Sunday, June 15, 2025
Sunday, June 15, 2025
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Russia's military manpower buildup, plus Army Materiel Command's use of AI in its supply chain and more.
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the head of U.S. European Command, testified this week at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing:
EUCOM warns of Russian land buildup as Army eyes cuts in wake of Hegseth budget drill
The Army is reportedly weighing the most significant troop reduction in years, even as military commanders in Europe warn that Russia is reconstituting its land forces at a speed and scale which could challenge NATO deterrence before the alliance fully rebuilds its own.
Document: EUCOM, AFRICOM FY-26 posture statements
Inside Defense recently chatted with a senior Army Materiel Command official in Alabama on the sidelines of a big AUSA convention:
Army Materiel Command wants to use AI to identify critical supply chain gaps
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- When Richard Martin, the director of supply chain management at Army Materiel Command, wants to find out more information about a long-lead item, he can see how many vendors are on contract and which ones have delivered on time. But Martin and his AMC team want to know more.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman spoke to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission this week:
Space Force needs S&T funding to compete with China’s space efforts
The Space Force will need to secure more funding for early-stage developments that have the potential to fail if the U.S. hopes to remain competitive with China in future space capabilities, according to the service's top officer.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), in a Washington Post op-ed, wrote this week that the "opening salvo" of the reconciliation package, combined with his acquisition reform proposal and an "additional real growth" in the defense topline for fiscal year 2026, would be akin to a good "opening act":
Wicker sees GOP budget resolution as 'opening act' for major defense surge
Senate Republicans have proposed a budget reconciliation package that would pump $150 billion into the U.S. defense topline in the coming years, with one senior GOP chairman laying out an ambitious vision for new spending and reform that he says would mirror the Reagan and Eisenhower eras.
The first GENUS regional repair element will be housed within the Support Center Pacific at Kadena Air Base, Japan and operated by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex:
First Air Force GENUS nodes to stand up in Japan in three to five years
The Air Force Sustainment Center is finalizing plans with Japan to establish the first Regional Repair Facility via the Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment in the next three to five years, Inside Defense has learned, but a pilot program could arrive in as soon as one year.