Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Defense authorization legislation -- both old and new -- dominates this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Air Force used a mechanism included in Section 804 of the FY-16 National Defense Authorization Act to award a couple of contracts this week:
Air Force uses rapid prototyping authorities to award hypersonics, Next-Generation OPIR contracts
The Air Force awarded two sizable contracts this week for hypersonic weapons development and next-generation missile warning satellites using new rapid prototyping authorities granted by Congress.
The FY-19 NDAA contains language that approves the multiyear procurement of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet:
NDAA authorizes multiyear deals for Hawkeyes, Super Hornets
When President Trump signed the 2019 defense policy bill on Monday, he authorized multiyear buys of two major aircraft programs for the Navy.
In a presidential signing statement released Monday, President Trump reserves the right to disregard provisions in the FY-19 NDAA that "purport to restrict the president's authority to control the personnel and materiel the president believes to be necessary or advisable for the successful conduct of military missions":
Trump concerned about NDAA's Russia, Korea and JSTARS provisions
President Trump says he has "constitutional concerns" with dozens of provisions in the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, including those addressing U.S.-Russian military cooperation, continued stationing of American troops on the Korean Peninsula and the management of several weapon systems.
Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy spoke with reporters at a roundtable in the Pentagon this week:
McConville: Army S&T realignment is 'a good first step' toward NDS, modernization
Army senior leaders in developing its six-year spending plan required program managers to "justify" the purpose of any effort that does not directly support one of the service's six modernization priorities, according to the vice chief of staff.