Defense Daily Archive
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Anduril Says 2nd CCA Exercise With Air Combat Command’s EOU Featured Multiple Daily Sorties Of YFQ-44A
- E-2D Block II Passes Critical Design Review
- Army Picks Hanwha Defense USA To Deliver K9 Mobile Howitzers For Rapid Prototyping Effort
- Aerospace Report Examines Defense And Space Growth In FY ‘27 Budget Request
- F.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron To Buy DJI Drones For Counter-UAS Testing
- Australia Picks Amentum Joint Venture To Develop New AUKUS Sub Shipyard
- Saildrone Boosting Presence In Europe To Support USV Growth
- Smack Raises $61 Million To Expand Scope Of Edge Autonomy Platform
- CVN-79 Carrier Finishes Acceptance Trials
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- Mehta Appointed New CEO At L3Harris After Kubasik Forced Out Due To Conduct
- Navy Awards Raytheon $22.9 Billion Tomahawk Contract To Bolster Long-Term Production
- Anduril Details Upgraded Tech For SBMC Phase 2, Eyes Potential Army Downselect In ‘28
- GE Aerospace And Kratos Announce USAF EMD Contract For Alternate JASSM-ER Engine
- HawkEye 360 Gets NRO Award For Sustained Use Of Commercial RF Sensing Data
- Drones May Play Significant Role in Future Air Superiority
- Lockheed Martin Validates First Japanese ASEV Radar Shipset
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Monday, August 17, 2026
- Defense Watch: Golden Dome $$, RIMES, Whirlwind in Space, RTX UUV, Neros Raise
- M1 Beats Out Bell For Army’s Flight School Next Award, Nabs 26-Year, $10 Billion Deal
- Trump Memo Directs Future Carriers Revert To Steam Catapults, Start Fifth Public Shipyard
- Army Picks Six Firms To Deliver UGV Prototypes For ‘Last Tactical Mile’ Operations
- Boeing to Boost Production Of Parts For Standard Missile-3 In Framework Deal With DoD, RTX
- D-Orbit, Firefly And Katalyst Nab Deorbit-As-A-Service Awards From DIU And SDA For Designs
- Anduril’s First Satellite On Orbit With Imaging Payloads
- Boeing Unveils Its IFPC Inc. 2 Design, Expects August Downselect
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Friday, August 14, 2026
- SPACECOM Officials See Use For, And Threat From, Space Fires
- CENTCOM Creating Multinational Task Force For One Way Attack Unmanned Systems
- Lockheed Martin Developing Modular Payload System For Hypersonic Missiles
- Space Force Selects Five Companies To Help Leverage Commercial Satellites As Part Of SDN
- Lockheed Martin Reports $140 Million In Tariff Refunds; Other Primes Haven’t Quantified Payback
- AEVEX Agrees To Acquire BlackSea Technologies To Access Unmanned Maritime Systems
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Golden Dome’s Space-Based Interceptor Competition Passes First Test; Homeland System Needs AI
- Boeing Developing New Ultra Low-Cost Seeker For Weapon Systems
- Precision Munitions Startup Heaviside Raises $60 Million; Partners With Nammo
- DARPA’s Lift Challenge Winner Demonstrated ‘Unprecedented” Payload-To-Weight Ratio
- Northrop Grumman Pitches New Guided-Ammo Gun For Air Defense
- Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Airspace Awareness System For Drones With Commercial Partners
- Impulse Space Gets Space Force Award For More Tactically Responsive Space Missions
- Fluor Adds Former Naval Nuclear Propulsion Director To Board
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Guetlein: Without Reconciliation, ‘There Is No Golden Dome Because There Is No Funding’
- Army Needs Comprehensive Missile Defeat Strategy, Rafferty Says
- Pentagon Launches Golden Dome Hub To ‘Streamline Collaboration’
- Joby Aviation Agrees To Acquire Resonant Sciences To Expand, Diversify Defense Business
- Stratom Details Team Delivering TALUS Prototype For Army’s Project Sustainment
- Austal Gives Hanwha Defense USA Okay To Assess Potential Acquisition Of U.S. Shipbuilding Business
- Rocket Lab Introduces Containerized Launch System For Global Deployments
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort
- Archer Acquiring Boeing Businesses That Add Drones, Autonomy And Air Traffic Management
- Epirus Tightens Relationship With Marines To Counter Drones Using Directed Energy
- Second Stage NGI Motor In Successful Hot Fire Test
- Saronic Adds Gulfport Site For On-Water USV Testing
- DoD Investing More Than $2 Billion In Batteries, Critical Minerals And Magnets
- Lockheed Martin Nabs Contact To Create Combat Systems Integration For Australian Virginia Subs
- Lockheed Martin Offers Modular Missile Technologies And Related Storefront
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Monday, August 10, 2026
- Defense Watch: CSO Schiess, SSGNs, Golden Dome Sats, Big DHS C-UAS Award
- Army Launches Effort To Speed Up Industry’s Access To Test Ranges
- TOTE Hosts LSM Industry Day With Over 30 Companies
- Navy Establishes Drone DRPM And Replaces PAE RAS
- Air Force Looking For Drone Production In Remote, Forward Locations
- Coast Guard Evaluates Small Drones Aboard FRC For RF Interference
- DoD Plans $150 Million Loan To Boost U.S. Rare Earth-Free Magnet Production
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Friday, August 7, 2026
- Army’s G-TEAD Launches Autonomous Sustainment Sprint For USARPAC, Plans ‘Very Big’ FY ‘27
- Hadrian Raises $1.4 Billion To Cache Firepower Amid Surging DoD Demand For Weapons Manufacturing
- Kratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
- HII Locking In Autonomous Robotic Help For Shipbuilding With $900 Million In Production Agreements
- Israel, U.S. Successfully Test Arrow Missile Defense System
- Deep Elected To General Dynamics Board
- HII And HD Hyundai Pilot Welding Automation For Shipbuilding
- Yeaw Ties Nuclear Testing Concerns To Arms Control, Modernization
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Thursday, August 6, 2026
- First Battleship Could Cost Over $23 Billion And Start Later Than Planned, CBO Says
- Army Details New Next-Gen C-sUAS Missile Effort, Aims For Unit Cost Below $150,000
- Space Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
- PDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually
- Capella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
- Army Seeks Industry’s Group 3 Offerings To Add Onto UAS Marketplace
- Correll Confident In ‘Graceful Transition’ From Minuteman III To Sentinel
- Counter-Drone Laser Developer Aurelius Raises $40 Million To Expand
- Firestorm Labs Details Participation In RIMPAC Manufacturing Assessment
- STRATCOM: Modernization Effort ‘Once-In-Every-Other-Generation’
- Colby: Arms Control Must Evolve Beyond Treaties, But Talks With China Still ‘Realistic’