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Air ForceAFGSC Conducts Test of Unarmed Minuteman III
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said on Wednesday that it conducted a routine, reliability flight test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 1 a.m. Pacific […]
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SpaceTrue Anomaly Expanding Into California’s ‘Space Beach’ With New Production Capacity
Defense spacecraft and software company True Anomaly on Thursday said it is expanding beyond its Colorado roots by adding new development and production capacity in Southern California as part of […]
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InternationalState Department OKs $84 Million Bomb Sale To Romania
The State Department approved a potential $84 million Foreign Military Sale of hundreds of GBU-39B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB-1) to Romania. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySaronic Raises $600 Million With Sights On Building Modern Shipyard For Big Autonomous Vessels
Autonomous surface vessel developer and manufacturer Saronic has closed a $600 million funding round for a downpayment on a new waterside shipyard the company has conceived around advanced manufacturing methods […]
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Air ForceMH-139A Begins Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
The Boeing [BA] and Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf has begun initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), the U.S. Air Force said. “Three MH-139 IOT&E flights took place during the week […]
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UncategorizedAfter Backlash, White House Reverses Most NNSA Terminations
The Trump administration paused on firing hundreds of federal employees that worked on the nation’s nuclear weapons for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, media outlets reported. Late last Thursday, […]
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UncategorizedSources: Senior Execs Leaving DoE Weapons Complex
With the White House seeking to dramatically shrink the federal workforce, sources told sister publication The Exchange Monitor recently that senior executives with decades of experience in the Department of Energy’s weapons […]
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UncategorizedEditor’s Note:
In observance of the Presidents Day holiday, Defense Daily will not publish an issue Feb. 17. Your next issue will be dated Feb. 19.
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SpaceYork Space Offering U.S. Government National Security Customers Turnkey Commercial Services
Satellite manufacturer and space systems integrator York Space Systems on Thursday announced a new on-demand commercial services offering for U.S. government customers seeking scalable national security-related space missions at guaranteed […]
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SpaceWill Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
The company on the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL) may be off the list soon, as the service looks to fixed price contracts […]
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