Saturday, May 4, 2024
Saturday, May 4, 2024
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The F-35 program, a new report on Navy pilots' physiological issues, the Air National Guard and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
A scheduled DAB meeting regarding the Joint Strike Fighter didn't take place this week:
F-35 Defense Acquisition Board pushed from early December
The F-35 joint program office confirmed this week that a Defense Acquisition Board slated for early December "did not happen."
The Navy needs to do better when it comes to investigating pilots' physiological episodes:
New F/A-18, E/A-18 report criticizes Navy's approach to physiological episodes
The Navy investigated a series of physiological episodes involving aircraft pilots on a case-by-case basis and not as a series of related events, according to a new government report that suggests the service could have more effectively reviewed the problem.
Document: NESC report on F/A-18, E/A-18 physiological episodes
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The head of the National Guard Bureau spoke at an Air Force Association breakfast this morning:
National Guard chief discusses effort to help Air Force combat pilot shortage
The Air National Guard's full-time force falls a couple hundred pilots short of where it needs to be, but the Guard is in a unique position to help grow the service's pilot pipeline, according to the head of the National Guard Bureau.
Freedom of movement remains the No. 1 challenge for the Army in Europe:
Army seeking solutions for limited mobility in Europe
As the Army exhibits a more visible presence in Europe, it has realized the barriers it faces on the ground, and is forming strategies to better move around the continent.
The Marine Corps recently held the final demonstration of a prototype of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System:
UAV autonomy solution spurs Marine Corps to 'cross bins' with mission sets
A new technology for unmanned aerial cargo vehicles, demonstrated this week, is pushing the Marine Corps to change its thinking about mission sets, according to a service official.
The Missile Defense Agency doesn't have to follow the same contracting rules that the rest of DOD does:
MDA has 'unique' authorities to carry out Lord's accelerated pilot program
The Missile Defense Agency has unique authorities that allow it to move faster than the traditional acquisition system, which will advantage the agency in carrying out a new directive to reduce the acquisition lead time for the Standard Missile program, according to an MDA official.
Three defense industry groups will soon meet with the Pentagon's top procurement official:
Pentagon officials to meet with industry groups in January
The Pentagon's top procurement official is set to meet next month with three defense industry groups, according to the chief executive of the National Defense Industrial Association.