Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the defense secretary's recusal from the Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor contract award and more.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper wasn't involved in the decision to select Raytheon to build the Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor:
Esper recused himself from selection of Raytheon as LTAMDS winner, DOD says
A Pentagon spokesman said Defense Secretary Mark Esper took no part in the Army's selection this fall of his former employer Raytheon to build the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, a project company officials expect will deliver a potential $20 billion line of new business.
The Joint Strike Fighter program office is in the midst of a 180-day sprint to deliver major improvements to its software development environment:
F-35 JPO to sole-source DevSecOps support to Amazon provider
The F-35 joint program office is preparing to award Amazon a sole-source contract to support its "digital transformation" and incorporate a more agile, secure and rapid software development approach.
General Dynamics this week nabbed a multibillion-dollar Virginia-class submarine contract:
Navy awards GD Electric Boat $22 billion modification for Virginia Block V multiyear contract
The Navy this week announced a $22.2 billion contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Block V of the Virginia-class submarine program.
And in case you missed it, here is some defense budget news, specifically the ongoing continuing resolution:
Inhofe says GOP and Dem leaders must break defense policy bill 'logjam'
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said today the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill is being "held hostage" by legislative disagreements beyond his committee's jurisdiction and can only be finalized by Republican and Democratic party leaders.
Budget impasse delays DOD progress payments study
Congress' inability to pass a fiscal year 2020 budget is delaying the start of a Pentagon study that could change the way defense contractors have been paid for years.
Army official: Extended continuing resolution would impact STE efforts
An extended continuing resolution would impact the Army’s Synthetic Training Environment efforts, according to a service official.