Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Marine Corps rapid prototyping efforts, defense contractor earnings, Quad A coverage and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Rapid prototyping could be the way forward for the Marine Corps:
Marines intend to reprogram funds to support rapid prototyping efforts
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA -- Facing tighter budgets and an ongoing continuing resolution, the Marine Corps is looking to reprogram funding and use prototyping to stretch their dollars, according to Navy and Marine Corps officials.
More defense contractor earnings news:
Raytheon, L3 report bolstered sales
Defense contractors Raytheon and L3 Technologies on Thursday reported their sales improved in the most recent quarter.
Keep an eye out for an upcoming Army Science Board study:
Advisory panel assessing readiness of U.S. forces to withstand nuclear strike and fight on
An influential Army advisory panel is assessing the readiness of ground forces to withstand a nuclear strike, specifically studying both the nuclear hardness and survivability requirements for the service's major weapon systems and the adequacy of testing facilities to verify the ability of tanks, helicopters and combat vehicles to withstand such an attack.
Document: ASB terms of reference memo for nuke hardening study
News from Quad A in Nashville:
Marion: Yearlong CR would halt ITEP, slow Future Vertical Lift
Ongoing funding instability is hurting critical modernization efforts for Army aviation, a service official said at an annual gathering here hosted by the Army Aviation Association of America.
McConville highlights challenges of future fight
The future success of Army aviation will depend on innovation not only in platforms, but in the service’s approach to warfare, according to a senior leader.
The CNO spoke this morning:
Navy to release future fleet vision
The Navy is finalizing a publication discussing the service's position on the composition and capability of its future fleet, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson.
News from today's Inside the Pentagon:
DOD's DT&E shop encourages tabletop exercises to focus cybersecurity efforts
The Pentagon's developmental test and evaluation shop plans to encourage programs to use tabletop exercises to help focus its cybersecurity efforts, according to the recently released annual DT&E report.
Document: DOD's FY-16 DT&E report
DBB technology task group expects to report findings in August
A new task group studying the impact of technology on the Defense Department workforce will present a briefing of its findings by August, the head of the group told the Defense Business Board during its recent quarterly meeting.
DARPA to hold event for Tactical Exploitation of Acoustic Channel program
The Pentagon's advanced research arm plans to hold a proposers' day next week for a program that intends to allow for long-duration source payloads on more affordable undersea platforms.
Document: DARPA's TEAC proposers' day notice
DSB: Vulnerability of U.S. military satellite communications 'a crisis'
Satellites the U.S. military relies on to wage war -- with the exception of those that operate on extremely high frequencies -- are at risk of being rendered inoperable by jamming and cyber attack, a "reality that should be considered a crisis to be dealt with immediately," an influential Pentagon advisory panel warns in a new report.