Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's implementation of the National Defense Strategy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and more.
The Pentagon's No. 2 civilian spoke this week about how the Defense Department is handling the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while executing the National Defense Strategy:
DOD force structure analysis continues amid COVID-19 disruptions
Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist said Wednesday the Pentagon continues to conduct analysis and war games pertaining to its execution of the National Defense Strategy, including an assessment of Navy force structure, despite challenges posed by COVID-19.
Speaking of the effects of COVID-19 on Navy force structure:
Aircraft carrier boss: No 'near-term impact' on Ford due to COVID-19
The Navy admiral overseeing its aircraft carriers said the global COVID-19 outbreak is not having an immediate effect on the lead ship in its new class of flattops.
In case you missed it, the Air Force's top uniformed official spoke to the media this week:
Goldfein: USAF not expecting major delays to top programs, but three-month stall is possible
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein told reporters today the service is not yet projecting significant delays to major acquisition programs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said a three-month slow-down isn't out of the realm of possibility.
Goldfein: GAO report criticizing ABMS plans lacked real-time, classified info
The Air Force's chief of staff said today the Government Accountability Office lacked critical information about the service's plans for the Advanced Battle Management System in a report the congressional watchdog published last week that harshly criticized the program's strategy.
Keep an eye out for a Missile Defense Agency request for proposals coming out soon on the Next Generation Interceptor:
MDA releases portions of NGI solicitation to industry mistakenly marked 'final'
The Missile Defense Agency is pushing ahead with plans for a Next Generation Interceptor, circulating to industry today salient parts of a request for proposals that is still awaiting approval of the deputy defense secretary, a move that allows companies to get a jump on designing and building a new homeland defense interceptor before the project is formally accepted, according to sources.