Defense Daily

Name

Defense Daily

Legal name

Defense Daily (Access Intelligence, LLC)

Website

https://defensedaily.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Industry News & Intelligence

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO), News & Public Affairs Syndication (MPABAMAF)

Keywords

• Defense industry news
• Defense newsletters
• Market intelligence
• Defense reporting
• Military intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Paid Subscriptions: Defense Daily generates revenue through paid newsletter subscriptions including the main Defense Daily newsletter, Capitol Hill Report, Military Space Update, and other premium publications delivered to defense industry professionals and government officials.
2. Advertising: The publication generates revenue through advertising opportunities and a media kit for advertisers seeking to reach the defense industry audience.
3. Career Center / Job Postings: Revenue generated through job postings on jobs.defensedaily.com targeting defense industry professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Defense Daily is a subscription-based defense industry news publication providing independent reporting on US defense programs from policy and budgets through funding, fielding, and operational performance. The product portfolio includes a paid flagship newsletter, multiple free specialty e-letters (Weekly Digest, Capitol Hill Report, Military Space Update, Defense Watch), a corporate multi-user intelligence platform (Defense Daily Network), and a defense industry career center.

Product overview

Defense Daily is a subscription-based defense industry news and intelligence publication operated by Access Intelligence. The core product is the paid Defense Daily subscription delivering independent reporting across government and industry. The portfolio includes four free newsletters (Weekly Digest, Capitol Hill Report, Military Space Update, and Defense Watch) and an enterprise-level Defense Daily Network platform for corporate users. The offering is a content platform rather than a software product, serving defense professionals with news, analysis, and industry coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Defense Daily Weekly Digest: A free weekly e-letter delivered every Tuesday, providing important defense and aerospace developments to industry leaders.
• Defense Daily Capitol Hill Report
• Defense Daily Military Space Update
• Defense Watch
• Force Multipliers

Products and services

• Defense Daily (Paid Subscription) A subscription-based defense industry news publication providing independent reporting across government and industry, covering defense programs from policy and budgets through funding, fielding, and real-world performance. Targeted at defense industry professionals and government officials.
• Defense Daily Weekly Digest A free weekly e-letter delivered every Tuesday providing important defense and aerospace developments to industry leaders.
• Defense Daily Capitol Hill Report A free Monday briefing for lawmakers and staff tracking defense policy, programs, and industry movements.
• Defense Daily Military Space Update A free biweekly snapshot covering Space Force priorities, Space Systems Command programs, SDA architectures, and congressional and industry developments.
• Defense Watch A free Monday roundup providing a quick digest of timely developments, emerging signals, and noteworthy items across the defense industry.
• Defense Daily Network (Corporate) A corporate business-building tool providing multiple users within one organization access to defense news, market research, competitive analysis, and actionable intelligence, available through corporate arrangements.
• Defense Daily Career Center A defense industry job board (jobs.defensedaily.com) where employers can post job openings targeted at defense sector professionals and job seekers can find relevant defense industry positions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of defense professionals subscribe to various Defense Daily newsletters including Capitol Hill Report

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Janes (Janes Defence Weekly): Janes is a subscription-based defense and intelligence publisher delivering in-depth analysis of defense programs, platforms, and country-by-country capability assessments, directly overlapping with Defense Daily's paid intelligence offering.
• Breaking Defense: Breaking Defense is a digital-first defense industry news outlet covering policy, programs, budget, and technology for defense professionals and government officials — directly competing with Defense Daily for the same vertical audience and advertising spend.
• C4ISRNET / Defense Systems (Sightline Media): C4ISRNET and Defense Systems are defense industry publications covering networks, weapons systems, and program modernization, competing for the same defense technology and acquisition audience as Defense Daily.
• War on the Rocks: War on the Rocks is a digital defense and foreign policy publication providing analysis on strategy, policy, and operations, competing for the same defense professional and policymaker audience with both free and subscription offerings.
• The War Zone (The Drive): The War Zone is a digital defense and military technology publication providing in-depth reporting on platforms, weapons, and operations, partially overlapping with Defense Daily's coverage of advanced technology, missile defense, and unmanned systems.
• Defense News: Defense News is a long-established defense industry publication covering global defense policy, programs, and procurement, serving defense industry executives, government officials, and military leaders — the same core readership as Defense Daily.
• Inside Defense: Inside Defense is a subscription-based defense news and analysis publication covering Pentagon programs, budgets, and congressional activity — directly comparable in paid-newsletter business model and defense professional audience to Defense Daily.
• USNI News (U.S. Naval Institute): USNI News provides independent reporting and analysis on the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and national defense, overlapping with Defense Daily's Navy/USMC, Missile Defense, and Congressional coverage beats.

Emerging players

• Task & Purpose: Task & Purpose is a digital media outlet covering military culture, operations, and veteran issues, with growing defense industry and policy coverage that partially overlaps with Defense Daily's defense audience and topic taxonomy.

Broad incumbents

• Aviation Week & Space Technology: Aviation Week is an established aerospace and defense publication covering aviation, space, and defense industry programs, overlapping with Defense Daily's aerospace, military space, and defense program coverage while serving a broader commercial aerospace audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/defensedaily

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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