Sunday, May 12, 2024
Sunday, May 12, 2024
CYBERCOM, the Global Positioning System and more Air Force news highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Don't expect CYBERCOM to be separated from the NSA immediately:
Pentagon won't put time line on separation of CYBERCOM, NSA
Despite President Trump's decision to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command, the Pentagon will not put a time line on when the command will be separated from the National Security Agency.
Air Force news:
Air Force: GPS OCX bridge capability nearly 40 percent complete
Lockheed Martin is making progress on a bridge capability that would allow the legacy GPS ground system to operate new GPS III satellites until the delayed Next-Generation Operational Control Segment is delivered.
Air Force mulling further changes to PAR during preliminary design
The Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program office and Boeing are working on ways to drive costs down during the 18-month preliminary design phase, which is slated to begin after a contract award in September.
Classified change to B-2 DMS capability won't impact schedule, USAF says
A classified change to the Air Force's acquisition strategy for the B-2 Defensive Management System upgrade will not significantly impact the program's time line, a service spokesman confirmed this week.
Air Force increases SDB I funding for F-22, F-35 testing, integration
The Air Force announced last week it plans to award Boeing an additional $30 million to continue Small Diameter Bomb I integration support.
Lockheed to field upgraded F-35 maintenance trainers in late 2017
By the end of the year, F-35 maintainers will have access to 100 new virtual training modules through Lockheed Martin's Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer.
Inside Defense recently chatted with the head of Govini:
With new CEO and advisers, big data and analytics company Govini pursues growth
Govini, a big data and analytics company that helps users make sense of public-sector data, has brought on a new chief executive and named several well-known defense and industry officials to its board as it seeks new customers.
A new White House memo highlights the Trump administration's R&D priority areas for the entire government:
White House OMB sends out FY-19 defense R&D wish list
The White House Office of Management and Budget wants the Defense Department to give "special focus" to missile defense, hypersonic weapons, autonomous and space-based systems as well as other technologies when drawing up research and development investments for fiscal year 2019, according to a recent memo.
Document: OMB memo on FY-19 R&D budget priorities