Defense Daily Archive
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Friday, February 13, 2026
- FY ‘27 Budget Will Double FY ‘26 Ship Procurement Numbers And Focus On Auxiliary, SecNav Says
- Air Force CCA Mission Autonomy Phase Begins With Software From Collins Aerospace And Shield AI
- Marine Corps Pushing For Full 35-Ship LSM Fleet, Next Budget To Fund Up To 23 Ships
- Navy Mulls New Robotic And Autonomous Warfighter Role To Integrate Drones Into Strike Groups
- Space Force Deploys GSSAP Sensor After USSF-87 Launch; Service And ULA Investigating SRM Anomaly
- Pentagon Policy Chief Makes Pitch For NATO 3.0, With Increased European Responsibility
- Use of Commercial Technologies Obviates Need for C-17 Re-engining, USAF Says
- CRS Report Says ‘Little Indication’ Alternatives To AUKUS Were Examined
- DoD Hypersonics Office Makes Six S&T Awards
- Pentagon Invests To On-Shore Optical Display Supply Chain
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Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Coast Guard Awards Davie Defense $3.5 Billion Contract For Five Arctic Security Cutters
- Blue Water Autonomy Unveils Details For 190-Foot USV With Eyes On MASC
- Acceleration Plan Pulls First Columbia Sub Delivery Back To 2028 And Is 65 Percent Complete, Official Says
- Air Force Eyes Boost In Fighter Sortie Generation
- Navy Leaders See Battleship As Force Function For Lasers, Zumwalt As Testbed For Battleship
- RTX’s New Non-Kinetic Coyote Variant Defeated Drone Swarms At Recent Army Demo
- Marines Tap Kodiak AI To Integrate Autonomous Driving Tech With ROGUE-Fires Platform
- Navy Wants Runway Independent Long-Range UAS For Operations From Surface Combatants
- SAIC Lowers Fiscal Year 2026, 2027 Outlook On Softness In IT Market
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
- Marines Pick GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA To Inform Future MUX TACAIR Efforts
- V-22s to Resume Restriction-Free Flight a Year Later Than Initially Projected
- DoD Completes Initial Review Of Defense Firms’ Performance, But Not Releasing Findings Yet
- CCA And FAMM Early Examples Of New Mode Of Acquisition, USAF Says
- HEO, SatVu and Sierra Nevada Tapped By NRO For Remote Sensing Awards
- Lockheed Martin Invests In Developer Of Manufacturing System For Large Composite Parts
- Navy To Host Unmanned And Strike Weapons Industry Event
- Startup Developing Blended Wing Aircraft For Cargo Use Raises $28 Million
- Proposed UMich Data Center Would Support Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Research
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Tuesday, February 10, 2025
- Pentagon ‘Maxing Out’ Investment In DDGs In FY ‘27 Budget Request, Hegseth Says
- Lockheed Martin Enters Unmanned Undersea Vessel Space With Lamprey
- USAF To Award Sole Source Contract To BAE Systems To Resolve Deficiency Reports on ALR-56
- JIATF-401 Acquiring Bumblebee Counter-UAS Drones For Operational Assessment
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Monday, February 9, 2026
- Defense Watch: MQ-25 Taxiing, Harpoon Testing, Machina Raise, TNT Awards
- Army Plans Future Howitzer Prototype Award In July, Production Deal In FY ‘28 For Up To 500 Systems
- DARPA Selects RTX, Charles River, Leidos And Saronic For Pulling Guard
- America First Arms Transfer Strategy Looks To Larger FMS
- Cyber Defense At RF, Ground, Optical Interfaces Key For Space Systems
- THAAD Will Integrate Into IBCS Faster And Cheaper Than DoD Planned, Northrop Grumman Says
- Starfish Nabs $55 Million Space Force Award For Orbital Mobility
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Friday, February 6, 2026
- Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns
- Support Groundwork At Nellis AFB Eyed For F-47
- Golden Dome Official Highlights Importance Of Affordability, Acquisition Reform
- HII Reports Strong Fourth Quarter And 2025 On Shipbuilding, Mission Tech
- FMS Will Increase, Help U.S. Space R&D Efforts, COMSO Head Says
- FCC Approves Logos Space Enterprise Constellation Plans
- NGA Awards Vantor $5 Million For Global Change Detection Under Luno B Contract
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
- RTX Signs Framework Agreements With DoD To Increase Production On Five Munitions
- Lockheed Offering Robinson’s R66 For Army’s Flight School Next, Moving To Phase III With Bell, M1
- DIU Soliciting For Deorbit Services, Containerized Drone Delivery, New Interceptor Sensors
- One-Year New START Extension May Not Be In The Cards
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Current F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar
- Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown
- DoD Selects 25 Vendors To Compete In First Round Of Drone Dominance Program
- RTX Conducts Ballistic Test Of Stinger Replacement Offering, Plans For Initial Full Flight In 2026
- State Department Approves $3 Billion Sustainment Deal For Saudi F-15s
- BlackSea Conducts Keel Laying For New NightTrain Autonomous Logistics Vessel
- Senate Confirms New Navy Sub Portfolio Head, Air Boss
- Cybersecurity Firm Supporting Defense Companies Raises $31 Million In Early Funding Round
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
- USAF Heralds “Rusty Dagger” Test As “Critical Milestone” In Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
- House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE
- DoD Inspector General Launches Audit Into SM-3 IIA
- Northrop Grumman Eyes Quadrupling IBCS Production, Maps Out More Mobility And Adding AI
- Drone Autonomy Company Swarmer Files To Go Public
- Space Systems Command Examining Future Spaceport Development Program
- Lockheed Martin Completes First Operational Test Phase For A4 Radar
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Monday, February 2, 2026
- Defense Watch: DIB Days, DoD Biz Portal, Indian V-Bats, Drone Charging
- L3Harris Nabs Marine Corps Precision Attack Strike Munition Contract
- Pentagon Set For Temporary Weekend Shutdown, As Senate Votes On Final Spending Deal
- Boeing Awarded Up To $2.8 Billion For F-15K Upgrades
- Army Awards $1 Billion To RTX For LTAMDS Radar Production
- Second Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials
- Construction Of Anduril’s Arsenal-1 Facilities Underway; Production Of Fury Ahead
- Varda Space Capsule Launched In November Successfully Returns To Earth