Saturday, May 18, 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Key Issues GAO on F-35 SLCM-N program office PrSM funding
An early look at an upcoming House Armed Services Committee hearing, unmanned systems and more highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.
A preview of the budget issues the chiefs of the military services will touch on during this week's House Armed Services Committee hearing:
Pentagon pivots from seeking supplemental spending to fending off fiscal crisis
After spending weeks dispatching senior leaders to Capitol Hill to make the case for $30 billion in additional fiscal 2017 defense spending, the Pentagon is now worried partisan gridlock might leave it without any new FY-17 funding.
Some unmanned systems news from the Marine Corps:
Marines will focus S&T dollars on autonomy and integrating tech on trucks
In the near term the Marine Corps will set aside the bulk of its science and technology funding for autonomy, specifically looking at how to integrate that capability onto trucks, according to an official.
Marine Corps wants Navy to take part in large, sea-based UAS program
The Marine Corps is encouraging the Navy's surface warfare directorate to join planning requirements for a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system, according to a service official.
Early coverage of this week's Sea-Air-Space Symposium:
Navy will reveal number of ships it will build once budget topline is set
The Navy will reveal the number of ships it will build once the Office of Management and Budget releases the service's budget topline and the 355-ship fleet the Trump administration has touted may turn out to be a target and not an immediate goal.
Army TARDEC Director Paul Rogers on a next-generation tank: "There's just not enough resources to do everything at once." Read more:
Next-generation tank prototype time line 'staggered' with IFV prototype
The Army's plans to begin prototyping the next-generation tank are based on the time line of the prototype for the next infantry fighting vehicle and availability of resources, according to the director of the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.