The INSIDER daily digest -- Dec. 6, 2022

By John Liang / December 6, 2022 at 1:15 PM

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the ongoing continuing resolution, a billion-dollar Black Hawk helicopter replacement contract and more.

The Pentagon's chief spokesman this week answered a question about the impacts of the ongoing continuing resolution on a host of weapon system programs:

DOD outlines harmful impacts of stopgap funding, including procurement and R&D accounts

The Defense Department is warning Congress that a host of national security programs will be damaged if lawmakers fail to pass a fiscal year 2023 spending bill and opt for a long-term, stopgap continuing resolution.

The Army has awarded Bell a billion-dollar contract for the service's next-generation helicopter:

Bell wins competition to make Black Hawk replacement

Bell has won a contract to produce the Army's new assault helicopter, the service announced Monday, bringing an end to a closely watched competition for one of the service's top modernization priorities.

More coverage from this past weekend's Reagan National Defense Forum in California:

Ukraine conflict sharpens industrial policy debate among top U.S. defense players

SIMI VALLEY -- Senior Pentagon officials and U.S. lawmakers spoke with top industry executives at a high-profile defense conference over the weekend about the need to rethink -- and aggressively fund -- the production of key weapon systems with supply chain vulnerabilities that have been highlighted by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

'Moderating our own appetite': Pentagon's RDER initiative won't gorge on funding

SIMI VALLEY, CA -- The Pentagon's rapid defense experimentation reserve is likely to see consistent funding requests moving forward, the Defense Department's chief technology officer said Saturday, a set-up that will encourage officials throughout the military to "tighten your belts a little" as the fledgling undertaking moves toward beginning and sustaining its demonstration efforts in the coming months.

Investing in carriers and decommissioning cruisers: Del Toro on FY-24 budget priorities

SIMI VALLEY, CA -- In addition to prioritizing its major acquisition programs, the Navy will make material investments for future Ford-class aircraft carriers in its fiscal year 2024 budget request and ask Congress to let the service decommission more cruisers.

Last but by no means least, the latest CMMC news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:

Number of registered consultants at Cyber AB declines as rulemaking process continues

The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is touting its progress over the past year in growing the CMMC ecosystem, while noting the number of consultants registered with the non-profit has declined due to ongoing work at the Defense Department to finalize regulations and kick off the formal program.

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