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In a defense media landscape crowded with headlines, Defense Daily stands apart as the only paid, subscriber-first daily defense publication, trusted for more than six decades by Pentagon and Capitol Hill insiders, defense industry executives, and government decision-makers.
Our mission is simple: deliver the full story, every day, with a level of depth no one else matches. From concept to contract award to operational deployment, Defense Daily tracks every milestone, policy shift, and budget decision shaping the defense industrial base and U.S. national security.
With reporters based at the Pentagon and on the Hill, Defense Daily delivers at 6 p.m. ET each weekday, capturing the entire day’s developments so readers get the actionable intelligence they need before tomorrow’s decisions. Our coverage spans:
- Major program milestones and acquisition requirements
- Federal funding shifts and budget priorities
- Policy changes and new defense initiatives
- Cutting-edge defense and aerospace technologies
- Business opportunities and contract awards, and more.
For more than 66 years, defense professionals have relied on Defense Daily’s unrivaled expertise to see beyond the headlines and anticipate what’s next in the global defense marketplace.
The Defense Daily Editorial Team
John Robinson
John Robinson is Editor of Defense Daily. He has covered all the military services as well as Congress for the newsletter. Mr. Robinson started his career as a sportswriter for the Associated Press in Rome, Italy. He has also worked as a staff writer for Pioneer Press Newspapers in the Chicago suburbs as well as the Washington Post, where he covered high school sports on a part-time basis. Twitter: @Defdailyed
Cal Biesecker
Cal Biesecker is the homeland security and business reporter for Defense Daily. Cal covers the Department of Homeland Security and its components, cyber security, and the relevant congressional committees. He also covers defense industry financials, and mergers and acquisitions. Cal has been with Defense Daily since 2002, He is a graduate of the Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Twitter: @calvinb21
Richard Abott
Richard Abott writes on the Navy, Marine Corps and missile defense for Defense Daily. Previously he has researched and written about various U.S. defense and nuclear weapons issues at the Federation of American Scientists, the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, the National Iranian American Council, and the British American Security Information Council. He received his MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service with a focus on International Security, and received his BA in Politics from Brandeis University. Twitter: @ReaderRabott
Matthew Beinart
Matthew Beinart is Defense Daily’s senior Congressional reporter and he also covers the Army, Marine Corps, cyber security and the Pentagon. Matthew’s beat focuses on ground vehicles, tactical networks, major budget decisions and everything in between. Prior to joining Defense Daily in May 2017, Matthew participated in a reporting fellowship with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Twitter: @MBeinart22
Frank Wolfe
Frank Wolfe is the Air Force and Space Force reporter for Defense Daily. A native of the Washington, D.C. area, he has worked at a number of publications, including The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Forbes Magazine. Twitter: @fwolfe18
Sarah Salem
Sarah Salem covers the U.S. nuclear weapons programs at the Department of Energy and Department of Defense, and any bills, hearings or budgets in Congress pertaining to those programs. Sarah focused on economics, Russian studies and Middle Eastern studies at William and Mary for her bachelor’s degree and at American University for her master’s degree in international journalism. Her work has been featured in publications like The Washington Post and Reuters. Twitter: @sssarahrsalem
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