Saturday, July 12, 2025
This end-of-the-week INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with a big Navy contract announcement, bad news for the national missile defense program, the Marines are looking for new ways to counter UAVs, news from an administration nomination hearing, a major vehicle manufacturer is bracing for tariff shocks, and more.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest starts with the Army’s new approach to budgeting, he Navy cancels a sizable contract, new legislation aimed at shipbuilding, a Marine Corps official talks about the service’s F-35 flee, and more.
This midweek INSIDER Daily Digest starts with a move by the House to pump billions into the Pentagon’s budget, the Marine Corps is close to finishing an unmanned roadmap, news on the domestic magnetic supply chain, and a new proposal for missile defense spending.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest begins with an industry pitch to do more with a robotic vehicle for the Marine Corps, he Pentagon’s Replicator UAV program is headed toward a big milestone, the Marine Corps gets new counter-drone capability, and Anduril has a big announcement on an electronic warfare program.
We start this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest with a congressional move to inject another $150 billion into Pentagon spending, budget questions are holding up a Space Development Agency program, there’s new missile defense guidance out, and the cost of the U.S. nuclear effort has increased by $190 billion.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest begins with a Pentagon review of existing advisory boards, some thoughts on keeping DOD software buys simple, the Navy testing some underwater vessels, Navy amphibious ship requirements news, ‘Signalgate’, and more.
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with the aircraft carrier industry warning of production interruptions without more funding, the Space Force is examining how it writes requirements, some cyber CMMC news, the Army has had its LTAMDS buy cut in half in 2025, and more.
We start off this midweek INSIDER Daily Digest with news about anti-drone systems for a major U.S. command, the latest national intelligence view of the world, a new hypersonic defense test, news from the Army’s Project Convergence, and more.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with an Air Force decision to update the fleets at several Air National Guard units, DOD identifies more Chinese military companies, a new report says the Navy’s shipbuilding budget will grow quite a bit in the years to come, and the Navy is looking to buy a new landing ship.
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest begins with news on the Space Force issuing some commercial contracts soon, the former Speaker of the House comments on Trump’s national security picks, the top uniformed Army officer is once again talking about flexible funding, and some details on the Space Force’s ‘watch list.’
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest looks at the AI needs of a major warfighting command, news from the Pentagon’s Replicator program, the Army is looking for help with cybersecurity, and some words from the exiting DOD comptroller.
This midweek INSIDER Daily Digest takes a look at how U.S. weapons transfers are leaving some bare shelves in INDOPACOM, the Navy is taking another step toward a new nuclear weapon, the Pentagon comptroller expects a bigger defense budget for the next administration, and the Army is beginning the process of acquiring a new radar.
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest starts with a look at the Navy searching for shipbuilders to work on its latest frigate, an AUKUS hypersonic agreement, a $4 billion defense industry acquisition, the Army is looking to punch up its vehicle electronic warfare, and more.
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest begins with a look at Air Force future research, news from our Inside Cybersecurity colleagues, Pentagon action to prohibit the use of foreign made drones, the Biden administration’s race to get Ukraine money out the door, and a new Army TNT facility being built.
This Veteran’s Day INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with new money going to defense microelectronics, some preventative moves made against foreign-made drones, how climate change will be handled by the incoming administration, and some counter UAS news.
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest starts with a deep dive into a private funding plan for the Navy’s submarine industrial base, more Microelectronics Commons news, Oshkosh believes it can make up for the loss of a combat vehicle contract with a postal truck, and some cyber news on the zero trust front.
This midweek INSIDER Daily Digest begins with a look to the future of Army combat vehicles, some bad news for taxpayers on Air Force spending, news from the Microelectronics Commons community, and our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity report on zero trust issues.
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with a look at a massive environmental review of the proposed missile defense site on Guam, the Defense Department issues a roadmap for its new industrial base strategy, an industry group has questions on how CMMC requirements will move through the systems, and congressional members want the White House budget office to examine the Navy’s submarine funding plan.
This Monday INSIDER starts with the Army revamping its industrial base, a missile defense radar may be in for some changes, a new Space Force contract, the White House releases a memo on artificial intelligence, and more.
Contractors are being asked if they can produce one of the key ballistic missile warning radars for the Missile Defense Agency, a program that is being given a significant boost in the agency's fiscal year 2025 budget.