Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Meink: U.S. Has Orbital Space Weapons, SB-AMTI To Launch This Month, 500 CCAs by 2032
- Skunk Works Plans First Flight of Vectis Prototype By End of Next Year
- Swarm Aero Tosses Hat In The Ring For Massed Modular Aircraft
- DoD Makes $450 Million Equity Investment In Domestic Tungsten Supplier The Elmet Group
- USAF, Northrop Detail Sentinel ICBM ‘Vertical Stacking’ Demo, On Track For Flight Tests In 2027
- USAF Discussing CCA, Increment 2 Attributes
- Navy Awards Boeing First MQ-25 Production Contract
- Fischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation
- F-35s Operating In Middle East Maintaining High Mission Capable Rates, ACC Official Says
- Interview with Air Force Lt. Col. Jared “CLiF” Bindl, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Africa Command to Discuss AMTEC
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Monday, September 14, 2026
- Defense Watch: Air, Space & Cyber, Poland Loans, Argentina FMS
- Army Confirms Lockheed Also Advances To Demo Phase Of IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor Competition
- Pentagon Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
- USAF Forecasts Big Dollar Demand In Next Decade for F-15EXs
- Space Force Finalizes Texas Site For Deep Space Radar
- DIU Official Outlines Bridge Effort To Enable Commercial Tech To Scale Faster
- Interview with William “Mac” McAuley, Branch Chief of Integrated Air and Missile Defense/Counter-Unmanned Systems, USAFRICOM, on C-UAS
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Friday, September 11, 2026
- Official: Army Eyes ‘Very Aggressive’ Plan For New Tracked Howitzer, May Pick Winner By July 2027
- Use Of Laser Weapons Helping Reduce Illegal Drone Use On Southern Border, DoD CTO Says
- Army Plans To Give Industry ‘Multiple Bites’ At Low-Cost Interceptor Effort, Official Says
- Two Task Order Awards Notched By Lockheed Martin for GPS Ground Segment
- TrustPoint CEO Previews Independent PNT Satellite Constellation With EnduroSat Deal
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Thursday, September 10, 2026
- ‘Experimentation Fatigue’ Cited As Issue for Industry and Pentagon
- Leidos MUSVs Successfully Operated With Navy At RIMPAC, Carrier Strike Group
- Boeing Advances To Next Phase Of Army’s IFPC Inc. 2 Second Interceptor Competition
- Defense Startup Covenant Opens Dallas Site To Build Thousands Of Anthem Low-Cost Missiles
- Northrop Grumman Test Flies Lumberjack One-Way Attack System With Magnet Navigation
- Hermeus Offering High-Mach Test Services With New Ramjet-Powered Vehicle
- Small Businesses Struggle to Contribute to National Defense
- BAE, Space Systems Command Complete Critical Design Review For Epoch Two Constellation
- Army To Field Joint Laser Weapon System By July 2028, Pentagon’s Critical Tech Lead Says
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- GE Aerospace Bids $11.5 Billion for Cleveland-Based Engine Castings Maker
- Lockheed Martin Awards L3Harris $4.7 Billion PAC-3 MSE Propulsion Contract
- HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy
- AEVEX Completes $600 Million Acquisition Of USV Manufacturer BlackSea
- Army Awards Nearly $5 Billion CIRCM Full-Rate Production Deal To Northrop Grumman
- AeroVironment Nabs First International Order For LOCUST Counter-Drone Laser System
- Lockheed Martin Awarded $90.2 Million for Trident II Life Extension Work
- Ukrainian AI-Enabled Drone Strikes Have Jumped 10-Fold This Year, MoD Says
- Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion As Startup Approaches First Launch
- Northrop Grumman Wins $111 Million Submarine Contract
- Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Startup Poseidon Aerospace Raises $60 Million Ahead Flight Testing
- Pixxel Targets US Growth, New Sensing Tech With $100M Raise
- Trump Threatens Canada’s Bombardier With U.S. Sales Ban, Amid Army’s Aerial ISR Modernization
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Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Defense Watch: Polish Aerostats, Honeywell False Claims Act, Drone JV, Lockheed Martin Training Round
- U.S. OKs Nearly $7 Billion In FMS With Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Including Large JDAM-ER Deal With Riyadh
- DoD Begins Falcon Peak Counter-Drone Experiment With Focus On Southern Border
- Navy Demonstrated More Unmanned Refueling At Sea
- L3Harris Announces Production Completion of First 35 Viper Shields
- Trump Picks Army Civil Works Chief Adam Telle As Service’s Acting Secretary
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Friday, September 4, 2026
- Meink Directs MMA Acceleration, USAF Eyes $10 Million Unit Cost for Air Vehicle, $20 Million for CCA Air Vehicle
- Hermeus Selects Anduril’s Mission Autonomy Platform For Unmanned Supersonic Aircraft
- Anduril Pitches Lattice For Port Defense, Demonstrates Sea Integration At BlueTide
- U.S. Space Force SSC To Solicit For New Launch Companies Next Month
- Northrop Grumman Details Demos With IBCS-Enabled ISV, Work With Starlink Connectivity
- Software And Robotics Company XTEND Set For Public Debut Following Reverse Merger
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Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Army Exploring New Tracked Howitzer Modernization Effort
- Startup Energetics Manufacturer CMG Raises $10 Million In Seed Round
- Heven AeroTech Opens New Drone Manufacturing Facility In Virginia
- MH-139A Attains IOC, USAF Says, As House Looks for MH-139/HH-60W Comparison for Military District of Washington
- Army Awards AV ‘First-Ever’ DE Production Contract For Enduring High Energy Laser
- Trump Nominates Cao As Full SecNav
- Space Force Raises Ceiling Value Of HADES Contract To $389 Million
- Navy Reveals CCA Design Details in New RFI Prototype Project
- American Rheinmetall, GD Deliver Initial XM30 Prototypes To Army
- GE Aerospace Continues XA102 Work, Looks for Future USAF Timeline Guidance
- Interview with Anduril’s James Buescher on Production Of Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Army Faces Top Leadership Void Following Secretary Dan Driscoll’s Planned Exit This Week
- GE Aerospace Anticipates Full Qualification of T901 By End of Next Year
- DoD Announces $264 Million In Industrial Base Support, Including Aussie Gallium Deal
- GE Aerospace Plans to Flight Test HyCAT Hypersonic Test Bed in 2028
- House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
- Sub Maintenance Delays Have Cost $3.4 Billion, Decommissioning Delays May Match It
- DARPA Plans Another Heavy Lift Challenge With Added Difficulty
- Army Awards $192 Million To Palantir, Anduril To Move TITAN Program Into Production
- Harpoon Coastal Defense System Passes Navy Developmental Test
- Army Picks Georgia Tech As Lead Weapons Integrator For CAML Prototyping Effort
- Interview with Rolls-Royce’s F130 Program Director, Gregg Pyers on the B-52’s New Engine
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- GD Signs Framework Deals With Pentagon To Boost PAC-3 MSE, THAAD Component Production
- Anduril Ramping Up Undersea Drone Production Line Through 2027; Aims To Ready Extra Large Production Line By End of Year
- Yearly Production Capacity Of More Than 100 AE 1107F Engines For MV-75, Rolls-Royce Says
- Lockheed, RTX Plan Javelin Co-Production Effort In India With Tata Advanced Systems
- Drone Company Easy Aerial Raises $20 Million To Scale Production, Global Business
- SAIC’s Earnings Dip In Second Quarter On Higher Taxes
- Interview with Rolls-Royce’s AE 1107 Program Director, Scott Ames provides updates on the development of the AE 1107