Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Draft guidance on cybersecurity standards in defense contracts leads off this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Pentagon recently issued draft guidance on using cybersecurity standards in contracts:
Draft guidance could spell trouble for contractors not up to speed on cybersecurity
New draft guidance released by the Defense Department last week lays out how contracting officers can use cybersecurity standards in a procurement action, meaning companies who aren't complying with the security controls could soon be deemed too risky for DOD work.
The Marine Corps envisions purchasing new tracks to outfit both the Assault Amphibious Vehicle Survivability Upgrade and the legacy platform:
Marines look to U.S. allies for lighter-weight track for amphib vehicles
The Marine Corps is looking to U.S. allies to find a lighter-weight track that will enhance land mobility and water-swim capabilities of its amphibious vehicle fleet.
Document: Marine Corps' improved amphibious track RFI
House authorizers have noted a predicted increase in demand for short-range air defense capability will likely cause a higher demand for Stinger missiles:
House subcommittee raises concerns over Army's Stinger missile life span
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is concerned with the "adequacy" of the Army's Stinger missile inventory and its industrial base's "resiliency" in producing key components.
Document: House authorizers' FY-19 policy bill marks
The Defense Innovation Board has a new report out:
Innovation board says DOD should have source code for custom-built software
An influential advisory panel says the Defense Department should have access to the source code for software running on custom-built systems if officials want to improve security, performance and the speed at which DOD fields software updates.
Document: DIB's 'ten commandments of software'
The Air Force's acquisition chief spoke to reporters late last week:
Air Force, JPO working to identify F-35 'pathfinders' for agile software development
The Air Force is working with the F-35 joint program office to identify possible "pathfinder" projects to test its ability to incorporate agile software development into large programs of record.
Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for an Air Force announcement on hypersonic weapons development:
Roper putting final touches on revamp to speed Air Force hypersonic weapons development
The Air Force will make an announcement in the coming weeks on programmatic changes to accelerate hypersonic weapons development, the service's assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics told reporters this week.
The Navy earlier this month estimated the total cost to develop and acquire 22 AMDR ship sets through 2027 to be $5.8 billion:
Navy places order for fourth AMDR contract, aligns new radar buy with current Flight III program
The Navy has realigned orders for the Air and Missile Defense Radar program to better reflect current shipbuilding plans for the new variant of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers which will feature the new S-band radar, awarding a contract to Raytheon for a single AN/SPY-6 radar last week instead of two originally envision for fiscal year 2018, according to the service.