Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Biden administration's proposed fiscal year 2022 defense budget and more.
The Biden administration this morning released details on its proposed fiscal year 2022 defense budget:
Biden's defense budget seeks to cut legacy programs, eliminates warfighting account
President Biden is proposing a $715 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal year 2022, with plans to cut unspecified legacy weapon systems and eliminate a controversial warfighting account intended for overseas military operations, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Document: OMB's FY-22 discretionary budget request
Some military space news:
Space Force reaches agreement on capability transfers from Army, Navy
Space Force officials said this week the service is making progress on two efforts of significant congressional interest -- designing an acquisition system that delivers capabilities faster and determining which space capabilities will transfer to the new service from the Army and Navy.
Space Systems Command on track for summer standup
The Space Force plans to redesignate the Space and Missile Systems Center as Space Systems Command and will officially standup SSC this summer, according to officials.
Rear Adm. Paul Schlise, surface warfare director in the office of the chief of naval operations (N96), is spearheading a Distributed Offensive Surface Fires Analysis of Alternatives study that began in late January:
Navy considering alternatives to LUSV, packing amphibs, commercial designs more with long-range missiles
The Navy, which last fall proposed a $3.6 billion, five-year plan to launch a fleet of Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles packed with long-range missiles, is now conducting an analysis to determine if an LUSV is the most appropriate platform to add offensive punch to the surface fleet -- an assessment mandated by Congress and which the service aims to complete by October.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Gaylia Campbell, vice president of precision fires at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control:
Extended Range GMLRS flies 135 km in test
An extended-range version of the Army's Guided Multiple Rocket Launch System flew more than 135 kilometers in a March 25 test, Lockheed Martin announced.
DOD wants to "push the envelope" on 5G standards, according to Keith Gremban, program manager for DOD's "5G-to-NextG Initiative" in the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering:
Pentagon looks to influence 5G standards on cybersecurity
Defense Department officials are seeking to influence standards and specifications for fifth-generation wireless networks in key areas like cybersecurity.