Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Trump Backs House Budget Blueprint With $100 Billion For Defense Over Senate Proposal
- HASC Chair Endorses Trump’s Call For NATO Allies To Spend 5% Of GDP On Defense
- True Anomaly Expanding Into California’s ‘Space Beach’ With New Production Capacity
- AFGSC Conducts Test of Unarmed Minuteman III
- RAND Study Discusses Cellular Networks As an Aid in Locating/Jamming Mobile SAMs
- Carrier Truman Starts Repairs After Collision
- BWXT Announces $2.1 Billion in Naval Nuclear Reactor Contracts
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Defense Watch: Saildrones, Hypersonic UAS, PrSM Test
- Trump Floats Proposal To Cut Defense Spending In Half Along With China, Russia
- Marine Corps To Shift LRUSV To Major Capability Pathway in 2027, DOT&E Says
- HASC Leaders Ask Service Chiefs to Identify “Obsolete” Weapon Systems, Other Cuts
- Anduril, L3Harris In Partnerships With Indian Companies As Part Of New Autonomous Systems Alliance
- Firefly Aerospace Readies for Another U.S. Space Force TacRS Mission
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Friday, February 14, 2025
- Annual F-15EX Operations and Support Costs Lower Than F-35’s, AFLCMC Says
- Top Priority For American Iron Dome Is Increased Domain Awareness, Air Defense Chief Says
- Army Chief: ‘Optimistic’ On Push For Flexible Funding Authority, Needed To Scale New Tech
- Guillot Wants Authorization To Defeat Drones At All U.S. Military Installations
- Aircraft Carrier Truman Collides With Merchant Vessel Near Egypt
- Blue Origin Lays Off 10 Percent Of Its Workforce
- U.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking
- Japan Signs Deal For 17 Boeing Extended Range CH-47F Block II Chinooks
- AeroVironment Readies To Begin Production Of Loitering Munitions At New Facility
- York Space Offering U.S. Government National Security Customers Turnkey Commercial Services
- Livermore Director Says Office Closed Due To Executive Order Ending DEI
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
- House GOP Unveils Budget Blueprint For Reconciliation With $100 Billion For Defense
- Will Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
- SDA Looks To Industry Studies For Trump’s Iron Dome For America
- Army And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant
- CBP Surveying Market For Mobile Surveillance Systems
- Record Venture Capital In Europe Defense And Security, Report Says
- Europe Must Provide ‘Overwhelming Share’ Of Future Aid To Ukraine, Hegseth Says
- UCS Questions ‘Rush’ to Los Alamos Pit Production
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Leidos Launching Efficiency Initiatives To Complement DOGE; Boasts Strong Fourth Quarter
- Anduril Would Take Over Building Army’s IVAS Under New Arrangement With Microsoft
- U.S. Space Force Looks to Accelerate Shift to Fixed Price Contracts
- DoD May Issue Rapid Prototyping/Defense Acquisition Reform Plan This Week
- Northrop Grumman Nabs $1.4 Billion In Software Work, Poland Integration Deals For IBCS
- Redwire Tapped To Provide Mako Spacecraft For Space Force’s Tetra-6 Mission
- Archer Raises $300 Million For Development Of eVTOL Manufacturing Capabilities
- HASC Seapower Leaders Urge Prompt DoD Australian AUKUS Funds Plan
- Air Force Halts Parts Of Sentinel Program
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- L3Harris Details AMORPHOUS Autonomy Solution To Control ‘Thousands’ Of Unmanned Assets
- DARPA Accelerating In-Space Manufacturing Demonstrations
- Pentagon Will Partner With DOGE To Find Cuts, Hegseth Says
- Sen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
- Courtney Slams Trump Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Right After Australia Sends Sub Industry Money
- ICEYE To Leverage AI-Based Analytics For Satellite Radar Imagery
- DIU Seeks Digital Platform To Help Speed Design And Validation Of Analog Chips
- SpiderOak Wins AFRL Contract to Develop Control Plane for CASR
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Monday, February 10, 2025
- Defense Watch: Iron Dome Industry Day, Aussie MQ-4C, Terminator Risk, Calio Takes Chair, DOGE Concerns
- Senate GOP’s Budget Blueprint For Reconciliation Has $150 Billion For Defense
- GOP Senators’ IRON DOME Act Seeks $19.5 Billion In FY ‘26 For Missile Defense Projects
- U.S. State Department Approves More Than $7 Billion In Arms Sales to Israel
- FAA Committee Recommends Federal Government Create List Of Approved CUAS Technologies
- Marine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles
- B-52 CERP Faces Concurrency Challenges, DOT&E Says
- Hegseth Calls For Rapidly Fielding New Tech, Taking Hard Look At Legacy Programs
- Navy Awards Series of Contracts For Future Mine Countermeasures Capabilities
- U.K. To Lead Next Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting, Hegseth Will Attend
- Coast Guard Interested In Maritime Domain Awareness As A Service
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Friday, February 7, 2025
- HII Ends 2024 On Sour Note As Earnings, Sales Decline
- Army Could Begin Fielding Upgraded IVAS 1.2 In Early FY ‘26, DOT&E Says
- Honeywell Splitting Up, Aerospace To Become Independent Business In 2026
- Pentagon Weapons Tester Says Next-Gen Jammer Issues Now Software Related; First Deployer Says So Far, So Good
- F-35 Program Says It Has ‘Eliminated’ More Than 20 ‘Readiness Degraders’ in Past Year
- Alaska Military Bases Should Have Counter-Drone Technology Used In Ukraine, Research Official Says
- Applied Intuition Acquires EpiSci, Creating Multi-Domain Autonomy Solutions Company
- Honeywell Earnings Rise While Aerospace Operating Income Dips
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Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Army Eyes Full-Rate Production Decision For Extended Range GMLRS In Early FY ‘27, DOT&E Says
- DOGE May Recommend Contract Terminations, Contract Experts Say
- Army Breaks Ground On Ammo Facility To Support New Squad Weapons
- Marine Corps Aviation Plan Calls For New Support Ships
- Marines Plan To Shift Some Future F-35Bs To More F-35Cs
- Oshkosh Defense Receives $215 Million In FMTV Deals From The Army
- DIU-Singapore Make Small Awards For C-UAS, Secure Drone Communications
- Trump Nominates NNSA Deputy and Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Lead
- Amentum Reports Stronger First Quarter Earnings; Not Worried About Musk Cuts
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Palantir Touts Increasing Adoption Of Maven AI Detection System
- U.S. OKs Over $900 Billion In Potential Deals With Egypt For Fast Missile Craft Work, Radars
- L3Harris Clears Design Milestone For Navy Sub-to-Torpedo Link
- Viper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB
- AeroVironment Receives $288 Million Order To Deliver Army More Switchblades
- Wright Confirmed as Secretary of Energy, Winning Support of 59 Senators