Defense Daily
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Army
Army Chief: ‘Optimistic’ On Push For Flexible Funding Authority, Needed To Scale New Tech
The Army’s top uniformed official has said he has received “good feedback” from lawmakers on the service’s push for more flexible funding authority, which he cited as critical to fielding […]
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Business/Financial
AeroVironment Readies To Begin Production Of Loitering Munitions At New Facility
AeroVironment [AVAV] has established a new production facility for its loitering munitions, FreedomWerx, which is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and will begin manufacturing operations in the second half […]
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Unmanned Systems
Guillot Wants Authorization To Defeat Drones At All U.S. Military Installations
The Defense Department is allowed to mitigate threats from small drones at about half of its domestic military installations, but those authorities should extend to all bases in the country, […]
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Navy/USMC
Aircraft Carrier Truman Collides With Merchant Vessel Near Egypt
The U.S. Navy on Thursday disclosed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) collided with a merchant vessel shortly before midnight on the night of Feb. 12. According […]
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Uncategorized
Livermore Director Says Office Closed Due To Executive Order Ending DEI
Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, said Wednesday the lab closed an office due to President Trump’s executive order ending “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs in […]
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Air Force
Annual F-15EX Operations and Support Costs Lower Than F-35’s, AFLCMC Says
Annual operations and support (O&S) unit costs for the Boeing [BA] F-15EX are lower than those for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35, according to the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle […]
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Missile Defense
Top Priority For American Iron Dome Is Increased Domain Awareness, Air Defense Chief Says
The highest priority to carry out a new presidential directive aimed at creating a comprehensive missile defense shield to protect the homeland is more domain awareness, particularly at ranges beyond […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may award a contract for management and integration of the ground portion of the Resilient Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning and Tracking System […]
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Space
York Space Offering U.S. Government National Security Customers Turnkey Commercial Services
Satellite manufacturer and space systems integrator York Space Systems on Thursday announced a new on-demand commercial services offering for U.S. government customers seeking scalable national security-related space missions at guaranteed […]
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
- House GOP Unveils Budget Blueprint For Reconciliation With $100 Billion For Defense
- Will Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
- SDA Looks To Industry Studies For Trump’s Iron Dome For America
- Army And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant
- CBP Surveying Market For Mobile Surveillance Systems
- Record Venture Capital In Europe Defense And Security, Report Says
- Europe Must Provide ‘Overwhelming Share’ Of Future Aid To Ukraine, Hegseth Says
- UCS Questions ‘Rush’ to Los Alamos Pit Production