This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on South Korean conglomerate Hanwha getting into the U.S. shipbuilding market, NATO standing up a center to analyze lessons learned from Ukraine's use of space capabilities and more.
Mike Smith, president and CEO of Hanwha Defense U.S.A., today said module work represents the first step on a path to building the naval platforms of the future:
Hanwha eyes module production work at newly acquired Philly Shipyard
South Korean defense giant Hanwha aims to take on module fabrication work for Navy ship and submarine programs as it begins operations at its recently acquired Philly Shipyard, according to the head of the company’s U.S. defense business.
Ukraine is using technology for missile defense, drone protection and space and cyber capabilities in ways that could be beneficial to NATO operations, according to a senior alliance official:
NATO standing up center to analyze lessons learned from Ukraine's use of space capabilities
As a way to look at better leveraging space capabilities, NATO is standing up a "joint lessons learned center" in Poland that will look at the innovative and successful ways Ukraine has fought against the Russian invasion, according to a senior alliance official.
Anduril executives had announced the company is on contract to deliver the Bolt-M unmanned system for the Marine Corps' Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program, which is a loitering munitions program that will provide infantry with a beyond-line-of-sight, precision-strike capability:
Anduril on contract with Marine Corps to deliver new loitering munition capability
Anduril has unveiled its new Bolt family of "man-packable, vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous air vehicles."
To ensure robotic platforms continue to adhere to mission commands and are able to independently make reasonable decisions in future battles, the Air Force Research Laboratory says it needs to develop autonomous software beyond just functionality to also address battlefield awareness and decision-making:
AFRL wants autonomy to help guide mission management of AI-enabled systems
The Air Force Research Laboratory is interested in developing autonomous capabilities for analyzing operations and directing courses of action to uncrewed aircraft, according to a request for information issued this week.
Keep an eye out in the coming days for the final rule that will launch the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
Pentagon cyber chief McKeown: CMMC program rule is 'imminent' as pace to formal launch accelerates
The programmatic rule to formally launch the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is "imminent," according to Defense Department cyber chief David McKeown, who provided a rundown of where things stand with the rulemaking process and opportunities to help contractors reach compliance.