Low Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says
- Lockheed Martin Opens NGI Production Facility
- Motorola Solutions To Acquire Counter-Drone Company D-Fend For $1.5 Billion
- Davie Defense Breaks Ground On Modernization Of Texas Shipyard