Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program and more.
Keep an eye out next February for a Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar contract:
Air Force eyes new 3DELRR integration contract by February
The Air Force's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program office expects to award at least one integration contract for the program's new rapid prototyping effort in February, after three companies demonstrated production-ready systems this summer.
Turkey's acceptance of a Russian air defense system has led to the U.S. government imposing sanctions:
U.S. imposes sanctions on Turkey over S-400 purchase
The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on the Turkish government today after Ankara ignored the Trump administration's numerous appeals to reverse its 2018 purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system.
The White House Office of Management and Budget has a proposed five-year plan beginning in fiscal year 2022 to divert $45 billion from the Army and Air Force to offset costs of growing the Navy fleet to more than 400 warships:
Trump trims Army to finance Navy fleet in lame-duck FY-22 budget gambit
The Army would be forced to dial back modest end strength increases planned for the near-term in order to help finance a lame-duck proposal by the Trump administration to dramatically increase the size of the Navy fleet, a move that would shave 1,700 troops from a planned increase of 6,700 -- a 25% decrement between fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
The Air Force's Gremlins drones had problems during a recent test:
Gremlins mid-air retrieval testing extended to 2021 after failed demo
Three X-61A Gremlins drones failed to enter the proper position for mid-flight recovery during the program’s latest test, again delaying the long-awaited first demonstration of the signature airborne retrieval system to 2021, according to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency press release Thursday.
BAE Systems last week won a multimillion-dollar Amphibious Combat Vehicle contract:
Marine Corps awards BAE Amphibious Combat Vehicle full-rate production contract
The Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems a $184 million contract for 36 full-rate production Amphibious Combat Vehicles following the program's initial operational capability declaration last month.