Defense Daily Archive
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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
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
- Coast Guard’s First Robotics PEO Planning Rapid Acceleration Of Acquisitions
- Trump Administration Mulls Equity Stakes In Defense Industry, Raising Questions
- SecNav Establishes Naval Rapid Capabilities Office, Consolidating Other Offices
- U.S. OKs Over $2.7 Billion In Potential Aircraft Support Deals With Poland, U.K.
- NNSA Teams Up With AI Company on Tool to Flag Potential Nuclear Weapons Misuse
- Blue Water Autonomy Raises $50 Million To Build First Long-Range Autonomous Ship
- Reliable Robotics Receives USAF Award to Launch Autonomous Cargo Logistics Program
- Navy and RTX Conduct First Live Test of SPY-6(V)4 Radar
- Northrop Beats Out Lockheed To Continue Developing Army’s Improved Threat Detection System
- RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $2.8 Billion for Lot 18 of F135
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Monday, August 25, 2025
- Defense Watch: LPD-18 Fire, Super Hornet Crash, Ursa Orders, Coast Guard PEOs
- Army Seeks ‘Air-Ground Littoral’ Tech For 4th ID Experimentation, Focusing On NGC2 Integration
- Amentum Wants to Hire 1,200 RGNext Workers at Sites for Space Force Range Contract
- FAA to Take Public Comments on Impact of Allowing Starship Launches from Kennedy Space Center
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Friday, August 22, 2025
- Army Plans To Include ‘Right To Repair’ Language In Common Tactical Truck Contract
- PDW Opens New Drone Factory In Huntsville, Aims To Build 60,000 UAS Annually
- USAF Should Leverage U.S. Army/Marine Corps’ Systems for Base Defense, Study Says
- L3Harris Expansion of Florida Plant to Focus on Golden Dome
- BAE Systems Awarded RF Sensor Contract for LRASM Through 2030
- Navy Awards Small Contract To 3D Printer Supplier In Support Of Maritime Industrial Base
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Coast Guard Stands Up PEO For Robotics And Autonomous Systems
- AV Delivers New P550 UAS To Inform Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance Program
- Sikorsky’s Nabs $43 Million Black Hawk Upgrade Deal For ‘Digital Backbone,’ Launched Effects Work
- Anduril Receiving Air Force Contract for Rocket Cargo Design Study
- Navy Starts Researching New Small And Large Offshore Support Vessels For Tests And Training
- ‘Security Guarantees’ for Ukraine May Require Dozens of Aircraft
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
- X-Bow To Develop Solid Rocket Motor For GMLRS To Bolster Supplier Base
- Allvin Latest Casualty in Involuntary Departures of Top Officers
- Airbus Flight Tests Unmanned Helicopter With Shield AI’s Autonomy Pilot
- Navy Set To Award Next Generation Logistics Ship Concept Refinement Contract
- As Space Force Plans Zeroing of Fiscal 2026 Funds for Tranche 3, Transport Layer, Service Plans Sole-Source Award to GD for Ground Segment of Tracking Layer
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Acquires Assets Of Engine Technology Company
- DoE Deputy Secretary ‘Concerned,’ Orders Plutonium Special Study in Letter to NNSA
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
- Army Tests LTAMDS Secondary Radar Array In 9th Live Fire Test
- Space Force Association Warns of ‘Federal Overreach’ That May Result from Executive Order on Commercial Space Launch
- DoD R&E Office Awards More APFIT Contracts
- Voyager Technologies Invests In Software Company Latent AI
- Army Pursuing New Unmanned Ground Commercial Robotic Vehicle Effort
- Lockheed Martin and Polish MRO to Upgrade Country’s 48 F-16s to Block 70/72 Standard
- Grid Aero, Startup Developing Autonomous Cargo Aircraft, Exits Stealth
- RGNext Drops Court Protest of $4 Billion SFRC Award
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Monday, August 18, 2025
- Defense Watch: New Icebreaker, DAF Cyber Ops, GEOINT Award, More AMPVs
- Marine Corps Set To Award Neros Contract For 8,000 Small, Affordable FPV Drones
- Navy Plans To Deploy USV In Carrier Strike Group By End Of 2026
- Lockheed’s New GMLRS Deal Supports Boosting Production To 14,000 Rockets Per Year
- DoD Materiel Readiness ‘In Precarious Position,’ Govini Scorecard Says