Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, December 22, 2025
- Defense Watch: LCS Drone Launch, PhantomStrike Award, Tungsten Mining
- Navy Picks HII To Build New Small Surface Combatants Based On National Security Cutter
- SDA Awards Over $3.5 Billion For Tracking Layer Of Tranche 3
- New Navy Frigate Will Be “Mothership” To Control Unmanned Systems For Future Hybrid Fleet
- JIATF-401 Chief Says U.S. Counter-Drone Framework Should Tie Into Golden Dome
- Nammo And Firehawk Aerospace Make More Rocket Motor Investments In U.S.
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Friday, December 19, 2025
- HIMARS, M109A7 Howitzers, ALTIUS Loitering Munitions Included In More Than $11 Billion Arms Sale To Taiwan
- DoD Seeks Solutions For $150 Million First Phase Of Drone Dominance Program
- MDA Says It Now Has Made 2,100 Awards Under SHIELD
- Boeing Picks Anduril As Rocket Motor Partner In Pursuit Of IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor
- HawkEye 360 CEO Says ISA Buy Will Bolster Hawkeye’s Signals Analysis and Financial Position With Acquisition Of ISA
- Space Force’s Space Test Program S30 Mission Launched From Wallops Island
- After Eight Months, White House Names Nominee To Head NSA And CYBERCOM
- Trump Issues Space Policy Order Affirming 2028 Moon Landing Goal
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
- NDAA Heads To White House After Senate Passage
- Cadenazzi Plans More Discrete Approach To Supply Chain Investments
- USAF Cites Data Rights As Reason For Sole Source Follow-On SiAW Award
- Lawmakers Give Navy Flexibility On Carriers And Sub Procurements, But Mandates Outside Manager For LSM And Oiler
- Textron Sells U.S. Navy One Tsunami USV For AUKUS Testing
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
- Boeing Nabs $931 Million Contract To Extend Life Of 60 More Super Hornets
- Pentagon Joint Energetics Transition Office Delay Cited In Travel Funds Hold
- NNSA Completes W88 Alt 370 Warhead Last Production Unit, Pivots To SLCM-N
- Rolls-Royce Testing Engine for MV-75 in Indianapolis
- Coast Guard Official Gives Rough Outline For Spending OBBBA Funds On Unmanned Systems
- Army Adds CHAOS Industries’ Radar Technology To Acquisition Marketplace
- U.S. Approves Sales Of Aegis Support To Japan, Vehicles To Lebanon
- Niantic Spatial, Vantor Offering Air And Ground Navigation Solution In GPS-Denied Areas
- Arcfield Acquires Rite-Solutions, A Navy-Focused Software and IT Development Firm
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Navy Wants F/A-XX But DoD Still Looking To Balance Industrial Base With F-47
- Army Initiates Challenge For Short And Vertical Takeoff And Landing Group 4 UAS
- Defense Bill Modifies Industrial Fund Provisions, Adds Batteries, Leaves Out OBBBA Funds
- Defense Authorization Bill Omits Senate Proposal For LRSO Acceleration
- Second Attack Sub Delivered This Year, Future USS Idaho
- AFRL Seeking Innovations For C-sUAS “Kill Chain And Point Defense”
- Navy Awards $454 Million D5 Contract Mod To Draper Lab
- NNSA Awarded $28 million To Modernize Technology Infrastructure
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Monday, December 15, 2025
- Defense Watch: Golden Dome, GD Summit, Space Names, DoD AI
- Solicitation For Agile Space Effort Held Up By SBIR/STTR Funding Issue
- GAO: Osprey Accident Rate Increased In 2023, 2024, Air Force And Marine Corps Not Doing Enough To Share Info
- Army Places $433.2 Million Order With Sikorsky For 24 More Black Hawks
- GD Has Delivered First M1E3 Abrams Tank Prototype, Army Chief Says
- MatrixSpace Nabs Top Spot In DoD Counter-Drone Low-Cost Sensing Challenge
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Friday, December 12, 2025
- Lawmakers Seek To Fence Off Half Of NGC2 Funding Until Army Provides More Details
- Kelly Says SHIPS Act Moving Forward, Skeptical Of Golden Dome SBIs
- L3Harris Delivers First Production Meadowlands Satellite Jammer To Space Force
- Final FY ‘26 NDAA Backs Army’s Early Production Push For FLRAA
- DoD Advisor Confirms Potential To Build Navy Warships Outside U.S. Akin To ICE Pact
- Northrop Grumman’s SiAW Completes Separation Test From F-16
- DIU Selects Teams To Help INDOPACOM With AI Solutions To Track “Blue Objects”
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
- House Passes $900.6 Billion FY ‘26 NDAA, Bill Now Heads To Senate
- Space Force To Begin Outlining Acquisition Reform Plans Early In 2026
- Navy Expects First LSM Hull Ready By 2029
- ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms Mostly Stripped From Final FY ‘26 NDAA
- Lawmakers Back New Army Multi-Year Deal For Black Hawks In Final FY ’26 NDAA
- Space Force Seeks Prototype Proposals For Space Based Kinetic Midcourse Interceptors
- Vatn Systems Raises $60 Million To Scale Undersea Vessel Development And Manufacturing
- AeroVironment Swings To Loss In Second Quarter As Sales Soar
- HII Lays Submarine Backbone Down For Virginia-Class Sub
- Air Force Awards Voyager $21 Million To Develop AI-Enabled ISR Capabilities
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
- First MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026
- Ghost Bat CCA Fires AMRAAM In Manned-Unmanned Demo Against Fighter-Class Drone
- DoD CTO: Army’s Goal For 90 Percent Commercial Solutions Is Possible, Wants More New Entrants
- Navy “Golden Fleet” Plan To Include Another Frigate, LSM To Avoid Change Orders
- AV Nabs New Award To Deliver P550 UAS For Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance Program
- Envision Tech, Strategic Logix Also Selected For Army FPV Drone Program
- HII Expands Partnership With Babcock International To Support Virginia-Class Subs
- Navy Renews Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Contract With HawkEye 360
- Canada Partners With Telesat, MDA Space For Arctic Milsatcom Capability
- Muon Space Nabs SBIR Award To Mature Imaging Payload For Missile Warning And Tracking
- Anduril, GKN Team On British Army Autonomous UAS Project
- Acquisition Data Insights Firm Pryzm Expanding With $12 Million Seed Round
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Lawmakers Unveil Final FY ‘26 NDAA With $8 Billion Topline Boost, Major Acquisition Reforms
- Space Force Accepts Long Range Discrimination Radar After Operational Testing
- Golden Dome Chief Confirms Some Operational Capability By 2028; Culture Bigger Barrier Than Technical Challenges
- Hegseth Says Trump Supports ‘Substantial’ Defense Spending, Expect Increased Investment
- Navy Picks Dutch Design For LSM Over Bollinger
- Boeing Expects To More Than Triple PAC-3 Seeker Production In Three Years
- Denmark Approved For $3.7 Billion In Air Defense, AMRAAM FMS Deals
- Army Awards BAE $200 Million For More AMPVs ‘To Prevent A Break In Production’
- Defense Authorizers Recommend $500 Million Put Back For SDA’s Tranche 3 Transport Layer
- Next Defense Policy Bill Should Focus On Sustaining Systems, Wittman Says
- NDAA Includes $26B For NNSA, Minuteman End Of Life, Contractor Benefits
- HII Introduces Small EW System For Use On Unmanned Systems To Detect, Attack Threat Emitters
- Boeing Completes Acquisition Of Spirit AeroSystems; Establishes Spirit Defense