Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
- HASC Backs Army’s ATI Plans, While NDAA Draft Directs More Details On Proposed Cuts
- Saronic, Vigor Marine Partner Around Support For Autonomous Vessels At Scale
- Trump: NATO To Purchase ‘Billions’ In U.S. Weapons For Ukraine, Including Patriots
- HASC Releases NDAA Text With Nuclear Energy Working Group, Two-Site Pits
- DoD AI Office Awards Frontier AI Contracts For Workflow Needs
- Saildrone Envisions European Expansion After Baltic Sea Exercises
- BREAKING: Noem Terminates Eastern Shipbuilding’s Work For Third And Fourth OPCs
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Monday, July 14, 2025
- Defense Watch: IAM Contract Negotiations, Dutch V-Bats, B-2 Unit Costs, Starship Propulsion
- HASC, SASC NDAAs Differ On Topline By Billions, Agree On Pursuing Major Acquisition Reforms
- Congressionally Established DoD Progress Payment Pilot Program On Hold
- SASC Wants The Joint Back In Joint C-sUAS Office With Transfer To OSD
- Authorizers Support New LSM Plan, Impose Vessel Construction Manager Strategy
- Coast Guard Seeks Sources For Interim Long-Range C2 Plane That Also Serves DHS Chief
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Friday, July 11, 2025
- Hegseth Directs Widespread Use Of Expendable Drones By End Of 2026
- Bollinger Modifying Vessel As Landing Platform For Rocket Lab’s Neutron Launch Vehicle
- Army’s Goal To Build 100,000 155mm Rounds Per Month Delayed To Mid-2026
- Massive Ordnance Penetrator Modification Program Delayed By Build of Surrogate Targets
- CENTCOM Chief Wants $150 Million To Acquire Technology To Test And Evaluate
- Booz Allen Invests In Cybersecurity Firm Focused On Machine Identity
- Classification Remains Barrier to DoD Space Information Sharing with Allies
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Army’s $4.3 Billion FY ‘26 Unfunded List Requests More For Munitions, Small Drones
- USSF MILNET Block II to Link With SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
- Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
- DARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028
- Defense Department Seeks Public Input On Trump’s Acquisition Reform Order
- House Panel Continues Probe on Counter-Drone Efforts at U.S. Bases
- Missiles and Munitions Top USAF Unfunded Priorities List
- DoD Spending On Startups Doubles But Remains Scant Overall, SVDG Report Says
- Unmanned Systems Top Indo-Pacific Command’s $11.9 Billion Unfunded Priorities List
- DIU Wants Low-Cost UUVs For Kinetic, ISR Effects
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- Second Ford-Class Carrier Running Another 20 Months Late, Third Adds 10 More Months In Budget Books
- Army Aims To Deliver 10,000 Small Drones Over A Year That Each Cost Under $2,000
- Group of Retired USAF Flags Urge Continuation of Wedgetail, Increased F-35 Buy
- Trump Confirms U.S. Has Resumed Sending ‘Primarily’ Defensive Weapons To Ukraine
- Lockheed Martin Helping Havoc AI To Speed USV Development
- Imagery Support for Ukraine in “Early Access” Agreement by BlackSky
- SDA Names Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo as New Deputy Director
- Maxar Nabs $205 Million In International Contracts For Defense And Intel Capabilities
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- Army Approves Officially Transitioning PrSM Inc. 1 Into Production Phase
- Malave’s Employment With Boeing Comes With Temporary Restrictions
- Marine Corps’ Budget Includes JLTV Procurement Pause In FY ‘26, Cites Delivery Backlog
- Build of RTX FET To Begin In Second Quarter Of FY 2026
- Space Systems Command Gives Nod to Boeing Over Northrop Grumman for Evolved Strategic SATCOM
- House Sends Massive Reconciliation Bill With $150 Billion For Defense To Trump’s Desk
- Lockheed Martin Delivers First SPY-7 Aegis Radar Shipset To Japan
- House Panel Wants Coast Guard To Examine UAS For Its Medium Endurance Cutters
- DoD OIG to Assess Effectiveness of U.S. Space Force Oversight of GPS OCX
- Shipbuilder Fincantieri Appoints New CEO For U.S. Subsidiary
- Moog Acquires Small Company To Complement Components Business
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Monday, July 7, 2025
- Defense Watch: NATO Nuclear Mission, GMTI, AV Raise, UKR Aid Pause
- Mingus: Army To Lead New Joint Interagency Task Force On Drones, C-UAS
- Palantir, BlueForge Alliance Partner To Accelerate Warship Production
- Lockheed Martin Wins Another $2.97 Billion Contract To Upgrade Aegis Over Next Decade
- Ursa Space, NV5 Nab First Luno B Awards By NGA
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
- Forecast Launch of First Six Epoch 1s Delayed Until Fiscal 2027
- Army Details Progress Bringing Secure M-Code GPS To Commercial Chips
- Parker Tapped To Lead Boeing’s Defense Business
- Planet Highlights Defense Momentum With $280 Million German Government Deal
- Shield AI, RTX Partner On Collaborative Autonomy, Sensor Integration
- Army Exploring Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Technology With Electra
- Senate Narrowly Passes Reconciliation Bill With $150 Billion For Defense, Sends To House
- Parsons Acquires Defense Technology Company CTI For $89 Million
- Cap on Contractor Indirect Cost Reimbursement to DoD for Commercial Launches Valid Through FY 2026
- SDA Issues Solicitation For Europa Experimentation Effort
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Monday, June 30, 2025
- Defense Watch: F-47 Choices, B-21 Production, Hyundai Ship Collab, FY ’27 Defense Topline
- Army Acquisition Chief Nom Supports Having ‘Right To Repair’ For All Capabilities
- Army’s ‘Invest To Divest’ Strategy For Transformation Plan Includes $4.9 Billion In FY ‘26 Cuts
- USAF Requests $387 Million for ARRW Production
- Space Force Awards SpaceX $81 Million Task Order for USSF-178
- Maxar Intelligence Partnered With Satellogic On Luno A Order
- F/A-XX and Frigate Future Not Yet Decided In Navy’s FY 2026 Budget Request
- DARPA Accelerates Flight-Testing For Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Effort
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Updated Defense Reconciliation Bill Adds Industrial Base Support, Reduces Border Support Funds
- Navy Leaders Tell Lawmakers Columbia Sub About 17 Months Late
- Maxar Releases Geospatial Monitoring Solution For Predictive Intelligence
- SAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor
- AeroVironment Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Sees More Of the Same In New Year
- House Appropriators Approve $66 Billion DHS Bill For FY ‘26
- Cotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority
- NATO Releases its First Commercial Space Strategy
- $250 Million for Penetrating Munitions in DoD Reconciliation Bill Takes on New Light After Strikes on Iran
- Startup Developing Reusable Satellite Bus Emerges From Stealth
- SpaceWERX Announces Winners For Sustained Maneuver Challenge