Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Navy's latest strategic readiness review, the electromagnetic spectrum, a new AIA report and more highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Navy recently issued its strategic readiness review:
Spencer: Navy, Marine Corps need training requirement relief to focus on readiness
The Navy is seeking to reduce some of its training requirements, following a high-level review spurred by numerous ship collisions in U.S. 7th Fleet.
Document: Navy's strategic readiness review
The Joint Staff is pondering whether the electromagnetic spectrum should be designated as a sixth combat domain:
DOD driving toward new electromagnetic spectrum battle management ideas
The Joint Staff has wrapped up a Functional Capabilities Board review of an electromagnetic battle management initial capabilities document to be approved by the Joint Capabilities Board early next year, military officials recently told Inside the Air Force.
AIA has a new report out on the number of prime contracts awarded in recent years:
With industrial base review underway, new report finds significant decline in DOD's prime vendors
The number of vendors receiving prime contracts from the Pentagon shrank by 17,000 during the defense drawdown, according to a new report commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association and undertaken by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Microelectronics is an area the Pentagon wants to make sure is available within the United States:
DOD seeks public-private partnerships to gain influence in microelectronics market
The Pentagon sees public-private partnerships as one way to gain influence in a microelectronics market increasingly controlled by China, according to a defense official.
The Pentagon is concurring with a new GAO report on a component of the GPS system:
GAO: DOD needs organization to coordinate GPS receiver upgrades
The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Defense Department designate an organization to manage, collect and distribute test data for the Military GPS User Equipment program, which the watchdog agency says faces significant risk of cost increases and schedule delays.
Document: GAO report on GPS OCX
Three Air Force munitions programs recently issued contracts:
Three munitions programs see progress, new money
Industry this week noted progress on a slate of Air Force weapons -- including two early-stage programs -- the Defense Department wants to add onto aircraft in the next few years.
The Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center is being called on to integrate with the National Space Defense Center:
JSpOC transitioning to new coalition operations center in 2018
U.S. Strategic Command Chief Gen. John Hyten wants the Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center to transition to a coalition operations hub by the end of 2018.
A recent Air Force broad agency announcement asks concept papers to address "ISR state-of-the-art advancement":
Air Force C3 office seeks new ideas to integrate ISR into kill chain
The Air Force is gathering ideas from industry to shape the next generation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as it retires the MQ-1 Predator and looks to the future of its big-wing battle management, command-and-control and ISR platforms.
Document: Air Force BAA for ISR enabling technologies