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New Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Monday that President Trump is preparing an executive order related to building an “Iron Dome for America.”  Hegseth offered the remarks as he […]

HII [HII] on Monday said it has closed its acquisition of the assets of W International, bringing in-house a supplier of submarine structures, modules, and assemblies that struggled to meet […]

Emphasizing its role as a challenger to the status quo, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) developer and manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GASI) is offering its support to President Trump’s government […]

The Senate on Friday evening narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as the new secretary of defense. Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon was approved largely along party lines while three Republicans, […]

The Navy this month opened a new defense manufacturing National Training Center to improve shipbuilding capability. The new 100,000 square-foot training center facility opened on Jan. 13 on the Institute […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) last Thursday issued a draft solicitation for the third tranche of its transport layer of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, which will require 40 spacecraft split […]

The Army is currently testing GM Defense’s [GM] ‘Next Gen’ hybrid-electric tactical vehicle (NGTV-H) prototype at a multinational exercise in Germany, with soldiers providing feedback on the technology demonstrator platform. […]

House Appropriations. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) chair, has said he expects the panel’s subcommittees to have topline levels for final fiscal year 2025 appropriations bills […]

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […]