Defense Daily
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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
- Space Force Conducts First War Game For Commercial Reserve With Satellite Comm Providers
- Senate Keeps $150 Billion Defense Topline In Updated Budget Reconciliation Blueprint
- REPKON USA Acquires GD Metal Parts Business
- 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
- Northrop Grumman Awarded In-Space Refueling Contracts
- HevenDrones Targeting Border Security With Drone Offerings
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Navy/USMC
USMC Plans For Anduril’s Small Drone Defeat Capability At Up To 34 Locations, FOC In FY ‘34
After awarding Anduril Industries a contract last month to provide capability for protecting installations from small drone threats, the Marine Corps said Wednesday it intends to use the new defeat […]
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Congress
Senate Keeps $150 Billion Defense Topline In Updated Budget Reconciliation Blueprint
The Senate on Wednesday afternoon unveiled its updated budget resolution that sets a blueprint for passing Trump administration priorities, retaining a proposal to boost defense spending by $150 billion. Sen. […]
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Business/Financial
REPKON USA Acquires GD Metal Parts Business
REPKON USA on Wednesday said it has acquired a General Dynamics [GD] business that manufactures metal parts for the company’s Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) division. Terms of the deal […]
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Navy/USMC
L3Harris Expects Passive Detection System to Field First on Navy Destroyer in 2027
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] expects the U.S. Navy to begin fielding the company’s Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrared (SPEIR) system in 2027–operations that will begin with an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. “There is […]
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Space
Space Force Conducts First War Game For Commercial Reserve With Satellite Comm Providers
The U.S. Space Force last week held its first ever war game that included more than a dozen commercial satellite participants to begin experimenting with the service’s framework to leverage […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman Awarded In-Space Refueling Contracts
The United States Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman two in-space refueling contracts, the company said on Wednesday. “These contracts build on Northrop Grumman’s proven on-orbit […]
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Unmanned Systems
HevenDrones Targeting Border Security With Drone Offerings
HevenDrones on Wednesday said it has launched a new platform focused on capturing business around securing borders, leveraging its battle-proven technology for a new market area. Heven Border Solutions builds […]
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Space
Slingshot Aerospace Nabs AFWERX Award To Apply AI Tool For Space Domain Awareness
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded Slingshot Aerospace a small award to further develop an artificial intelligence capability that rapidly analyzes data about spacecraft in low Earth orbit to […]
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Joint Chiefs Chair Nom Caine: DoD Needs ‘Sense Of Urgency’ On Budget, Innovation Reform
- Cramer: Sentinel Design Changes May Be Possible to Fit In Minuteman III Silos
- Limited Resources Limit DIU’s Ability To Clear Commercial Drones For DoD, Industry Official Says
- Navy Nuke Head Says New Tech Easing Sub Production Increase
- DIU Plus UK and Australian Partners Launch Second AUKUS Innovation Challenge
- USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.5 Billion C-17 Sustainment Contract
- DoD Strategic Capital Office Receives $9 Billion In Loan Applications
- U.S. OKs Potential $5.6 Billion Deal With Philippines For 20 F-16s
- Energy Secretary Pledges To Build ‘More Than 100’ Pits In Trump Administration