The INSIDER daily digest -- Aug. 22, 2024

By John Liang / August 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Science Board releasing a pair of reports, plus the Air Force's new Integrated Capabilities Command and more.

A pair of new Defense Science Board reports are out:

DSB: Digital engineering not a magic pill for flawed T&E efforts

Digital engineering can become a critical component in the Pentagon's test and evaluation efforts but only in the context of a sound T&E infrastructure, a Defense Science Board task force argues in a recently published report.

Document: DSB report on digital engineering

 

DSB urges Pentagon to adopt 'strategic shift' in test and evaluation

The Defense Science Board is calling for a "strategic shift" in the Pentagon's test and evaluation efforts, according to a report published this week.

Document: DSB report on T&E

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin spoke this week about his service's new Integrated Capabilities Command:

New Air Force requirements command to begin operations by this fall or winter

The Air Force's new Integrated Capabilities Command may take the longest and be the most difficult to execute out of each of the service's recently announced organizational changes, a top service official said Thursday.

Auterion, ModalAI and Neros, after being selected from a pool of 99 companies, have been tasked with developing prototypes to beat electromagnetic jamming systems:

DIU awards three companies prototyping contracts to beat electromagnetic jamming

The Defense Innovation Unit has selected three companies to prototype baseline hardware and software solutions for electromagnetic interference capabilities, the organization announced Thursday.

A new Government Accountability Office report recommends "U.S. agencies should improve tracking of authorized U.S.-origin defense article transfers requested by foreign donors" for Ukraine:

Watchdog: DOD and State need to improve oversight of foreign weapons transfers to Ukraine

The Pentagon and State Department need to do a better job of tracking foreign transfers of U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

Document: GAO report on military aid to Ukraine

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