Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's inflation calculations, the Navy's FY-23 budget, the Army's plan to replace Javelin and Stinger missiles sent to Ukraine and more.
During a panel discussion hosted by the Center for a New American Security, defense analysts took the Pentagon to task for how it calculates for inflation:
Defense analysts: DOD too optimistic in FY-23 about buying power lost to inflation
Washington analysts who have had several days to dissect the fiscal year 2023 defense budget request today criticized the White House and Pentagon for using unrealistic inflation assumptions, but were uniform in their predictions that Congress would add tens of billions more to the Pentagon's coffers.
Inside Defense spoke this week with three House lawmakers about the Navy's fiscal year 2023 budget request:
Lawmakers view undersea programs strong in Navy's FY-23 budget, surface fleet numbers troubling
The Navy's undersea programs remain strong in the service's fiscal year 2023 budget request, but surface fleet numbers are drawing concern from three prominent House lawmakers.
The Army's acquisition chief testified this week before the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee:
Bush: Army's plan to replace Javelins, Stingers coming soon
The Army will "soon" send its plan to Congress for replacing thousands of Javelin and Stinger missiles that it sent to Ukraine, Doug Bush, the Army acquisition executive, told lawmakers today.
The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon a $651 million radar contract:
Raytheon awarded SPY-6 contract for Navy's next-gen ships
Raytheon Technologies has been selected to produce SPY-6 radar variants for seven different types of Navy ships.
We cap the week off with news on when an upgraded hypersonic strike missile could be fielded:
New, upgraded U.S. hypersonic strike weapon could be fielded as soon as 2026
The U.S. military has drafted a blueprint for the first incremental upgrade of its small fleet of long-range hypersonic strike weapons and has laid out plans for a two-year production of improved glide vehicles that incorporate new technology slated to be available for Army ground units and Navy ships in 2026 and 2027.