Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
- Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far
- APG-85 Fielding May Come 9 Months Early, Estimated Unit Cost Of $8.8 Million
- Official: Marines Plan OPF-L Fielding Call In ‘June Timeframe,’ Wants Anti-Armor OPF-M In FY ‘28
- Wasp Amphib Extending Five Years; Navy And Marine Corps Studying More Amphibs
- General Dynamics Posts Strong First Quarter Led By Shipbuilding
- Firestorm Labs Raises $82 Million To Transition Mobile 3D Printing Tech, Drones Into Production
- Unmanned Warfare Frontier Model Developer Scout AI Raises $100 Million
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
- Navy Awards HII $283 Million To Start Work On New Frigate
- MDA Director Says NGI On Track To Close Design Phase This Year
- Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps
- Oshkosh Anticipates Marines’ Block II ROGUE-Fires Award This Year, Details Autonomy Work
- CoAspire Unveils Extended Range Affordable Cruise Missile
- True Anomaly Raises $650 Million In New Round To Continue Scaling
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
- Marines Tap Sikorsky, Robinson’s Unmanned R66 For Medium Resupply Drone Development Effort
- Navy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight
- First Columbia Sub By 2028 Is “Heavy Lift” But Navy May Buy More Still
- Army Begins Evaluating Bumble Bee Drone Interceptor With Autonomous Kill Capability
- USAF Awards Contracts For Rapid Fielding Of Counter-Drone Systems For AFCENT
- GD Details Plans For ARV’s Pre-Production Phase, Deliveries To Begin By Late ‘28
- HawkEye 360 Files To Go Public; Plans To Raise Upwards Of $424 Million
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Monday, April 27, 2026
- Defense Watch: Space Acquisition, Naval Autonomy, FMS Deals, Drone Warhead
- Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion To 12 Companies For Space-Based Interceptor Work
- Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters
- Electric Boat Gets First AUKUS Contract To Support Allied Subs
- Army Details Request For Budget Line Consolidation In FY ‘27 To Move Out On NGC2
- USAF Issues Correction on 319 Procurement Number for KC-46s, Says Number Is 263
- Despite Trillion Dollar Defense Topline, Sentinel And B-21 Receive Cuts, Air Force Explains
- Booz Allen Invests In Autonomy Orchestration Company NODA AI
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Friday, April 24, 2026
- USAF Budgets $55 Million for Extended Range FAMM in Fiscal 2027, Another $300 Million for FAMM To Be In Future Reconciliation Bill
- Navy Studying International Ship Production And Increasing Domestic Capacity
- Williams: W80-5 “Ahead of Schedule”, SLCM-N Not In Fiscal 2027 Budget, Will Be In Fiscal 2028
- Army Plans Sustained Procurement Cuts To Black Hawk, Apache And Chinook Fleets
- Pentagon And L3Harris Close $1 Billion Investment For Equity Deal In Company’s Missile Solutions Business
- Lockheed Martin’s Earnings Slip, Sales Level In First Quarter; Company Maintains 2026 Guidance
- Energy Secretary Stresses Importance Of NNSS And Non-Explosive Tests As Lee Presses For Funding
- NNSA’s Requested $7 Billion Hike For Seven Modernization Programs And Plutonium Pit Production, Administrator Says
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
- HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase
- USAF Examining Software, Construction Competition For Sentinel Program
- Boeing Narrows Losses In First Quarter On Strong Defense Showing
- Ford-Class Carrier Review By Navy Leadership To Last Through May
- INDOPACOM Commander Praises LUCAS And MEROPS Drones
- Sentinel Cost Estimate To Be Provided This Summer
- Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million In Fortem Technologies To Strengthen C-UAS Capabilities
- Drone Dominance Program Releases Solutions Request For $300 Million Second Phase
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
- Navy’s F/A-XX Down-Select Coming In August, CNO Says
- USAF Surveying Industry On Cheaper, Long-Range Ground Attack Missiles On Cargo Planes And Fighters
- Marines Keeping Options Open On Next ALC Phase, Fielding Decision Likely In ‘Next Couple Years’
- Official: Navy Assessing ‘Round Two’ Of Capabilities Suitable For Production Boost Frameworks
- Navy Tests New Long Range Version Of JDAM
- Rapid Detection And Display of Adversary Drones Cited As Need
- Saildrone Introduces High-Speed Spectre Medium USV Class For ASW, Strike Missions
- Sen. Fischer Says ‘Listen To The Scientists’ But Be Ready To Test Weapons
- Sikorsky Details Growing International Demand For New Armed Black Hawk Mission Kits
- Leidos Partners With Havoc To Enhance Autonomous Capabilities On USVs
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
- DoD Details Massive Drone, Industrial Base Investment In FY ‘27, Explains Reconciliation Outlook
- Navy Pushes Billions To Buy First Battleship In 2028 With Aggressive Schedule
- Northrop Grumman Sells USAF One B-21 Test Aircraft As Part of Production Acceleration
- Army’s FY ‘27 Budget Backs Munitions Boost Frameworks, Comptroller Notes Penalties For Delays
- Pentagon To Move Forward On AEP Upgrades For GPS, As DoD Cancels GPS OCX
- Space Force Budget Includes $1.8 Billion To Modernize Launch at Vandenberg And Cape Canaveral
- AV Demonstrates Laser Weapon System Aboard Navy Aircraft Carrier Against Drones
- Navy Still Studying Fifth Shipyard, Weighing Against More Shifts At Existing Yards
- Coast Guard Scaling Use Of Counter-Drone Systems For Homeland, Forward Operations
- David Beck To Deliver Plan For $3.1B NNSA Reconciliation Funds In Next 30 Days
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Monday, April 20, 2023
- Defense Watch: Talon Blue News, Iranian Missiles, LTAMDS Award, DDG News
- Final GPS III Satellite To Launch On Monday With Optical Cross Link Demonstration Payload
- Space Force Awarded AMTI Contracts To Nine Vendors To Get Initial Space-Based Capability
- Sikorsky Details Growing International Demand For New Armed Black Hawk Mission Kits
- Potential $12 Billion AEGIS And Integrated Combat System Sale To Germany Okayed By State Department
- Leidos’ Dynetics Receives $617.2 Million Army Order For 53 IFPC Inc. 2 Systems
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Friday, April 17, 2026
- Air Force Let Development Contract For Space-Based AMTI; Meink Says Risk Low
- Army Exploring ‘Novel Contracting’ For Future Black Hawk Procurement After Current Multi-Year
- Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”
- MDA Says GPI To Deliver Four Years Faster After Previous Delays
- Air Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A
- Fincantieri Gets $30 Million Contract To Start Work On Four LSMs
- Army Bought 13,000 MEROPS Interceptors After Iran Operations Began, Driscoll Says
- Army’s Work With H-60Mx Black Hawk To Inform Bringing Autonomy To MV-75 FLRAA
- Autonomous Maritime Vessel Developer Ulysses Announces $46 Million In Funding
- Lockheed Martin Nabs Near Billion-Dollar Trident II Contract Modification
- Boeing And Millennium Space Systems Add Mid-Class Resolute Satellite Bus
- COMSO Targets Expanding Working Capital Fund And Determining CASR Funding
- Energy Secretary: Los Alamos “Actually Manufacturing Pits” With Goal Of 100 In Trump Administration