Defense Daily
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Army’s $4.3 Billion FY ‘26 Unfunded List Requests More For Munitions, Small Drones
- USSF MILNET Block II to Link With SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
- Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
- DARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028
- Defense Department Seeks Public Input On Trump’s Acquisition Reform Order
- House Panel Continues Probe on Counter-Drone Efforts at U.S. Bases
- Missiles and Munitions Top USAF Unfunded Priorities List
- DoD Spending On Startups Doubles But Remains Scant Overall, SVDG Report Says
- Unmanned Systems Top Indo-Pacific Command’s $11.9 Billion Unfunded Priorities List
- DIU Wants Low-Cost UUVs For Kinetic, ISR Effects
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Army’s $4.3 Billion FY ‘26 Unfunded List Requests More For Munitions, Small Drones
- Missiles and Munitions Top USAF Unfunded Priorities List
- USSF MILNET Block II to Link With SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
- Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
- House Panel Continues Probe on Counter-Drone Efforts at U.S. Bases
- DoD Spending On Startups Doubles But Remains Scant Overall, SVDG Report Says
- Defense Department Seeks Public Input On Trump’s Acquisition Reform Order
- Unmanned Systems Top Indo-Pacific Command’s $11.9 Billion Unfunded Priorities List
- DIU Wants Low-Cost UUVs For Kinetic, ISR Effects
- DARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028
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Space
USSF MILNET Block II to Link With SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
The National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) MILNET Block I has around 200 satellites, including SpaceX Starshields, for communications and future space-based ground moving target indication. Now, the U.S. Space Force is […]
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Weapons
Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Bell [TXT] to build a X-plane demonstrator capable of flying at speeds of up to 450 knots, with the office […]
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Congress
Unmanned Systems Top Indo-Pacific Command’s $11.9 Billion Unfunded Priorities List
The top unfunded priorities of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) in the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request are all-domain unmanned systems, coming in at more than $4.4 billion. The […]
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Army
Army’s $4.3 Billion FY ‘26 Unfunded List Requests More For Munitions, Small Drones
The Army has submitted to Congress a $4.3 billion unfunded priorities list (UPL) for fiscal year 2026, seeking additional funds to bolster production of munitions, air defense capabilities and small […]
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Unmanned Systems
DIU Wants Low-Cost UUVs For Kinetic, ISR Effects
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has issued a new solicitation seeking low-cost unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) solutions for separate problem sets, one-way attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support […]
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Business/Financial
DoD Spending On Startups Doubles But Remains Scant Overall, SVDG Report Says
Spending by the Defense Department in 2024 on the top 100 startups with dual-use and defense technology more than doubled versus 2023 but remains less than 1 percent of the […]
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Pentagon
Defense Department Seeks Public Input On Trump’s Acquisition Reform Order
The Defense Department on Wednesday asked for public comment on a presidential directive to reform how the department acquires stuff, including mandating a preference for commercial solutions. The public has […]
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