Defense Daily
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
- U.S. Needs to Examine First Person View and Kamikaze Drones, Grynkewich Testifies
- Smith: HASC’s Acquisition Reform Bill Aimed At ‘Blowing Up The System,’ Not Making Tweaks
- Navy Using SM-3s At ‘An Alarming Rate,’ Kilby Says
- As Army Plans JLTV Cut, Commandant Says Marines Will ‘Buy Less’ Without Budget Increase
- NGA Awards BlackSky Potential $24 Million Luno A Task Order For AI-Based Analytics
- LRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight
- Dragoon Tactical Comms Satellite Successfully Deployed For SDA Demos
- Space RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
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Navy/USMC
Navy Using SM-3s At ‘An Alarming Rate,’ Kilby Says
Navy officials on Tuesday told the Senate Appropriation’s defense subcommittee that SM-3s are being used quickly and that the administration is still considering building U.S. Navy ships outside the U.S. to […]
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Navy/USMC
As Army Plans JLTV Cut, Commandant Says Marines Will ‘Buy Less’ Without Budget Increase
Without an increase in its budget, the Marine Corps’ highest ranking officer said the service will have to “buy less” Joint Light Tactical Vehicles going forward in the wake of […]
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Congress
Smith: HASC’s Acquisition Reform Bill Aimed At ‘Blowing Up The System,’ Not Making Tweaks
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s new bipartisan proposal for improving the defense acquisition process is aimed at “blowing up the system” rather than making adjustments, the panel’s […]
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Missile Defense
LRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight
The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]
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Air Force
U.S. Needs to Examine First Person View and Kamikaze Drones, Grynkewich Testifies
The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]
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Space
Space RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. […]
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Space
NGA Awards BlackSky Potential $24 Million Luno A Task Order For AI-Based Analytics
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has received a potential $24-plus million task order to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) with object detection monitoring of military and economic facilities worldwide. The initial […]
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Space
Dragoon Tactical Comms Satellite Successfully Deployed For SDA Demos
The first of 12 planned prototype tactical communications spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) was successfully launched and deployed to low Earth orbit (LEO) Monday evening, York Space Systems […]
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
- NATO Members Set To Agree On New 5% Of GDP Defense Spending Target
- GD Nabs $621 Million Order For SGT Stout Stryker-Mounted SHORAD Platforms
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Streamline AUKUS Defense Industrial Base Collaboration
- BAE Signs CRADA With Army DEVCOM To Further Develop M109-52 Howitzer Prototype
- SRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar
- AFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
- New Frontier Aerospace Hot Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine