Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Today’s INSIDER Daily Digest has the latest on the Missile Defense Agency’s plans for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense sustainment contract and the Navy’s unmanned systems campaign plan, among other news.
Earlier this month, MDA published a fourth request for information on future GMD, following three previous notices:
MDA tweaks notional GMD disaggregation concept again, now eyes four possible elements
The Missile Defense Agency is refining its plan to potentially disaggregate the Ground-based Midcourse Defense sustainment contract, setting the stage for a major realignment of industry participation.
The Air Force is considering how to adapt older platforms to work with an “Internet of Things” for the military:
USAF challenging legacy programs to integrate with ABMS, though uncertainty remains
The Air Force has directed legacy programs to quickly integrate with the Advanced Battle Management System, though it’s not necessarily clear to what extent aging platforms will play into the broader vision for joint all-domain command and control.
The Navy’s top weapons buyer said this week that its unmanned systems campaign plan will serve as an “alignment document”:
Geurts: Unmanned plan will synchronize efforts across the Navy
The Navy’s chief weapons buyer said yesterday the service’s new campaign plan for unmanned systems will strive to “align” various efforts across the operational fleet, developmental squadrons, warfare centers and the acquisition corps.
Meanwhile, L3Harris Technologies is sharing more details about the contract it won this summer to develop and produce a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel:
L3Harris partnering with Gibbs & Cox, Swiftships to deliver MUSV
L3Harris’s new contract to build the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel includes the maritime technology firm Gibbs & Cox as well as the Louisiana-based shipbuilder Swiftships as subcontractors, according to an L3Harris executive.