Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a recent series of Integrated Battle Management System intercept tests and more.
The Army recently held a series of intercept tests of the Integrated Battle Management System:
Army says IBCS executes another round of intercepts during second live-fire test
The Army said it has intercepted cruise and ballistic missile targets during an assessment of the Integrated Battle Management System, raising service leaders' expectations that problems which plagued a similar test in 2016 are resolved.
Air Force Lt. Gen. David Thompson, who was nominated earlier this month to serve as deputy Space Force commander, spoke Thursday at the National Defense Industrial Association's Space Warfighting Industry Forum:
Pentagon close to determining which Army, Navy capabilities will transfer to Space Force
The vice commander of Space Force headquarters said today he expects in the next few weeks to reach an agreement with the Office of the Secretary of Defense about which Army and Navy space programs should transition to the new service, beginning in fiscal year 2021.
A Government Accountability Office report released this week looks at delays at naval shipyards:
GAO finds unplanned work and workforce issues are driving Navy ship maintenance problems
A government watchdog has found unplanned work and workforce problems are the two key factors causing the Navy to fall behind on aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance availabilities.
Document: GAO report on Navy shipyards
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord spoke with the media this week on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on defense contracting:
Lord defends request for contractor COVID-19 relief: 'I don't write blank checks'
Defense Department acquisition chief Ellen Lord today defended the Pentagon's request that Congress provide about $11 billion in emergency supplemental funding to mitigate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on defense contractors and weapons programs.
A new Pentagon report details the Defense Department's implementation of the Defense Science Board's recommendations on software:
New software report shows Pentagon is directing services to allocate money for 'DevSecOps' efforts
The Defense Department's chief information officer is requiring the military services to program funds in their upcoming budget submissions to support new "DevSecOps" software development efforts, according to a new software report recently delivered to Congress.
Document: DOD report to Congress on implementation of DSB software recommendations