Defense Daily
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- RTX Completes Subsystem Tests For Stinger Replacement Offering, Eyes Flight Test In 2025
- MH-139A Begins Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
- Saronic Raises $600 Million With Sights On Building Modern Shipyard For Big Autonomous Vessels
- Kratos Confirms Hypersonic Test Bed Uses Erinyes Vehicle
- DIU Nearing Refresh Of Approved Drones To Include Group 3, FPV, And Tethered Systems
- State Department OKs $84 Million Bomb Sale To Romania
- After Backlash, White House Reverses Most NNSA Terminations
- Sources: Senior Execs Leaving DoE Weapons Complex
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International
State Department OKs $84 Million Bomb Sale To Romania
The State Department approved a potential $84 million Foreign Military Sale of hundreds of GBU-39B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB-1) to Romania. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the […]
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Missile Defense
Kratos Confirms Hypersonic Test Bed Uses Erinyes Vehicle
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] confirmed tests of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) hypersonic test bed have used its Erinyes vehicle. On Jan. 13 MDA conducted its second flight […]
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DIU Nearing Refresh Of Approved Drones To Include Group 3, FPV, And Tethered Systems
The Defense Innovation Unit has narrowed a competitive list of drones and related equipment to a few dozen as it finalizes an updated list of systems cleared for use by […]
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Army
RTX Completes Subsystem Tests For Stinger Replacement Offering, Eyes Flight Test In 2025
RTX [RTX] has completed a series of successful subsystem tests with its offering for the Army’s Stinger missile replacement competition, the company said Tuesday, as it readies for a flight […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Saronic Raises $600 Million With Sights On Building Modern Shipyard For Big Autonomous Vessels
Autonomous surface vessel developer and manufacturer Saronic has closed a $600 million funding round for a downpayment on a new waterside shipyard the company has conceived around advanced manufacturing methods […]
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Air Force
MH-139A Begins Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
The Boeing [BA] and Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf has begun initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), the U.S. Air Force said. “Three MH-139 IOT&E flights took place during the week […]
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After Backlash, White House Reverses Most NNSA Terminations
The Trump administration paused on firing hundreds of federal employees that worked on the nation’s nuclear weapons for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, media outlets reported. Late last Thursday, […]
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Sources: Senior Execs Leaving DoE Weapons Complex
With the White House seeking to dramatically shrink the federal workforce, sources told sister publication The Exchange Monitor recently that senior executives with decades of experience in the Department of Energy’s weapons […]
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