Defense Daily
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Army Taps Anduril, Rivet For IVAS Follow-On, Luckey Sees Potential Scaled Deliveries In 2027
- USAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
- Varda, LeoLabs, And Anduril Demonstrate Tracking Of Orbital Maneuvers Prior To Hypersonic Reentry
- Philippines Marks Re-Opening Of Subic Bay Shipyard With Korea’s HD Hyundai
- Northrop Grumman/U.S. Army Negotiating ITDS Scope to Meet Service Fielding Goals
- AIRO, Ukraine’s Nord Drone, Plan On Joint Venture To Scale Production, Increase Offerings
- FPS-117 Radomes for North Warning System ‘Experiencing Serious Panel Decay’
- RTX Nabs $205 Million Contract To Keep Building Phalanx CIWS
- AeroVironment Nabs $240 Million Order For Space Long-Haul Laser Comms System
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Air Force
USAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
As part of an effort to field more affordable, counter drone systems, the U.S. Air Force in April issued a relatively small, $1.6 million contract to BAE Systems‘ site in […]
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Army
Army Taps Anduril, Rivet For IVAS Follow-On, Luckey Sees Potential Scaled Deliveries In 2027
The Army on Monday said it has selected Anduril Industries-led team and startup company Rivet for the Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) program, the service’s follow-on effort to the Integrated […]
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Space
Varda, LeoLabs, And Anduril Demonstrate Tracking Of Orbital Maneuvers Prior To Hypersonic Reentry
Varda Space Industries said it recently teamed with LeoLabs and Anduril Industries to demonstrate the monitoring and tracking of maneuvers by the company’s space capsule before reentry into Earth’s atmosphere […]
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Navy/USMC
RTX Nabs $205 Million Contract To Keep Building Phalanx CIWS
The Navy on Friday awarded RTX [RTX] a $205 million modification to continue procurement of the MK 15 Close-In Weapons Systems. The Defense Department contract notice said this entails procuring […]
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Space
AeroVironment Nabs $240 Million Order For Space Long-Haul Laser Comms System
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Monday said it has received a nearly $240 million order from an undisclosed customer to purchase and deploy the company’s new space long-haul laser communications terminals on […]
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Unmanned Systems
AIRO, Ukraine’s Nord Drone, Plan On Joint Venture To Scale Production, Increase Offerings
AIRO Group Holdings [AIRO] and Ukrainian combat drone manufacturer Nord Drone Group plan to create a joint venture that will enable U.S.-based AIRO to expand its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) […]
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International
Philippines Marks Re-Opening Of Subic Bay Shipyard With Korea’s HD Hyundai
The Philippines government and South Korea’s HD Hyundai marked the opening and start of production at the company’s new shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines following backing from Korean and American […]
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Air Force
FPS-117 Radomes for North Warning System ‘Experiencing Serious Panel Decay’
The U.S. Air Force plans to replace the Alaska Warning System’s/North Warning System’s (NWS) 27 AN/FPS-117 radomes–15 in Alaska, one in Utah, one in Hawaii, and 10 in Canada. A […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman/U.S. Army Negotiating ITDS Scope to Meet Service Fielding Goals
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS) for U.S. Army helicopters includes a two-color display, long wave infrared, one megapixel camera. The features are to allow spotting […]