Defense Daily
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Army
Army Selects 10 Vendors For Potential $4.2 Billion Aerostat Systems Contract
The Army has selected ten vendors for a new 10-year contracting vehicle, worth up to $4.2 billion, to provide services and modernization of aerostat surveillance systems. Advanced Technology Systems, Elevated […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Industrial Base Needs Capacity, Surge Ability, Flexibility, And Resilience, Report Says
The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) remains inadequate to give U.S. forces the edge in, and deter, a major conflict, says a new report by the Center for a New […]
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Air Force
First OA-1K Skyraider Delivered to AFSOC
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Air Tractor said on Thursday that they have delivered the first “missionized” OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, […]
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Uncategorized
Hawk vs. Dove: Wicker and Others ‘Reject’ Arguments Against Golden Dome From Kelly and Others
While Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) are pulling for President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense against nuclear adversaries, others are saying it is not cost effective. […]
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Intelligence Community
Leidos Announces Up to Five Year, $390 Million SIGINT Award
Leidos [LDOS] has won an up to five-year, $390 million National Security Agency (NSA) contract for signals intelligence (SIGINT) “capabilities, analysis and reporting tool modifications, engineering services, lab and testbed […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DARPA Selects 18 Firms For First Stage Of Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Thursday announced awards to 18 companies that will flesh out their quantum computing concepts in more detail for the agency to review […]
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Navy/USMC
HII’s Kastner Minimizes Metal Tariff Affect To Shipbuilding, Australian Suppliers Helps Fragile Industrial Base
The president and CEO of HII [HII] this week downplayed how much impact Trump administration aluminum and steel tariffs would have on the shipbuilding supply chain while noting adding Australian […]
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Congress
Wicker Calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Annual DoD Replicator Spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling for a ten-fold increase in annual spending on DoD’s Replicator initiative. Replicator, “an opening move toward making big bets on […]
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Business/Financial
Spacecraft Developer Portal Space Raises $17.5 Million In Seed Round
Startup satellite developer Portal Space Systems on Thursday said it raised $17.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round that will support the full-scale demonstration of its Supernova multi-role, transorbital spacecraft […]
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
- USMC Plans For Anduril’s Small Drone Defeat Capability At Up To 34 Locations, FOC In FY ‘34
- Senate Keeps $150 Billion Defense Topline In Updated Budget Reconciliation Blueprint
- Space Force Conducts First War Game For Commercial Reserve With Satellite Comm Providers
- L3Harris Expects Passive Detection System to Field First on Navy Destroyer in 2027
- Slingshot Aerospace Nabs AFWERX Award To Apply AI Tool For Space Domain Awareness
- HevenDrones Targeting Border Security With Drone Offerings
- Northrop Grumman Awarded In-Space Refueling Contracts
- REPKON USA Acquires GD Metal Parts Business