Defense Daily Archive
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- NGA Has Rapid Capabilities Office As A Front Door To Commercial Innovation
- AV To Provide New Switchblade 400 Anti-Armor Loitering Munition For Army’s LASSO Effort
- Army Plans For Long-Range PrSM Inc. 4 Prototype Deals In Late FY ‘26, Move To Production In FY ‘30
- USAF To Modify Two B-52s To Carry F130 Engines This Year
- Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to Develop Sea-Based Launch
- U.S. OKs Over $8.6 Billion In Expedited Arms Sales To Several Middle East Partners
- NRO Makes New Commercial Awards To EarthDaily, ICEYE And Pixxel
- 2028 Pegged As Delivery Date for VC-25B; USAF Says Former Qatari “Bridge” Aircraft Will Roll Out This Summer
- Shipbuilding Advisor Toti Performing Duties Of Number Two Navy Civilian
- Vantor Nabs $70 Million NGA Award For GEOINT Portal Use
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Friday, May 1, 2026
- Air Force To Retire BACN In 2028, Use Hybrid SATCOM Terminal As Bridge
- Near Earth’s Unmanned Bell 505 Offering Picked For Marines’ Resupply Drone Development Effort
- Space Force Again Moves To Terminate Next-Generation Missile Warning Polar Satellite Program
- Navy Leaders Want More Industry Entrants, Potentially Multiple Vendors Per Program
- Five E-7 Wedgetails Under Contract In EMD Phase
- Marines To Pick ARV Winner In Late FY ‘29, Plans Inc. 2 Effort For Future Variants
- L3Harris Reports Strong First Quarter Bolstered By ISR, Space And Rocket Motors
- York Space Systems To Acquire Terminal Developer All.Space In $355M Deal
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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
