The INSIDER daily digest -- August 11, 2023

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a nascent Army "man-portable, tube-launched, lethal payload munition, unmanned aerial system," the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Content Delivery Network and more.

The Army will be holding industry days in September to discuss how the service can work with contractors to field lethal unmanned systems and “create a climate of collaboration” on future investments:

Army will hold industry days next month on LASSO

The Army will hold industry days next month to discuss the potential fielding of the service's new-start Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. The announcement could signal the beginning of a competitive approach for the program, which the service acquisition executive described this week.

The Air Force this week released requests for information regarding the Advanced Battle Management System Content Delivery Network and a related Commercial Content Delivery Network:

Air Force details needs and uses for content delivery network for ABMS

The Air Force laid out part of its baseline infrastructure for its contribution to the Joint All Domain Command and Control effort by describing its needs for a content delivery network in a request for information posted Wednesday.

Document: ABMS content delivery network RFIs

A senior U.S. Space Command official spoke at this week's annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, AL:

SPACECOM still sees Russia as space competitor despite ongoing Ukraine conflict

Russia "remains a capable space competitor" even though the ongoing war in Ukraine has slowed down its pace of building space capabilities, according to Maj. Gen. Michael Morrissey, U.S. Space Command director of plans and policy.

Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity are in Las Vegas, covering the annual Black Hat cyber conference there:

Easterly, Ukraine cyber leader Zhora discuss lessons on partnership and resilience from war

LAS VEGAS -- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly emphasized the need for Americans to “internalize lessons on resilience” from Ukraine's battle against Russia in preparation for cybersecurity challenges the United States is likely to face in the next few years, during an evening keynote appearance at the Black Hat conference here.

We end off with a new Defense Department artificial intelligence effort:

DARPA offers $20M in prizes, support to developers of AI for software security

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a two-year competition for the development of an AI-driven tool to identify and patch software vulnerabilities, with the intent of widespread applications throughout the economy.