The INSIDER daily digest -- Aug. 24, 2018

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest includes big news on an active protection system for the Stryker and more.

Inside the Army has details of how a small defense business won't be getting contracts to armor Stryker vehicles anytime soon:

Army drops Iron Curtain APS, considering others for November demo

The Army announced today it will not move forward with testing an American-made, non-developmental active protection system on the Stryker vehicle and will instead seek new alternatives.

The Defense Department ends a controversial independent research and development initiative:

Pentagon formally removes requirement for 'technical interchange' related to IR&D

The Defense Department today moved to eliminate text in defense acquisition regulations that required major contractors to engage in "technical interchanges" with Pentagon employees to ensure independent research and development costs were considered allowable.

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Check out the latest defense cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:

White House targets China with new foreign investment authority in NDAA

The White House is putting its sights on China -- a known international cyber aggressor -- as it develops regulations under new authority granted by recently enacted defense authorization legislation that strengthens the administration's ability to block foreign investments based on national security concerns.

Seth Spoenlein, the Army's space and terrestrial communications directorate's deputy chief, spoke to industry executives at a conference in Washington this week:

New Army ISR strategy prioritizes data mobility

The Army is shifting resources and focus to learn how to better package "small" data and hold onto it when adapting commercial systems for the tactical network.

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