Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Missile Defense Agency Releases RFI In Support Of ‘Iron Dome For America’
- USTR Began Section 301 Investigation into Chinese Semiconductors in December
- Saildrone Deploys 20 USVs In SOUTHCOM Anti-Trafficking Op
- Navy Officials Emphasize Need For More Energy Storage
- Air Space Security Startup Hidden Level Adds $65 Million In New Funding
- Triumph Group Agrees To Be Taken Private In $3 Billion Deal
- Moog Expects Increase in Space and Defense Sales
- Lockheed Martin Wins $383.1 Million Trident II Contract Mod
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Monday, February 3, 2025
- Defense Watch: Marine C-UAS, DOGE Alignment, Wicker/Trump Meeting, DEI Savings
- Smiths Group Plans To Shed Security & Detection Business
- Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Payloads For Launched Effects
- USAF Looks Into Replacement of Minuteman III Flight Control Units
- Japan In Line For $900 Million Standard Missile-6 Deal
- USAF Awards BAE Systems Nearly $1.2 Billion Extension for ICBM Support
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Friday, January 31, 2025
- Northrop Grumman Swings To Profit In Fourth Quarter
- Serco Expanding U.S. Business With Acquisition Of Northrop Grumman’s Training And Software Unit
- L3Harris Receives Space Force Software Contract to Meet ATLAS IOC, Planned for September
- Red Sea Analysis Loop Proves Importance Of Navy Updates Via Over-The-Air Networks
- Army Secretary Nominee Driscoll: Service Needs To Improve ‘As A Customer’
- Northrop Grumman Wins B-21 Second LRIP Lot Award, Company Positioned for Sixth Generation Aircraft Competitions, CEO Says
- Arms Sales May Require Going Past Navy, Can Be Binding Tool, Executives Say
- Limited Laser Testing Time Slowing Development, Lockheed Martin Executive Says
- L3Harris Posts Strong Profit Gains On Modest Sales Increase
- Following Tragic Aircraft Collision With Black Hawk, SecArmy Nom Plans Focus On Aviation Safety
- Compromise Reached on Pit Production Suit Environmental Review
- York Space Systems Strengthens Satellite Portfolio With Larger, M-CLASS Platform
- HII Tests REMUS 620 UUV On U.S. Course For Validation
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Charges On Classified Programs Dampen Lockheed Martin’s Fourth Quarter; Taiclet Supports DOGE
- Engine Business Leads RTX To Solid Fourth Quarter; Raytheon Results Strong
- Trump Signs Order For Massive ‘Iron Dome For America’ Missile Defense Project
- Army Confirms ‘Review’ Of Current Solicitations, Contracts Amid Leadership Change
- Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft
- Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs
- Senate Homeland Security Ranking Member Peters Won’t Seek Reelection
- Los Alamos’ Plutonium Pit Production of 30 Annually for Sentinel May Have to Wait Beyond 2026
- W80-4 Had ‘Nominal’ Flight Test Last Week, Sandia Director Said
- GE Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Score Big Prototype Contracts for NGAP
- NNSA ‘Clear-Eyed’ About the Work Ahead on Pits, Acting Administrator Says
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets Behind Musk’s DOGE
- Last Minuteman III Decommissioned 2050 or Later, W87 Non-Sentinel Test Within Year
- HII Completes Asset Purchase Of Submarine Metal Fabricator
- Trump Preparing Executive Order On ‘Iron Dome For America,’ Hegseth Says
- Senate Confirms Noem As Homeland Security Secretary
- No Answers from Pentagon on Deportation Costs Nor Share for DoD/DHS
- UPF Rebaseline ‘Done,’ Project On New Schedule, NNSA Official Says
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Friday, January 24, 2025
- Boeing Warns Of Another Loss To End 2024, Including More Defense Charges
- Senate Advances Hegseth To Final Confirmation Vote, As Two Republicans Oppose
- Trump Wants NATO Burden Sharing Requirement Pushed To 5% Of GDP On Defense
- As Some Top Defense Companies Stay Mum, Lockheed Martin Says It Will Abide by Trump Executive Order on DEI
- Work on E-7A Wedgetail for USAF Rapid Prototype to Begin
- Kaine Says AUKUS ‘Probably’ in ‘Good Position’ Under Trump
- LANL Director Says Trump Return to Office Order Doesn’t Affect the Lab
- Army Places $400 Million In Orders To L3Harris, Elbit America For More ENVG-Bs
- Startup With 3D-Printed UAS Gets $100 Million Air Force Award
- Leidos Nabs Potential $2.6 Billion TSA Support Contract
- Seasats Starts Second Trans-Oceanic Unmanned Vehicle Voyage
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Army Releases RFI For IVAS Next
- Trump’s Emergency Order Ask DoT To Consider Waving Restrictions On Use Of Counter-Drone Technology Along Southern Border
- Lockheed Martin Plans to Integrate New Defensive System on F-22
- Navy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR
- Acting Coast Guard Chief Directs Surge Of Assets To Thwart Illegal Activity Near U.S. Borders
- Jill Hruby Says ‘Momentum’ Most Important for NNSA Next Admin
- Norway And France Start Closer Defense Coop As Norway Plans To Compete New Frigate
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Trump Taps Long-Time Border Patrol Officer As Acting DHS Chief; Dumps Fagan, Pekoske
- Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing DOGE Office, With Focus On Upgrading Federal IT
- Acting DoD Acquisition Assistant Secretary Named Acting Air Force Secretary
- Dipping Below Space, Redwire To Acquire Autonomous UAS Provider Edge Autonomy
- DARPA Office Head Named Acting SECNAV
- Senior Civilian Aide Mark Averill Tapped As Acting Army Secretary
- USAF Reports Receiving First Two F-15Es with EPAWSS
- Navy’s Indian Head Division Making Progress On Road To Increasing Energetics Capacity
- SASC Votes Along Party Lines To Advance Defense Secretary Nominee Hegseth
- Australia Announces Another $164 Million For AUKUS Sub Industry
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Defense Watch: Digital Design, Green F-35s, PWSA Ideas, More Tech Hubs
- House Freedom Caucus’ Reconciliation Pitch Includes Up To $200 Billion For Defense
- Daly Envisions MUSV As Timely Capability For $50 Million Each
- Pentagon Wants to Speed Parts Repair for F-35 As Part of Sustainment Cost Reduction
- Maritime Industrial Base Requires 25,000 New Trade Workers Annually, Navy Says
- HASC Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members, New Democrats On The Panel
- DHS Plans Demonstration Of Kinetic Drone Killers
- Biden Administration Awards GlobalFoundries Up To $75 Million To Expand Chip Facility
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Friday, January 17, 2025
- NRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
- Kubasik All In On DOGE, Offers Recommendations To Ease DoD Regulations, Speed Acquisitions
- Mine Countermeasures USVs Ready To Support Fifth Fleet Deployment This Year
- Zumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026
- Army Planning Initial Next-Gen C2 Awards In May, Prototype Deliveries Six Months Later
- Trump Taps Brandon Williams as His NNSA Administrator Nomination
- Anduril Picks Columbus For First Gigafactory With Production To Start Mid-2026
- Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay
- Kaine: Future of Navy Will ‘Heavily Be in the Uncrewed Space’
- NAVSEA Mulls Transitioning C-UAS Prototyping Effort To Program Of Record
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
- Lockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna