Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 56- Collins Slams Army’s Decision To Cancel Robotic Combat Vehicle
- Driscoll Says Details On Army Transformation Initiative Coming In June
- B-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges
- Kelly Pushes Hegseth On Golden Dome Reality, Cutting Pentagon Testers
- Anduril Offers Autonomous Air Vehicles, Rocket Motors To Europe In Partnership With Rheinmetall
- Trump Nominates Caudle As Next Chief of Naval Operations
- DoD CIO Official: Satcom Needs its ‘3GPP Moment’
- Commentary: DoD Zeroes in on Boosting Cybersecurity for Systems that Sustain the Military
- Editor’s Note
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 55- EXCLUSIVE: Bussiere Approves 2 of 3 Missile Wings’ Sentinel Silo Plans
- Marine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM
- Satellite Developer Portal Space Opens First Manufacturing Facility
- Honeywell, Near Earth Conduct First Flight Test Of Autonomous AW139 Helicopter
- Mach Industries Closes $100 Million Round To Scale Production Operations
- DIU Seeks Funding for Active Response to Interference Against Commercial Satellite Operators
- Anduril Working With Riverside Research To Strengthen Cybersecurity Of Lattice
- Raft Acquires N3bula Systems To Strengthen AI-Based Military Data Networks
- General Atomics Simulates Live Shootdown Using MQ-20 UAS Equipped With AI Pilot
- BWXT Selects New Chief Nuclear Officer
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 54- Leidos Taps Pratt & Whitney For Engine To Power Black Arrow Cruise Missile
- Kratos Plans New Facility To Produce Engines Co-Developed With GE Aerospace
- Honeywell To Provide Auxiliary Power Unit, Cooling Solution For Army’s FLRAA
- Australia Test Teams Up Ghost Bat Drones With E-7A Wedgetail Aircraft
- Ursa Major Gets Largest Contract To Date In $33 Million Order By Stratolaunch For Hadley Engines
- BlackSky to Expand Constellation With Multispectral, Large-Area Satellites
- USAF Explores Possible Minuteman III Development, Operations, Sustainment Program
- Navy Freezes Hypersonic HALO Missile To Restructure Due To Cost, GAO Says
- U.S. OKs Potential $2 Billion F/A-18F, EA-18G Support Deal With Australia
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Monday, June 16, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 53- Defense Watch: Coast Guard V-BAT, QUICKSINK, Cyber ROE
- House Appropriators Pass $831.5 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Bill With Measures Protecting UH-60, E-7 Funds
- GD, AWS Demonstrate Integrated AI, Cloud Solution For Aerial Threats
- Redwire Closes $925 Million Acquisition Of Edge Autonomy, Adding UAS Tech
- CBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D
- GAO Says Navy To Merge MUSV and LUSV Programs, Skeptical XLUUV To Become Program Of Record
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Friday, June 13, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 52- Pentagon Fiscal 2026 Budget to Prioritize USAF F-47 Over Navy F/A-XX
- House Appropriators Want Blueprint, Details For Golden Dome
- House Defense Appropriators Reject Cancellation of USAF E-7
- House Appropriators Back Army’s M-10 Booker Cancellation, Rebuke Other Proposed Cuts
- Planet Nabs NATO Award For Geospatial Intelligence
- Muon Space Adds $90 Million In Funding Round; Acquires Spacecraft Propulsion Startup
- USAF Says Wind Tunnel Testing Validated F130 Engine Inlet Redesign, As B-52 CERP Looks to Enter Development This Summer
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Thursday, June12, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 51- DoD Places Big Bets On Reconciliation Funds For Major Programs In FY ‘26, Lawmakers Offer Caution
- DoD Looks to End USAF E-7 in Fiscal 2026 Budget Request
- SASC Chairman Lambasts Trump Navy Budget, Says Assumes Reconciliation To Pay For Some Annual Appropriations
- Sierra Space Launches Defense Unit With Plans To Expand Manufacturing
- SecNav ‘Simpatico’ With Warren On Right To Repair, Reforming IP Rights
- Will Section 301 of SPEED Act Decrease or Increase DoD Contract Prices?
- Lynn Makes Case To Strengthen Defense Industry’s Middle Tier
- Air Force May Build Microreactor at Eielson AFB, Alaska
- Voyager Goes Public As IPO Raises $383 Million
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 50- SecNav Says Navy Should Consider Competing SSNs
- HASC Leaders Offer Proposal With Sweeping Reforms To Speed Up DoD Acquisition Process
- Hanwha Says U.S. Committee Approves More Ownership Of Shipbuilder Austal
- DoD May Acquire Modification and Repair Rights for Aircraft, Ships, Vehicles, House Defense Appropriators Propose
- House Panel Approves $66.4 Billion DHS Bill For FY ’26 On Party Line Vote
- HAC-D Advances $831.5 Billion Defense Bill After Pressing Hegseth On Lack Of DoD Budget Details
- Kurilla: More Multi-Year Procurement, Co-Production Would Spur Production Capacity Increase for FMS
- New Venture Investments Announced In AI, Chips And Space
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 49- House Defense Appropriators Unveil Flat FY ‘26 Bill, As Congress Still Awaits Budget Request
- House Defense Appropriators Open Door to More Than 9 F-35 Developmental Test Planes, Bar Integration of Alternate Engine
- House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026
- As Army Eyes Cuts, HAC-D Backs JLTV, Gray Eagle In FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill
- No More Than 8 U-2 Retirements Allowed in FY 2026, House Appropriators Say
- House Panel Slashes Funding For Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter
- Shield AI’s V-BAT Continues Operations In Support Of Ukrainian Forces, Tseng Says
- Zelenskyy Re-Iterates Call for U.S. Air Defense Systems, As DoD Diverts APKWS to Middle East
- Griffin Tapped as New SRNS CEO, Replacing Retiring Carr
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Monday, June 9, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 48- Defense Watch: Golden Dome Summit Canx, APKWS, Private Ranges
- Trump Directive Wants Review Of Programs That Could Be Replaced By Drones
- Acting Coast Guard Commandant Wants More Counter-Drone Capacity
- AFWERX Agility Prime to Take Hit in FY 2026 Budget
- GE Eyes Dual-Mode Ramjet Tech As Option To Power Army’s Potential Hypersonic PrSM Inc. 5
- Navy Acquisition Head Says Block Buy Of Fifth and Sixth Ford Carriers Could Save $5 Billion
- Last Planned Marine Corps MQ-9A Reaper Drone Delivered
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Friday, June 6, 2025
Volume 306 // Issue 46- Performance Issues Force Coast Guard To Stop Work On Two OPCs; First Ship Likely Delayed
- Sentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink
- Final Coast Guard National Security Cutter Canceled
- Independent Review Team on SDA Submits Report to Pentagon
- RTX, Northrop Detail Successful Rocket Motor Tests For Stinger Replacement Offering
- Navy Official Says Frigate Design Expected This Summer, Confirms Service Still Needs Sixth-Gen Fighter
- SASC Presses Army On Plans To Potentially Close Some Weapons Depots
- Driscoll: Army On Track To Field Hypersonic Weapon By End Of FY ‘25, Exploring Cheaper Version
- DoD Awards Six Small Businesses $5 Billion Contract Vehicle In Naval Integrated Weapons Systems Equipment
- SASC Reconciliation Adds $74 Million to House Bill for Nuclear Deterrence