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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday he wants to hear from senior military leaders on their plans for advancing electrification of their platforms during upcoming posture reviews, citing GM Defense’s […]

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was unable to conduct a planned test launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. on May 5th. “The unarmed missile in test configuration reacted exactly […]

The L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] ATLAS system is to improve significantly the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) space domain awareness through machine-to-machine processing of commercial, civil, and military space data. Omitron and […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy intends to field hypersonic missiles aboard the Zumwalt-class destroyers by 2025, reversing previous plans to first install the weapons […]

A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill Wednesday aimed at bolstering U.S. research and development(R&D) efforts to stay ahead of China, to include establishing a new directorate to invest […]

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 […]

President Biden announced on Friday evening he has nominated Michael Brown, the director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, to serve as the department’s top acquisition official. Biden also announced […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $610 million contract for Phase II work under a Foreign Military Sale to continue efforts in a sale of the […]

The Transportation Security Administration last Thursday awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $318.6 million contract to provide support services related the deployment and removal of explosive detection systems (EDS) used to […]

Anduril Industries on Thursday said it has acquired Area-I in a deal that builds out its line of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with fixed-wing aircraft and related technologies. Terms of […]