Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on missile defense, the LOGCAP V program, Navy financial management systems and more.
On Aug. 29, the Missile Defense Agency plans to brief industry on a draft solicitation for a clean-sheet redesign of a new booster and warhead for the Ground Based Midcourse Defense segment of the Ballistic Missile Defense System:
MDA to brief industry this week on draft NGI solicitation as Lord criticizes RKV acquisition
The Missile Defense Agency is launching the Next Generation Interceptor program with a "Kick Off Industry Day" this Thursday, moving quickly to begin a follow-on to the Redesigned Kill Vehicle project terminated last week as a senior Pentagon official today issued a rebuke of the acquisition strategy behind the failed $1.2 billion RKV program.
The U.S. government recently said a federal claims court "lacks jurisdiction" to entertain a complaint by a PAE-Parsons team regarding the LOGCAP V program:
Government seeks dismissal of PAE LOGCAP V case
The U.S. government late last week filed for dismissal of a LOGCAP V case filed by a PAE-Parsons team.
Navy Comptroller Thomas Harker and acquisition executive Hondo Geurts late last week spoke to reporters at the Pentagon:
Navy completes cloud migration of financial management systems
The Navy today announced it completed a technological refresh of its financial management systems, which encompassed consolidating nine ledgers down to one cloud-based system, known as Enterprise Resource Planning.
Chris O'Donnell, deputy assistant secretary of defense for platform and weapon portfolio management within the office of the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, spoke at last week's Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference in Washington:
Pentagon exploring whether to outsource counter-drone mission at U.S. bases
The Pentagon's acquisition and sustainment office is exploring whether the Defense Department should shift to a model where it pays contractors to defend some U.S. military installations from unmanned aerial systems, rather than using government personnel and systems.
Last but not least, some cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Wireless industry warns of costs, other concerns from NIST cyber standards for defense contractors
The wireless communications industry says the National Institute of Standards and Technology has likely underestimated the vast costs for contractors in implementing proposed changes for standards in protecting Defense Department data from foreign adversaries such as China and Russia.