Saturday, May 18, 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
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This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on an Army aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system, a multibillion-dollar Air Force contract for an airborne command and control center and more.
We start off with coverage of an Army aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system discussed at last week's AAAA Conference in Denver:
Army anticipates deployment of first HADES system around late 2026
DENVER -- Army officials anticipate that the first High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System will be deployed sometime in late 2026 or early 2027.
The Survivable Airborne Operations Center design is based around a commercial aircraft that will be modified to meet military requirements and will include secure communications and planning capabilities:
Sierra Nevada wins $13B contract for SAOC
The Air Force awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. a $13 billion contract to design and develop the Survivable Airborne Operations Center, a key component of Nuclear Command, Control and Communication modernization, the service announced late last week.
The Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) framework software was delivered to the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Battle Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, CO:
FORGE framework delivered to OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center
Space Systems Command today delivered the first operational software to set up its framework for the ground systems of space-based missile warning and tracking, the command announced late last week.
The Army's fiscal year 2025 budget request dramatically slashes plans for the Stryker Upgrade program between FY-25 and FY-28 compared to plans the service forecasted in the FY-24 spending blueprint, cutting total spending by 43% and total vehicles upgraded by 62%:
Stryker Upgrade program now a billpayer in new Army POM; annual procurement slashed from 184 to 11
The Army's Stryker Upgrade program -- a project that as recently as last year enjoyed a $1.2 billion annual budget to up-gun and expand improvements across the armored wheeled vehicle -- is now a billpayer, with service leaders siphoning $1.3 billion from future plans to finance other projects.
The Marine Corps is requesting $111 million for the Medium Range Intercept Capability -- a system that combines the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar, the Common Aviation Command and Control System and parts of the Israeli Iron Dome to shoot down airborne threats including cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft:
Marine Corps looks to begin rapidly fielding MRIC air defense system in FY-25
The Marine Corps plans to raise procurement spending on its portfolio of air defense systems in fiscal year 2025 as it looks to begin rapidly fielding the initial battery of a mid-range interceptor system before the end of the upcoming fiscal year.