Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, July 25, 2025
- CNO Nominee Open To Ditching Boise, Adding Ship Repair and Construction Work Outside U.S.
- Senate GOP Spread Puts Lohmeier Over the Top
- HASC NDAA Backs Army’s FLRAA Acceleration Plan, Allows Use Of Early Production Awards
- State Department Approves Potential $4.67 Billion NASAMS Deal With Egypt
- U.S. OKs Over $650 Million In Potential Weapons Maintenance Deals With Ukraine
- L3Harris Reports Strong Second Quarter
- Right to Repair Provisions in Senate and House Defense Authorization Bills
- U.S. Tungsten Mining Company Expects To Be Operational Before Trump Leaves Office
- Scout Space’s Owl Sensor to Aid U.S. Space Force in Blue Origin Launch Next Spring
- Armada Announces $131 Million Funding Raise To Scale Relocatable Data Center
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
- Shipbuilding, Aerospace Power GD To Strong Second Quarter
- Senate Wants Report from Air Force on Possible Concurrent Construction of Sentinel Silos
- DoD Acquisition Chief Supports HASC’s Reform Proposal, Lawmakers Urge More Communication
- MDA Seeks New Missile Defense Launcher For Golden Dome Within Two Years
- NGA, Army Unit Test AI-Based System For Locating And Identifying Objects In The Field
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
- Any Decision To Accelerate B-21 Production Will Require Northrop Grumman To Boost Investment
- HASC Wants USAF to Lay Out Plan for Full-Scale Production of CCA Increment 1
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- Lockheed Martin Outlines $1.6 Billion In Charges, Including Skunk Works Program
- As Army Reviews Potential PEO Restructure, New Jersey Lawmakers Concerned With Picatinny Arsenal Impact
- RTX Posts Strong Second Quarter But Lowers Earnings Outlook On Tariff Headwinds
- Will Hypersonic Weapons Costs Come Down?
- Pentagon Announces New Naval Nominations
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- HASC NDAA Requires JROC Certification Before Army Can Divest Extended Range Gray Eagles
- Booz Allen Triples Venture Funding Commitment To $300 Million
- DIU, Partners Select Finalists For Low-Cost Sensing Counter-Drone Challenge
- U.S. OKs Potential $620 Million Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System Deal With Bulgaria
- L3Harris and BAE Systems to Work Under $300 Million Italian Air Force Electronic Attack Contract
- Philly Shipyard Outlines Hanwha’s Improvements, Workforce Plans
- Rune Technologies, Software Developer For Comprehensive Logistics, Raises $24 Million
- House Appropriations Bill That Funds NNSA Clears Committee, Moves to Full House
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Monday, July 21, 2025
- Defense Watch: Guetlein Confirmed, Comet Testing, New F-35 PEO
- Electronic Warfare Testing Demonstrating Warfighters Need Options For Drone Communications
- Anduril-Led Team Nabs $99.6 Million Army Deal To Deliver NGC2 Prototype Architecture
- L3Harris Unveils New Red And Green Wolf Aerial Munitions
- L3Harris R-GPS Prototype Review Aided by NTS-3 Payload
- York Space Systems To Acquire Global Ground SatCom Company ATLAS Space
- House Passes $831.5 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill
- DoD, Partners Demonstrate Beyond Line-Of-Sight Drone Cargo Flights In National Airspace
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Friday, July 18, 2025
- Acceleration of LRSO Proposed By Senate Defense Authorizers
- BWXT Awarded $2.6 Billion In Naval Nuclear Reactor Parts Biz
- Bussiere Would Become Second AFGSC Head to Serve as USAF Vice Chief
- L3Harris Set For Major Expansion Of Large Rocket Motor Production Facilities
- Trump Admin Says House Defense Spending Bill’s F/A-XX Increase Risks Delaying ‘Higher Priority’ F-47
- Airbus Teams with Kratos on XQ-58A for German Air Force
- Hanwha Looks To Boost Philly Shipyard’s Annual Output To Six-Plus Ships, Add Navy Vessels
- Senate Authorizes Highest Limit Yet for NNSA At $26.87 billion
- Epirus Nabs Army Deal For Upgraded IFPC-HPM Systems, Eyes Oklahoma To Expand Production
- Hadrian Raises $260 Million For New Factory As It Dials Up For Defense
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Thursday, July 17, 2025
- SASC’s NDAA Topline Boost Supports Billions More For DDG-51, Virginia-Class Sub, Sentinel ICBM
- SASC NDAA Backs Army’s Plan To Wind Down JLTV, Boosts Marine Corps’ Buy To 224 Vehicles
- Anduril Successfully Flight Testing Barracuda Missile Variant For Army Program
- Chariot Defense, Offering Power Management At The Edge, Exits Stealth
- HASC Approves FY ‘26 NDAA, Adds Increases For Virginia-Class Sub, DDG-51, Ukraine Aid
- Firestorm Labs Raises $47 Million With Help From Lockheed, Booz Allen To Scale Manufacturing
- Scientific Systems Enters Autonomous sUSV Market With Software-Defined Solution
- Initial Operational Capability By End of Fiscal 2033 for Sentinel, SASC Says
- More Muscle Behind Base and Shelter Hardening Needed, Boozman Says
- Globalstar Enters CRADA With US Army to Evaluate Devices
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- HASC Adds Measures To NDAA Seeking More F-47, F/A-XX Details, Blocking E-7A Cut
- Army 25th Infantry Division Switching Out Howitzers for HIMARS
- Austal Delivers Last Independence-Variant LCS To The Navy
- Accelerate HACM Production Ramp, HASC Advises USAF
- Navy Used BALTOPS Exercise To Demonstrate USV Tactics, Evaluating Vessels
- HASC Bill Would Make TacSRT a ‘Program of Record’
- Startup Developing Electromagnetic Launch System For Hypersonic Testing Nabs Seed Funding
- House Armed Services Committee Wants UAS Office Reporting To Deputy Defense Secretary
- House Armed Services Passes NDAA Measures on DoD, NNSA
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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