Defense Daily
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ArmyFirehawk Live Fires Hydra-70 Rockets Shortly After Army Award
Shortly after receiving an Army award to develop Hydra-70 rockets as a potential alternative supplier, Firehawk Aerospace last Friday said it successfully conducted six live-fire tests of the rocket to […]
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Friday, August 28, 2026
- AV Nabs $51 Million Switchblade 600 Order With Deliveries To U.S. Army, FMS Customer
- L3Harris Adding Shield AI’s Computer Vision Tech To Strengthen VAMPIRE C-UAS Platform
- Small Drones Improve Border Patrol’s Operations But Limitations Exist, DHS IG Says
- Q-CTRL Demonstrates GPS-Free Navigation At Sea
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Friday, August 28, 2026
- AV Nabs $51 Million Switchblade 600 Order With Deliveries To U.S. Army, FMS Customer
- L3Harris Adding Shield AI’s Computer Vision Tech To Strengthen VAMPIRE C-UAS Platform
- Small Drones Improve Border Patrol’s Operations But Limitations Exist, DHS IG Says
- Q-CTRL Demonstrates GPS-Free Navigation At Sea
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Unmanned SystemsSmall Drones Improve Border Patrol’s Operations But Limitations Exist, DHS IG Says
The Border Patrol’s use of small drones over the past few years have demonstrated key benefits such as the ability to gain rapid situational awareness and lower costs versus other […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyL3Harris Adding Shield AI’s Computer Vision Tech To Strengthen VAMPIRE C-UAS Platform
Shield AI is licensing an artificial intelligence and computer vision system for detecting and tracking small drones to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for use on the company’s VAMPIRE counter-drone platform, Shield […]
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ArmyAV Nabs $51 Million Switchblade 600 Order With Deliveries To U.S. Army, FMS Customer
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Wednesday said it’s received a $51 million order from the Army to deliver additional Switchblade 600 loitering munitions. The deal was placed under a five-year, potentially $990 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyQ-CTRL Demonstrates GPS-Free Navigation At Sea
Australia’s Q-CTRL on Thursday said its gravity sensing technology was used to navigate a maritime vessel without GPS in the Coral Sea, marking a first for the quantum gravimeter. Q-CTRL […]
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Marines Plan OPF-L, Organic C-sUAS Fielding Soon Amid Ground Combat Element 2040 Push
- Castelion Nabs Another $90 Million Navy Order To Fund First 50 Blackbeard Weapons
- Raytheon Awarded $603 Million For New Radar For B-52
- Army Chooses Five Companies To Build Janus Reactors At Military Sites
- Smaller Space Companies Want To See Programs Of Record For Their Investments
- Navy Seeks Prototypes For New Air-Launched Torpedo
- Counter-Drone Startup Mara Raises $7 Million To Advance Spike, An Integrated System
- Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Accepts First Aussie-Designed Prototype Surface Craft
- LeoLabs To Provide Space Force With Surveillance Radar
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Marines Plan OPF-L, Organic C-sUAS Fielding Soon Amid Ground Combat Element 2040 Push
- Castelion Nabs Another $90 Million Navy Order To Fund First 50 Blackbeard Weapons
- Raytheon Awarded $603 Million For New Radar For B-52
- Army Chooses Five Companies To Build Janus Reactors At Military Sites
- Smaller Space Companies Want To See Programs Of Record For Their Investments
- Navy Seeks Prototypes For New Air-Launched Torpedo
- Counter-Drone Startup Mara Raises $7 Million To Advance Spike, An Integrated System
- Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Accepts First Aussie-Designed Prototype Surface Craft
- LeoLabs To Provide Space Force With Surveillance Radar
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Navy/USMCMarines Plan OPF-L, Organic C-sUAS Fielding Soon Amid Ground Combat Element 2040 Push
The Marine Corps has detailed imminent plans to begin fielding new loitering munitions and organic counter-small drone capabilities, citing both as near-term efforts under its Ground Combat Element (GCE) 2040 […]