Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on U.S. Cyber Command, Lockheed Martin's multibillion-dollar acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne and more.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) is "profoundly concerned" about reports the Defense Department is preparing to end the dual-hat relationship between U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency:
Lawmakers push back on Pentagon plan to split CYBERCOM/NSA
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back on a plan from the Pentagon to cleave the shared leadership between U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency amid the waning days of the Trump administration and a massive federal cybersecurity breach.
Document: Smith letter on NSA, CYBERCOM
Lockheed Martin over the weekend announced a multibillion-dollar acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne:
Lockheed Martin to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in $4.4 billion deal
Lockheed Martin said today it has agreed to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne for $56 per share in cash in a deal worth a total $4.4 billion.
Lockheed's CEO held a conference call on the acquisition with Wall Street analysts this morning:
Lockheed Martin says it expects government customers to see benefits of Aerojet Rocketdyne purchase
Lockheed Martin's chief executive said today the company has not yet received "direct feedback" from government customers about its proposed purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne, but is hopeful "we'll have a mutual understanding of the benefits."
The Skyborg program intends to add artificial intelligence to drones so they can perform joint missions with manned aircraft:
Artificial intelligence pilot could soon fly with Skyborg drone
The Air Force is ready to integrate artificial intelligence with "attritable" drones and may soon put ARTUµ -- an algorithm that controlled a U-2 Dragon Lady's sensor and navigation systems in flight earlier this week -- inside a Skyborg aircraft, according to service acquisition executive Will Roper.
A federal court ruling issued last week allows Leidos to move forward with the $7.7 billion contract it won in February to provide services for the Next Generation Enterprise Network program:
Court rules in favor of Leidos in NGEN contract case
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied Perspecta's lawsuit over the Navy's award of the multibillion-dollar Next Generation Enterprise Network services contract to Leidos.
The request for proposals for a phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle development program has been released:
Army releases RFP for concept design phase of OMFV competition
The Army today released a request for proposals for the concept design phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program after restarting the competition earlier this year, according to service officials.
Document: Army's final RFP for OMFV design