Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Today's INSIDER looks at the repercussions of DOD scaling back a recently awarded cloud contract, the reason behind a smaller Navy-Marine Corps unfunded list, talks between North and South Korea, a Navy aircraft carrier buy, and the nomination of the next CYBERCOM chief.
Today's INSIDER Daily Digest includes a look at a new assessment of the threat of small drones as well as the latest from the chief of U.S. Africa Command.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller today released a new warfighting concept to guide Navy and Marine Corps forces fighting in the littorals.
In new guidance on how the Defense Department answers inquiries from Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expects the department to improve its communication with Congress "at every level."
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has issued a "mission, vision, and priorities" memo to service members.
The Navy has given a New Orleans shipping company a $3 million contract to "float" the Fitzgerald, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer damaged in a June 17 collision at sea, back to the United States for repairs.
The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve the transfer of $500 million within the Navy's fiscal year 2018 budget to pay for a second Littoral Combat Ship, which was not included in the administration's original budget request delivered earlier this year.
In today's digest, another Capitol Hill leader is expressing concern about the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, a top Pentagon official wants to further cut the cost of the F-35 and lawmakers are transferring money to a key Air Force effort.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford appear before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee this morning.
Possible money troubles for a new Army engine, a radar upgrade for the venerable F-16, and a huge contract issued by the Marine Corps start off this pre-Labor Day INSIDER.
The Pentagon's experimental office awards a contract, the Navy defends the Ford-class aircraft carrier, business news and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Air Force is short 4,000 aircraft maintainers, with the problem growing worse every month, and that fact is the No. 1 reason the service is facing a significant fleet readiness shortfall, an Air Force official told House lawmakers earlier this week.
The Army has halted work on a six-year-old environmental study that was considering the impact of adding nearly 83,000 acres to Ft. Benning, GA, citing a reduction in requirements.
This Wednesday the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee will meet to consider the Defense Department's approach to research and innovation.
In testimony this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said that if Congress rejects a package of pay and compensation reforms proposed by the Obama administration, the Defense Department will have to spend more than $30 billion over the next five years to pay for the resulting shortfall, with that money coming from readiness and force structure.
The Defense Department today announced that Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold will assume command of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, FL. Heithold is currently serving as the vice commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
The military's service chiefs appeared before the House Armed Services Committee today to warn lawmakers that automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration would do irreparable harm to America's national defense.
Cuts to the Navy's fiscal year 2013 budget driven by sequestration have created a $252 million "bow wave" of unfunded requirements the service will have to tackle in the next fiscal year.
The Pentagon's top weapons tester told a Senate subcommittee this morning that without more money and time to complete F-35 Joint Strike Fighter development tests, the services might be unable to deliver airplanes with the full military capability needed for operational testing in 2018.
The Defense Department is reaching out to the private sector and to any "experts and interested parties" in its pursuit of detecting counterfeit parts in the military supply chain.