Defense Daily Archive
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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’
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Marines Plan Sole-Source Deal To Anduril For ACV C-sUAS Tech, Eye Initial Fielding In Early FY ‘27
- X-62A VISTA Used AI For Practice Air-To-Air Intercepts; Program To Integrate RTX Phantom Strike Radar
- AE Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition Of Rocketdyne From L3Harris
- JIATF-401 Beefs Up Counter-Drone e-Commerce Site With Contract To Kaizen
- USAF Looks For Answers To Remedy Supply Bottlenecks For F-15EX and F-16 Engines
- Lockheed Martin Reports Successful Burst Test Of NGI’s Second-Stage Motor
- Acquisition, Joint Venture Costs Send Net Income Down At Leidos In Second Quarter
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
- Northrop Signs $3 Billion In Framework Deals To Boost PAC-3 MSE, THAAD Component Production
- APG-85 Radar in LRIP, Northrop Grumman Says; F-35 Program Declines Comment
- Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests
- Johns Hopkins APL Picked As SBI Technical Direction Agent
- Air Force Explores Digital HF For Sentinel, As Planned EMD Re-Certification Decision Nears
- RTX Delivers First SPY-6 Backfit Radar For Destroyer Testing
- Earth Remote Sensing Company Orbital Sentry Raises Pre-Seed Funding
- USVs For Logistics, 3D Printing And Advanced Manufacturing Enjoy “Organic Demand” During RIMPAC
- Fuse Expands NNSA Footprint With Five-Year NNSS Agreement
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Monday, August 3, 2026
- Defense Watch: FF(X) and BBG(X), AUKUS, K2 Raise, Unmanned News, A-LE
- GAO Advises USAF To Delay Production Decision For B-52 CERP Until Service Analyzes Cost Growth, Schedule Delays
- Army Details New Reveille Forge Test Facility To Support “Right To Integrate” Push
- DoD Makes Potential $820 Million Loan Commitment To Drone Company To Mass Produce Components
- Construction Manager For New Marine Corps LSMs Sees Them As Test Case For VCM Model
- Space Force Awards Contracts Worth Up To $981 Million For Test And Training Technologies
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Friday, July 31, 2026
- Lockheed Nabs $53.9 Billion Add To PAC-3 MSE Deal, Boosts Multi-Year Award To Nearly $59 Billion
- HII Nabs $25 Billion Of New Submarine Contract
- CACI Nabs $500 Million JIATF-401 Deal To Supply C-UAS Capabilities
- Air Force Budget Has T-7A Funding “Wedge” To Account For Any EMD Changes
- TOTE Sees New Marine Corps Landing Ship As A Three Yard Solution, Sure Bollinger and Fincantieri Will Get More Orders
- L3Harris Pauses IPO Of Missile Solutions Business, Says Market Undervalues
- USAF Looking at ISR Niches for Group 2 and Group 3 Drones
- Army Plans ISV-Heavy Production Decision In Second Half Of FY ‘27
- HII Turns In Strong Second Quarter On Carrier Work, Assault Ships, JVs
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Thursday, July 30, 2026
- Navy Awards $76.6 Billion For Nine Block VI Virginia-Class And Five Columbia-Class Submarines
- Air Force Leadership And AETC Consult On Uses For Future F-35As Delivered Without Radars
- Army Readies To Scale NGC2, Details Successes, Challenges From Largest Experiment To Date
- Mitigation Or Fix Of Five Cat 1 KC-46A Deficiencies Needed Before USAF Will Obligate FY 2028 Funds
- $1.6 Billion In NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 Task Orders Awarded To SpaceX
- NGAP Not Tied To F-47, But To Ensuring U.S. Propulsion Advantage, Official Says
- Marine Corps Accepts Final MV-22B Osprey, Completing Program Of Record
- Aerospace, Shipbuilding Drive Strong Second Quarter At General Dynamics
- AV Teams With Applied Intuition In Pursuit Of Army’s Launched Effects Opportunities
- Leonardo DRS To Acquire Data Fusion Company Raft For $450 Million
- Elroy Air Demonstrates Multiple Unattended Delivery Modes With Cargo Drone
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- DOT&E Finalizing Report On Gray Eagle As Lead Aviation Platform For MGUE, Increment 1
- Boeing Takes $280 Million Charge On Air Force One In Second Quarter; Risk Low On KC-46
- Army Picks GM Defense, Ford, BC Customs For ISV-Heavy Prototyping Competition
- NNSA Delivers New Nuclear Detonation Sensors To Space Force
- Leidos Awarded $717 Million Air Force Contract To Continue ISR Support
- HII Adds Outsourcing To Amphib Construction; Australian Official Visits
- Navy Seeks Vendor-Neutral USV Maintenance Framework
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- F135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies
- Pentagon Signs Frameworks With L3Harris To Boost PAC-3 MSE, THAAD Propulsion Production
- Air Force Modifying B-52 To Resume Radar Modernization Program Testing
- U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says
- Rocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
- Rocket Lab Nabs Largest Launch Award; Establishing Site In Alaska
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Monday, July 27, 2026
- Defense Watch: F-35 Spares, SPEAR Integration, C-UAS and UAS News, $5B for AI
- House NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
- Navy Under Secretary Argues Focus On Acquisition Cost Usually Counterproductive; Explains Reform Moves
- Counter-Drone Company Led By Former Trump Acting SecDef Gets Seed Investment
- DIU Plans Demos Soon To Find Ground-Based, Long-Range Strike Systems To Scale Rapidly
- Oracle Nabs $7 Billion Centralized Software Agreement
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Friday, July 24, 2026
- White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA
- BAE Systems Offers Brontanax For UK CCA, No Comment Yet On Any Proposal For USAF
- CoAspire Wins $70 Million Contract For Navy Affordable Coalition Missile Program
- Saronic Partners With Samsung Heavy Industries For Unmanned Shipbuilding
- RTX Powers To Strong Second Quarter On Broad Strength
- Missile Business Leads Lockheed Martins Second Quarter Results Higher
- Boeing Divesting Stake In Joint Venture With Quantum Expertise