Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon wooing commercial technology companies, the Navy's Arctic strategy, U.S. Central Command's future role in the Middle East and more.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford spoke this week at a Washington Post event:
Dunford implores Google: 'We're the good guys'
The Pentagon's highest ranking officer said today it's "inexplicable" commercial technology companies wouldn't want to work with the U.S. military.
The Navy's top civilian spoke this week at the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
Spencer: Navy should conduct freedom of navigation operations in the Arctic
The Navy should conduct Freedom of Navigation operations in the Arctic as it works toward an increased presence in the region, according to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing this week to consider the nominations of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie to become the next head of U.S. Central Command and Army Lt. Gen. Richard Clarke to become head of U.S. Special Operations Command. Here's a story on McKenzie:
CENTCOM proposes plan to 'recalibrate' force posture, shift personnel to other regions
U.S. Central Command, in response to a Pentagon directive earlier this year, has proposed a plan to "recalibrate" the U.S. military presence in the Middle East in accordance with the Trump administration's National Defense Strategy, a plan that will reduce force posture in the region in order to direct resources to high-priority areas around the world.
Document: Senate hearing on CENTCOM, SOCOM nominations
Don't expect the venerable U-2 spy plane to fly forever:
U-2, RQ-4 can help speed evolution of ISR in preparation for high-end conflict, official says
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- High-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft -- particularly Lockheed Martin’s U-2 Dragon Lady -- can serve as a bridge to the next generation of reconnaissance aircraft by acting as a test truck for new sensors, according to the commander of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing here.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said during a speech this week at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Space Industry Summit that the Space and Missile Systems Center's reorganization, dubbed SMC 2.0, has made significant strides:
SMC 2.0 achieves initial operational capability; Pentagon 'scrambling' to shape scope of new SDA
The Air Force's space acquisition hub achieved initial operational capability in November for a major reorganization, a development that comes as the Pentagon considers major management shifts that could change the way the Defense Department buys and operates space capability.
U.S. Transportation Command says it is interested in more aerial refueling provided by a boom than drogue:
TRANSCOM eyeing commercial air-refueling to help meet growing tanker demand
The Defense Department is contemplating a new program to allow private companies to provide aerial refueling services to military aircraft, an effort that would relieve the strain on up to 30,000 hours of unmet annual tanker needs and give defense contractors a linchpin operational role in the U.S. military's unique ability to project power around the world.