Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
A pending Army Science Board study, the Air Force's Next-Generation ISR Flight Plan and more highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Army Science Board is slated this month to present findings of a new science and technology study:
Panel readying independent assessment of Army's $2.4B S&T investment plan
An influential Army advisory panel is preparing an independent assessment of the service's realignment of its science and technology portfolio to recommend any further recalibration in response to evolving threats while sticking to the service's $2.4 billion annual S&T budget.
Senior Air Force intelligence officials recently outlined the broad strokes of the service's Next-Generation ISR Flight Plan:
Air Force launches new ISR flight plan to shape next-gen enterprise
Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance leaders this week offered a peek into their newly approved Next-Generation ISR Flight Plan, which aims to boost the service's capabilities in space and cyberspace and position the enterprise for data-driven, high-end combat over the next decade.
The Army's program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical spoke this week at an AUSA event:
Army pursuing satellites, more bandwidth for integrated tactical network
The Army is inviting industry to get in on the ground floor of experimentation to develop more sophisticated systems to operate on the future tactical network.
Senior DOD officials are working to come up with an "affordable construct" for a space-based sensor layer, according to Gen. John Hyten, the head of U.S. Strategic Command:
STRATCOM chief says space-based missile defense sensor layer can be 'quite affordable'
The head of U.S. Strategic Command says developing and deploying space-based sensors to track ballistic missiles can be "quite affordable," in part due to new "commercial elements," despite cost concerns quashing past efforts to develop such a capability.
Related STRATCOM news, in case you missed it:
STRATCOM chief: Nuclear programs may need 'work-arounds' to stay on schedule
U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten said this week he is willing to be flexible on accuracy and other aspects of new nuclear weapons programs if an "operational work-around" would save time and money.