Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest features a Pentagon reprogramming request partially approved by lawmakers, a chat with the head of the Army Cyber School and more.
House and Senate lawmakers recently had their say about a billion-dollar Pentagon reprogramming request:
Lawmakers defer chunk of DOD's $1B budget transfer request
The Defense Department in mid-July requested authority from Congress to shift nearly $1 billion to address "unforeseen military requirements," but lawmakers approved a transfer of only $670 million, according to a new Pentagon budgetary reprogramming document.
Inside Defense spoke this week with Col. Paul Craft, chief of cyber and commandant of the Army Cyber School at Ft. Gordon, GA:
Army Cyber Command wants to expand direct commissioning program and add more officers
Army Cyber Command is considering expanding its direct commissioning program to other military specialties, according to a service official.
Gen. Mike Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, spoke at an event hosted by the Air Force Association today:
Holmes: 24th, 25th Air Forces merger delayed until fall, organizational restructure underway
The integration of the 24th and 25th Air Forces has been pushed back to this fall, according to the head of Air Combat Command, who revealed details about restructuring plans under the combined organization.
The Air Force this week 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.
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.