Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The DEPSECDEF addressing the media leads off this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan spoke with reporters at the Pentagon this morning. Our coverage so far:
Deputy defense secretary says new strategy will be 'much more alive in POM-20'
The Pentagon is preparing to release a National Defense Strategy next month that the deputy defense secretary says directly informs the fiscal year 2019 budget, set to be released in early February.
Shanahan: Griffin 'a possibility' for re-delegated PDSA responsibilities
Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan told reporters this week the likely new Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin is a possible candidate to take over the duties of the principal Defense Department space adviser role after Congress terminated the position and stripped those responsibilities from the Air Force secretary in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Deputy defense secretary: Gibson to serve as CMO, starting Jan. 2
Jay Gibson will move from deputy chief management officer to chief management officer, effective Jan. 2, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said today.
Inside Defense has obtained a list of acquisition programs the Pentagon wants to be considered "anomalies":
DOD sends Congress prioritized list of programs needing CR exemptions
The Defense Department has submitted to Congress a list of 56 new-start acquisition programs and 25 production-rate increases to be considered "anomalies" and granted funding exemptions under a new stopgap continuing resolution, according to a document obtained by Inside Defense.
Document: DOD's prioritized list of programs needing CR exemptions
A new cost estimate regarding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is out:
F-35 concurrency cost drops by 24 percent over 11 months
A new cost estimate on F-35 concurrency reveals a 24 percent drop or a reduction of $400 million over an 11-month period.
Oshkosh will be building more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles:
Army places $100 million order for JLTVs
The Army has ordered 258 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and 1,727 associated components from Oshkosh Defense for a total of $100.1 million, according to a Dec. 20 Defense Department announcement.
The Army has a new way of training troops on cyber warfare:
New Army tech accelerator will help develop key cyber training system
The Army's new Training and Readiness Accelerator will take part in developing a training range for the Defense Department's cyber forces.