Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy's unmanned system capabilities, an Army multidomain task force stationed in Germany and more.
Navy Rear Adm. Casey Moton, the program executive officer for unmanned and small combatants, spoke this week at an AUVSI conference on unmanned systems:
Moton: Navy moving deliberately to develop unmanned capabilities, implement unmanned campaign framework
The Navy is working on testing and scaling unmanned capabilities as it moves to implement its unmanned campaign plan, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, according to the program executive officer for unmanned and small combatants.
The Army is creating five multidomain task forces around the world to prepare for future warfare against near-peer adversaries, such as China and Russia, with one such task force in Germany:
Army to deploy 500 soldiers to Germany for MDTF and theater fires
U.S. Army Europe and Africa will receive roughly 500 additional soldiers for a multidomain task force and a theater fires command, the Army announced April 13.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks established an innovation steering group as part of a new Pentagon governance structure announced last month:
DOD officials preview 'innovation steering group' action on rapid tech adoption
Top Defense Department research officials have told lawmakers the Pentagon's newly formed innovation steering group is studying internal changes DOD can make to accelerate technology adoption and reduce barriers to working with the department.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Rick Giannini, the chairman of the Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition:
Carrier industrial base calls for continued carrier block buys, consistent refueling funding
A coalition of aircraft carrier industrial base companies is meeting with members of Congress this week to lobby for continued block buys of aircraft carriers and consistent funding for carriers' refueling and complex overhauls.
The Missile Defense Agency, which in February scrapped plans to issue a request for proposals for its original idea for a Regional Glide Phase Weapon system approach, this week published a "special topic" broad area announcement for "enhanced hypersonic defense":
MDA reboots hypersonic defense project, seeks industry Glide Phase Interceptor white papers
The Missile Defense Agency has launched a project to field a Glide Phase Interceptor -- a major U.S. military effort to develop a counter-hypersonic capability within the decade -- asking industry for proposals for a weapon compatible with the Navy's Aegis combat system with an eye to awarding contracts as soon as this summer.
Document: MDA BAA for hypersonic defense project