Defense Daily Archive
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
- USAF Considering “Modular” Missile Silos For Sentinel
- GAO Warns Of Tech Readiness, Cost, And Schedule Risks For SDA Constellation
- CNO’s New Hedge Strategy Uses “Tailored Forces” To Underpin Upcoming Strategic Guidance
- Cyber Top of “Threat Vector” List For STRATCOM Commander
- PDW Details TiC Work With C100 Drone, Eyes Army’s Potential Move Into MRR Later This Year
- Hanwha Securing Lease To Build $1.3 Billion Munitions Plant At U.S. Army’s Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Shipbuilding Leads GD To Solid Fourth Quarter In Finish To Strong Year
- GPS III Satellite Successfully Launched Into Orbit
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Northrop Grumman Expects Agreement Soon To Accelerate B-21 Production; Pausing Buybacks
- Boeing Reports Another KC-46 Tanker Charge; Sees Improvements In Defense Business
- CNO: F/A-XX Needs To Start Now To Prep For Spreading Advanced Anti-Air In A Decade
- Duffey Teases Announcement Of More Production Boost Initiatives ‘In the Coming Days’
- Calio Commits RTX To Boosting Capex, Paying Dividends
- Ukrainian Feedback Organization Cited As Means To Field Effective Systems Quickly
- Bechtel Receives $812 Million Naval Nuclear Propulsion Contract
- NNSA Should Approach Contracting Differently, Pappano Says
- NNSA No. 2 Committed To A “Two-Site Solution” For Pits, Needs SRS Support
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- Golden Dome Director Outlines Priorities Through 2027
- Army Awards Potential $5.6 Billion AI, Data Analytics Deal To Salesforce
- Grid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS
- Trump Admin Releases National Defense Strategy With Homeland Defense As Top Priority
- Space Systems Command Looking Into Mission Operations Center For Space Data Network
- U.S. Taking Equity Stake In Mining Company USA Rare Earth
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Monday, January 26, 2026
- Defense Watch: L3 Dividend, GPS III on Tap, Autonomous Intercept
- Stop Work Order Issued To AeroVironment For SCAR Antennas
- As U.S. Space Force CASR Gets Underway, “Definitely Some Gaps” In War Risk Insurance
- Appropriators Don’t Grant Army’s Full Agile Funding Push, ‘Discourage’ Future Requests
- SSC Eyes Award Of First RG-XX Contracts Next Month Or March
- Leonardo DRS Opens New Naval Power And Propulsion Facility
- Counter-Drone Solution For Washington, D.C.-Area Achieves IOC
- AFRL Selects Aalyria For Space Data Network Experimentation Program
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Friday, January 23, 2026
- Pentagon Launches Pilot Waiving Fees For 400 Patents To Help ‘Productize’ Its Billions In IP
- After Review Of 60 Programs Last Year, 2026 Is SSC’s Year Of Execution, Purdy Says
- Houses Passes Final $839 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill, Heads To The Senate
- DoD Names Golden Dome Deputy
- Appropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision
- Stratolaunch, Varda Space Selected As Launch Providers For Hypersonic Test Bed
- DDG-1000 Finishes HII Builders Trials After Hypersonic Launcher Installed
- SDA Awards Starfish Space $53 Million For Deorbiting Services Of PWSA Satellites
- Anduril Expanding In Southern California With 1.2 Million Square Feet Of Space
- CACI Posts Strong Earnings Gains In Second Quarter
- NNSA’s Williams: President Trump Will Make Call On Nuclear Testing
- NNSA Explores Pilot Project With AWS For Genesis, Fed Spending Site Says
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
- Appropriators Fund More Multi-Years For Munitions, But Not All Of DoD’s ‘Very Late’ Request
- Lawmakers Boost LSM Spending, Confirm Fincantieri As Shipbuilder But Warn On Cost Growth
- Space GMTI Partially Moves To Procurement Funding Account
- Appropriators Direct F/A-XX EMD Contract Award While Boosting Funding To Nearly $1 Billion
- Blue Origin Reveals TeraWave LEO/MEO Constellation For Enterprise, Government Connectivity
- Navy Reschedules Modular Missile Industry Day
- Space Force To Undertake Pilot Acquisition Reform Program, Appropriators Say
- Hypersonic Testing Company Stratolaunch Raises New Capital
- Wittman Introduces Bill To Speed Arms Sales To Taiwan
- Space Systems Command Seeks Help With Satellite Ground Systems, Ops Centers
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
- Defense Appropriations Conferees Provide $900 Million Boost For Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
- Final FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill Has $8.4 Billion Increase, Addresses Some ‘Broken Glass’ Requirements
- Golden Dome Budget Data Still Lacking, Impeding Oversight, Appropriators Say
- George: Army To Keep Moving ‘Faster’ On Modernization Priorities With Potential FY ‘27 Spending Boost
- FF(X) Needs Five “Significant” Capability Adds, Navy Starts From Scrapped 11th NSC
- $528 Million For Two More GPS IIIFs, As Appropriators Seek DAF Annual Commitment To Program
- Singapore Gets Okay For $2.3 Billion Sale Of P-8 Aircraft And Related Equipment
- Defense Bill Provides $500 Million To Add Alternative Solid Rocket Motor Sources
- NRO Launches Twelfth Proliferated Architecture Mission
- Canadian Software Firm Focused On Arctic Security Raises $15 Million In Seed Round
- Minibus That Funds NNSA Passes Senate, Heads To Trump’s Desk
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- Defense Watch: SHIELD Grows, Navy CCA Demo, Lunday Sworn In, York Sets Price
- FF(X) Frigate Restricts Engineering To Single Digit Changes Over NSC, Containerize Extra Systems
- Mistral, UVision To Provide HERO 90 Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Navy Should Consolidate Command-And-Control Platforms For Unmanned Vessels, Official Says
- Coast Guard Establishes Rapid Prototyping Office
- Estonian Conference This Month May Dovetail With Pentagon Swarm Forge Effort
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Friday, January 16, 2026
- Head Of U.S. Fleet Forces Command Outlines Navy Need For Larger Missile Stable
- Battleship Solves The Weapons Choice DDG(X) Faced, Navy Official Says
- Anduril To Deliver More Than 600 Bolt-Ms For Marines’ OPF-L Loitering Munition Program
- USAF To Pursue Degraded Visual Environment System For HH-60W Without Helmet Mounted Display
- U.S. OKs Potential $1.5 Billion Deal With Peru For Naval Base Work, New FMS With Kuwait, Iraq
- HII Doubles The Size Of UK Unmanned Vehicle Facility
- Parsons Acquires Altamira For $375 Million, Strengthening Defense And Intelligence Work
- Seasats Discloses $24 Million APFIT Award For Lightfish ASVs
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
- “Wartime Footing” Message Not Reaching Some In Industry, Phelan Says
- CNO Supports Battleship Lasers, Foresees Them Reaching One Megawatt-Power Level
- HASC Seapower Chair Backs Battleship Concept, Reiterates Support For Navy’s F/A-XX
- CNO Seeks Defense Spending Over Four Percent Of GDP, Says Adding Nuclear Power To Battleship Would Delay It
- Lead Landing Ship Medium Contract Award Planned For Mid-2026
- DHS Official Sees Path To Boosting Buys Of Coast Guard NSCs, OPCs and Future Arctic Cutter
- Northrop Grumman Says It’s In Tune With Rapid Production Goal In DoD-L3Harris Agreement
- Army’s First HADES ISR Jet Prototype To Begin Flying This Spring, SNC Says
- Lockheed Martin, Saildrone Eye Missile Launch From USV This Summer During RIMPAC
- DIU, DAWG, Navy Launch $100 Million Challenge For Autonomous System Control
- Navy Marks Progress On Flight IIA Destroyer Modernization Effort