Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a recent Pentagon inspector general report on cybersecurity of commercial-off-the-shelf information technology items with known cybersecurity risks and more.
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), co-chair of the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission, held a teleconference this week to discuss a July 26 report by the Defense Department's inspector general that found nearly $33 million in fiscal year 2018 was spent through Government Purchase Cards on commercial-off-the-shelf technology with "commonly known cybersecurity risks":
House lawmaker flags weaknesses in DOD micro-purchases, global 5G build-out
With a recent Pentagon oversight report on cyber risks and "micro-purchases" as a starting point, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) on Wednesday offered an assessment of macro cybersecurity issues and a call for U.S. assistance in the global build-out of fifth-generation network infrastructure.
Document: DOD IG report on COTS purchases
The Air Force today successfully launched its second Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL:
GPS IIIF on track for CDR this fall as USAF launches second GPS III satellite
Lockheed Martin said this week it is on track to complete a critical design review for the GPS IIIF navigation payload this fall and for the integrated space vehicle in the first quarter of 2020.
Reviews of the Long-Range Standoff Weapon will occur late in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019:
LRSO nuclear missile on track for system-level PDRs before end of this year
The Air Force's replacement to the Air Launched Cruise Missile is projected to complete two system-level preliminary design reviews this fall.
Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes spoke this week at a Defense Writers Group breakfast:
ACC Chief: Some Hill staffers skeptical of NGAD funding slope
The head of Air Combat Command told reporters this week he has been meeting regularly with congressional staffers during recess to discuss the Air Force's plans for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program and lawmakers' proposed $500 million cut to its fiscal year 2020 funding request.
Army Lt. Col. David Griffin, product manager for Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the program executive office for aviation, spoke this week at an Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems conference:
Army to replace Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
The Army is on its way to replacing the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System in brigade combat teams.