Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has some big news about the Army's combat vehicle programs as well as coverage of Lockheed Martin's multidomain command-and-control efforts and more.
To help finance the new Next Generation Combat Vehicle program, the Army is terminating the planned Bradley A5 upgrade effort:
Army accelerates NGCV, planning draft RFP for October and two EMD awards next year
Army Secretary Mike Esper has directed the service to accelerate the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program, establishing a two-pronged project to immediately launch a major competition to replace the Bradley fleet with NGCV optionally manned fighting vehicles, while also establishing an NGCV robotic combat vehicle project to mature technologies for future platforms.
Lockheed Martin recently invited reporters to watch part of its fourth, week-long event in a series of multidomain command-and-control tabletop exercises at a company facility in Suffolk, VA:
Lockheed seeks path forward for MDC2 as wargame tools, processes mature
SUFFOLK, VA -- Lockheed Martin officials say the Air Force needs to give industry a better sense of how the military wants to approach multidomain command-and-control so companies can tailor their investments.
A Navy aircraft carrier will be getting 3D printers:
Stennis to be first aircraft carrier with additive manufacturing lab
The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN-74) will become the first Navy ship in its class to receive an advanced manufacturing lab consisting of four 3D printers, according to a Navy spokeswoman.
Defense cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Bolton touts cyber deterrence amid reports of Mattis poised to issue cybersecurity statement
President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, is touting the deterrence benefit of offensive operations in cyberspace, as the administration has reportedly unleashed the U.S. military to pursue cyber aggressors and as high-ranking officials have pledged a more active role in countering foreign cyber adversaries, including sources indicating Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is poised to issue a cybersecurity statement.
China's cyber operations are modeled on CYBERCOM, Pentagon report says
China's development of a Strategic Support Force for cyber and electronic warfare is modeled on the consolidation of operations under U.S. Cyber Command, according to a new Pentagon report, which describes China's push for global dominance in cyberspace.
Document: DOD's 2018 report on China's military power