Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, August 9, 2024
- Anduril Raises $1.5 Billion For Gigafactory To ‘Hyperscale’ Defense Manufacturing
- Push To Build 100,000 155mm Artillery Shells Per Month Remains ‘On Track,’ LaPlante Says
- Calvelli Wants to Remedy ‘Lack of Engagement’ With Subcontractors on Space Programs
- If Industry Reaches Price Point for Unmanned Autonomous Fighter, ‘I’ll Be Asking for It,’ LaPlante Says
- DIU To Vet Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities Similar To Blue UAS List
- Laser and Non-Kinetic Advances Sought by 5th Fleet
- DoD Loan Office Plans On First Funding Availability Notice This Year
- Space-Based Link 16 Connects to Aircraft Carrier, SDA Says
- L3Harris Signs On for 20 More Firefly Alpha Launches
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Thursday, August 8, 2024
- First Units Using Initial Replicator Systems Now, As Hicks Seeks Congress’ ‘Trust’ For Program
- Gainey: Sustainment Biggest Challenge In CENTCOM Stryker-Mounted Laser Prototypes
- Hicks Lauds RDER Effort In Speeding Program Transitions
- Space Systems Command Approves Orbit Fab Refueling Interface for Military Satellites
- U.S., Australia Expanding Munitions Co-Production With PrSM Missiles, Finalizing GMLRS Plans
- Army Official Lays Out 2025 Counter Drone Competitions
- CSIS Study Backs Steeper CCA Ramp Than USAF Plans
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- USAF Seeking Communications/Weapons Upgrades for B-1B
- Booz Allen Secures $506 Million Deal To Support Army’s MOSA Push For Aviation Fleet
- Senate Appropriators Want USAF to Improve Budget Process, Add F-15EXs and C-130Js to USAF Request
- NATO Agency Awards RTX $478 Million To Replenish Germany’s GEM-T Patriot Missiles
- Electric Motor Startup H3X Raises $20 Million With Additional Funding From Lockheed Martin
- Boeing Set To Break Annual PAC-3 Seeker Production Record
- CBP Interested In On-The-Move Facial Comparison Tech At Border Entry Points
- BWX Technologies Reports Higher Revenue Amid Worst Global Market Days In Two Years
- Former House Veterans’ Affairs Top Dem Tim Walz Tapped As Harris’ Running Mate
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Senate Appropriators Concerned With ‘Delays’ In Multi-Year Munitions Awards
- Navy Awards Electric Boat $1.3 Billion To Work On Virginia-Class Sub Material
- Senate Appropriators Advise $200 Million Add For Sentinel
- U.S. Air Force Expecting Delivery of Next T-7As for Flight Test Program
- Army’s First TITAN Intel Ground Station Prototype Delivered For ‘Rigorous Testing’
- DIU Solicits To Refresh Blue UAS Roster
- Voyager Space To Provide Lockheed Martin NGI Upper Stage Propulsion
- Boeing Announces Delivery of First Production MH-139A
- Senate Panel Questions Effectiveness Of DoD Rapid Experimentation Effort
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Monday, August 5, 2024
- Defense Watch: StormBreakers To Belgium, Leidos DISA Win, F-35 ECU, Border Drone Security
- Weapons Integration Priority for USAF Bombers PEO
- Army Green-Lights FLRAA For Engineering And Manufacturing Development Phase
- Boeing Receives $115 Million Order For More MH-47G Block IIs
- Navy Demonstrates TRAM VLS Re-Arming At Sea
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Friday, August 2, 2024
- Senate Appropriators Advance $852.2 Billion Defense Bill, Add $21 Billion In ‘Emergency’ Funds
- “We’ve Got Chips,” CV-22 Pilot Radios Before Nov. 29 Crash
- USAF Modernizing F-22, As Future of Manned NGAD in Question
- Senate Appropriators Look To Increase Navy Shipbuilding With Third Destroyer, Start Of Second SSN
- RTX Nabs $2.1 Billion Contract For LTAMDS Radar, Includes Funds For Poland FMS Case
- GD Electric Boat COO To Succeed Retiring Graney
- Former Maxar Chief To Lead Ursa Major As Startup Transitions To Industry Player
- HII Reports Strong Second Quarter Led By Mission Technologies Segment
- U.S. OKs Potential $600 Million Deal With Slovakia For 12 AH-1Z Attack Helicopters
- Leonardo DRS Nabs $417 Million Contract For Submarine Combat System Hardware
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Board Picks Industry Vet Ortberg To Be Boeing’s Next Chief Executive
- Boeing’s Losses Widen In Second Quarter On Defense Charges, Commercial Woes
- Strategic Forces Ranking Republican Says Dates for Sentinel, Rest of Triad ‘Too Late’
- USAF Undertaking Cost Reduction for B-52 Modernization
- Army Official Lays Out Second IFPC Inc. 2 Interceptor Issues
- Parsons To Acquire Electronic Warfare, Cybersecurity Firm BlackSignal Technologies
- U.S., Japan Discuss Expanding Munitions Co-Production With AMRAAMs, PAC-3 MSEs
- ‘Affordable Mass’ Concept in Play for USAF Fighters and Munitions
- Northrop Grumman Completes PDR for 74 Tranche 2 SDA Satellites
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- USAF Continues Work on KC-46A Cat 1 Deficiencies, Including a Seventh
- Leidos Posts Strong Second Quarter Results Led Again Health Business
- Strong Defense Demand Paces Leonardo DRS In Second Quarter
- X-Bow Static Fires Large Rocket Motor For First Time Using Propellants Made In-House
- U.S. To Support Philippines’ Military Modernization With $500 Million FMF Loan
- Navy Accepts Third To Last Freedom LCS
- ULA Launches Final National Security Mission on an Atlas V Rocket
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- National Defense Strategy Panel Urges Reforms, Lifting Spending Cap To Avoid ‘Shift In China’s Favor’
- CCA Autonomy Contracts Awarded to Five Vendors
- Following ICE Pact, Canadian Shipbuilder Seeking To Partner In U.S.
- U.S. Details New $1.7 Billion Weapons Aid Package For Ukraine
- Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutter Begins Life Extension Program
- Stefany To Head New Navy Industrial Base Program Office
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Monday, July 29, 2024
- Defense Watch: NGAS AoA, Rheinmetall/Ukraine Ammo, Big E-2D Contract
- Aerojet Deal Helps Lift L3Harris’ Results In Second Quarter
- NATO Taps Sikorsky, Airbus, Leonardo To Study Next-Gen Rotorcraft Concepts
- Air Mobility Command Not on Track to Meet ’25 by 25′ Goal
- House Draft Bill Would Prohibit Ending Construction on Alternative Site for TATB Production
- Pentagon Overvalued Weapons Aid To Ukraine By Another $2 Billion, GAO Finds
- RTX Wins $1.9 Billion Contract For U.S. And Japan SM-3 IIAs