At Least 15 F-35s “DD-250’ed” Since May 2025
At least 15 F-35s built in the last year have lacked required equipment, according to a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) list sent to Defense Daily after a Freedom of […]
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House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]
Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]
House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails
The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]
Bipartisan Group Of House Members Introduce U.S.-Ukrainian Co-Production Bill For Unmanned Systems
A bipartisan group of six House legislators have introduced the Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act–a bill to improve drone collaboration between the U.S. and Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the […]
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Army Negotiating With AV On Enduring-High Energy Laser Contract, Lozano Says
The Army is in negotiations with AeroVironment [AVAV] on a contract for its Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, a lead official confirmed on Tuesday. While Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, portfolio […]
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Ursa Major Nabs $10 Million SRM Contract For Standard Missile Rocket Motors
The Navy awarded rocket motor and engine developer Ursa Major a $10 million development contract to keep advancing the company’s MK 104 solid rocket motor (SRM) through critical design review […]
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YFQ-44A Fired AMRAAM In Recent Test In Mojave Desert
A YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype by Anduril Industries recently conducted a live-fire test of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in the Mojave Desert against […]
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Pentagon’s Strategic Capital Office To Support Credit Funds Investing In Critical Minerals Companies
The Defense Department on Thursday said its Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has established a new mechanism to provide capital to private lenders that will pool funds from investors and […]
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SDA Set To Resume Launches Thursday With Second Plane Of York Transport Layer Satellites
After a nine month pause in launches, the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Thursday plans to launch the next plane of 21 York Space Systems [YSS] data transport satellites into […]
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Reform Opportunities Hiding in the Pentagon’s Reorganization
By Joseph Gagnard, Defense Opinion Writer. The news media wrote up January’s Pentagon reorganization as another org-chart shuffle. But read alongside the Department of Defense’s $20 billion budget request for […]
The Solution for Fixing a Command and Control Failure
By Robbin Laird, Defense Opinion Writer. Operation Epic Fury highlighted a structural command and control failure. Namely, that U.S.- and Israel-led coalition was fighting a single battle from multiple unconnected air […]
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By Robbin Laird, Defense Opinion Writer. Somewhere over Kuwait during the dense barrage phase of Operation Epic Fury, Kuwaiti air defense operators tracking a cluttered radar picture identified a flight […]
Shielding U.S. Forces from Spies that Use Location Tracking
By Brett Harrison and Shaun Moore, Defense Opinion Writers. Americans serving abroad often carry devices that can share precise location data across multiple commercial apps, services and data-broker systems, frequently […]
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