Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Today’s Monday INSIDER Daily Digest includes coverage of the Pentagon’s Protecting Critical Technology Task Force as well as the latest on new requirements related to DOD services contracting.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Murphy told Inside Defense he’s focusing on improving the cybersecurity of defense industrial base networks:
Pentagon task force chief concerned 'transparency in contracts' putting critical tech at risk
The head of the Pentagon's Protecting Critical Technology Task Force is concerned "transparency in contracts" is giving U.S. competitors too much information about where critical military technologies are developed.
A provision in the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization legislation is zeroing in on Pentagon services data:
New law requires DOD to submit services contract data for inclusion in five-year budget
New defense authorization legislation requires the Defense Department to begin annually submitting data to Congress on the amount it spends for contracted services so the information can be included in the Pentagon's five-year budget projections.
The Navy is working to understand potential hardware commonality between its Future Vertical Lift program and the Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary effort:
Navy to finish Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike AOA by end of FY-22
The Navy plans to complete an analysis of alternatives on its Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike capability by the conclusion of fiscal year 2022.
Army Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley met earlier this month with National Reconnaissance Office officials as the service weighs relying on intelligence agency satellites:
Army, eyeing options for sensors to support very long-range fires, considers intel satellites
SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Army is exploring how it might utilize intelligence agency satellites for its very long-range precision fires systems in development, including the Strategic Long-Range Cannon and Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, new weapons that exceed the reach of the service's organic sensors and will require space-based assets to be guided to their targets.
Meanwhile, the Marine Corps is preparing to test the CH-53K King Stallion in summer 2020:
Marine Corps to begin CH-53K shipboard testing this summer
After correcting a series of technical deficiencies on its new heavy-lift helicopter, the Marine Corps plans to start its first shipboard testing of the aircraft this summer.
Lastly, the chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries told Inside Defense his company is watching the unmanned market mature:
Petters: Unmanned sector remains a 'distinct market'
The chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries said he's pleased with the company's progress in winning unmanned work, but said the market is still in development.