Defense Daily Archive
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Monday, July 27, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 Spares, SPEAR Integration, C-UAS and UAS News, $5B for AI
- House NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
- Navy Under Secretary Argues Focus On Acquisition Cost Usually Counterproductive; Explains Reform Moves
- Counter-Drone Company Led By Former Trump Acting SecDef Gets Seed Investment
- DIU Plans Demos Soon To Find Ground-Based, Long-Range Strike Systems To Scale Rapidly
- Oracle Nabs $7 Billion Centralized Software Agreement
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Friday, July 24, 2026
- White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA
- BAE Systems Offers Brontanax For UK CCA, No Comment Yet On Any Proposal For USAF
- CoAspire Wins $70 Million Contract For Navy Affordable Coalition Missile Program
- Saronic Partners With Samsung Heavy Industries For Unmanned Shipbuilding
- RTX Powers To Strong Second Quarter On Broad Strength
- Missile Business Leads Lockheed Martins Second Quarter Results Higher
- Boeing Divesting Stake In Joint Venture With Quantum Expertise
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
- House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0
- Degree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
- White House Seeks Exceptions From FY ‘27 Continuing Resolution Limitations In Shipbuilding And Munitions
- Ainsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
- Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle Launched Into Space; Operations Begin In 2027
- American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation Expands Indiana Industrial Hub, Adds New Tenants
- Army Manufacturing Platoon Expanded Drone Support In Recent Flytrap Event
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- Senate Appropriators Press On Supplemental’s Requests Beyond Iran Scope, Hegseth Urges Full Funding
- Northrop Grumman To Produce SRMs For PAC-3 Missiles As Second Source
- Pentagon Seeks Bomber Prototypes In Drone Dominance Program
- CPS Upgrades For Zumwalt DestroyersIs Running Two Years Behind, GAO Says
- Northrop Grumman Takes Charges On GEM 63XL, SiAW In Second Quarter
- Ukrainian Drone Builder Partners With Reconcraft For U.S. Autonomous Surface Vessels
- Electra Selects Ohio Site To Produce Dual-Use Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
- Poland Commits Nearly $750M to European Satellite Constellation for Secure Communications
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- Lockheed Announces New PAC-3 ACE Low-Cost Interceptor
- Anduril, Archer Developing Collaborative, Autonomous Tiltrotor Aircraft To Enable Maneuver Warfare
- “More Than 50” Drones At A Time Target Of Lockheed Martin’s New MORFIUS X-Rotor HPM Design
- PAE Maritime Reaches IOC
- BETA Working With Sikorsky On New MV250 Hybrid-Electric VTOL For Contested Logistics
- Trump Tries Tightening Defense Contractors Access To Strategic Materials Sourced From Adversaries
- Karman To Acquire UK-Based Missile Component Supplier In First Deal Outside U.S.
- Space Force Boosts Ceiling For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 By $11.4 Billion
- Shield AI, GE Integrate Advanced Vectoring Nozzle For X-BAT Engine
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Monday, July 20, 2026
- Defense Watch: MQ-25, HASC Repubs, PA DIB, Green Wolf
- Hanwha Philly And TOTE Picked To Build MDA Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels
- Official: Army Could Make Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher Awards In August
- GD NASSCO To Build Two New Sub Tenders
- 21 More York Space Systems Satellites Launched for SDA Tranche 1
- DIU Selects Six Vendors To Demonstrate Containerized Drone Launch And Recovery
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Friday, July 17, 2026
- Army Plans To Start NGSRI Production In FY ‘28, Aims To Build 11,000 Missiles
- Schiess Counts Moving Target Indication Among His Top Priorities
- Neros’ $500 Million Army Deal Could Cover ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Archer FPV Drones
- Saronic Picks Brownsville, Texas, For Port Alpha, Promises Largest Shipyard In U.S.
- USAF F-16 VENOM Aircraft To Enter DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements Program
- Navy Exploring More Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft In Air Wing of the Future
- Air Force May More Than Triple JASSM/LRASM Buy Over FYDP
- State Department Okays $2.5 Billion In FMS, Including Large APKWS Deal For Saudi Arabia
- Lockheed Martin Carves Out $100 Million For Venture Fund In UK, Europe
- Pentagon’s Strategic Capital Office To Support Credit Funds Investing In Critical Minerals Companies
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
- At Least 15 F-35s “DD-250’ed” Since May 2025
- House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense
- Anduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Ink Multiyear Frameworks For Low-Cost Cruise Missile Production
- SDA Set To Resume Launches Thursday With Second Plane Of York Transport Layer Satellites
- YFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
- RTX Details Successful Demos With NGSRI Offering For Stinger Replacement Competition
- Northrop Grumman Planning To Add Hundreds Of Jobs For Sentinel
- Ursa Major Nabs $10 Million SRM Contract For Standard Missile Rocket Motors
- DIU Wants Solutions To Beam Power Through, And From, Space
- Auriga Space Adapting Electromagnetic Launch Tech For Counter-Drone Interception
- DIU Picks Kongsberg Team For CAMP XLUUV
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Army Negotiating With AV On Enduring-High Energy Laser Contract, Lozano Says
- DoD Awards $548 Million In APFIT Funds, Including First Software Investments
- Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns
- Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost
- European Companies To Jointly Develop New Missile Defense Interceptor
- BAE Systems To Furnish EPAWSS For F-15K Fighters
- Navy Releases Draft Notice For Naval Modular Missile Interceptor
- Singularity, Startup Developing Low-Cost Air Defense Systems, Exits Stealth With $80 Million Round
- Vatn Rapidly Develops Autonomous UUV For Mine Countermeasures
- Interview with Lt. Col. Adam Scher, Strategic Communications Advisor for the Joint Interagency Task Force-401
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- L3Harris And Sierra Space Receive $1.75 Billion For SDA Tranche 3, Tracking Layer
- TOTE Wins $2.2 Billion Navy LSM Management Contract
- CENTCOM Uses Saronic USVs For One-Way Strikes In Latest Attacks On Iran
- Pentagon Suspends CMMC Phase II Plans, Cites Concerns With Compliance ‘Burdens’
- LITENING Large Aperture Pod, In USAF Operational Testing, May Aid C-UAS, Northrop Grumman Official Says
- DoD Awards CACI $100 Million To Supply Counter-UAS To Defend Southern Border
- Pentagon Invests $25 Million With ReElement To Process Recycled Magnets
- Media Gaggle With Sgt. Maj. Kellen Rowley, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Interagency Task Force-401 Director