Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has more coverage of the Defense Department's latest Selected Acquisition Report summaries and more.
The Pentagon's latest Selected Acquisition Report summaries have new cost figures for the Air Force's presidential aircraft replacement program:
Price tag for new Air Force One program jumps to $5.2 billion
The Presidential Aircraft Replacement program will cost $5.2 billion, the Pentagon revealed last week, roughly $500 million more than the $4.6 billion Air Force estimate for the pair of new highly modified Boeing 747-8s presented to Congress in March -- and a year after President Trump claimed White House negotiations saved more than $1.4 billion on the VC-25B development contract.
Document: DOD's December 2018 selected acquisition report summaries
More news from the SAR summaries, in case you missed it:
Air Force launch costs up $4.1B in updated acquisition report
The Air Force's National Security Space Launch program costs have grown $4.1 billion since last December, due largely to new investment in rocket system development, according to a summary of the program's Selected Acquisition Report.
New F-35 SAR reports $25 billion cost growth
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program costs grew in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, according to a new Selected Acquisition Report, which reflects a $25 billion increase in base year 2012 dollars, driven largely by a refined Block 4 cost estimate and new sustainment cost projections.
In a partnership between DOD's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Air Force Research Lab, DARPA's plan X program will be rebranded as project IKE -- which now aims to scale and operationalize the capabilities developed during five years of work with the research agency:
Air Force takes ownership of DARPA cyber warfare program
A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that laid the foundation for planning and execution of cyber operations is now being transitioned to the Air Force.
Inside Defense late last week interviewed Maj. Gen. David Francis, commandant of the Rotary Wing Flight School for Army Aviation and Ft. Rucker, AL:
Reprogramming delay could impact Army aviation readiness
If Congress does not approve a reprogramming request sent by the Army, the service's aviation training could suffer, according to an official.
The Navy received a letter on July 17 authorizing a $79 million funding increase for the Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion:
Congress approves remaining $79 million reprogramming for CH-53K
Congressional defense committees recently approved the second half of a reprogramming request for the Marine Corps' new heavy-lift helicopter program.