Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization conference report released late last night and more.
House and Senate lawmakers late last night released the conference report for the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill. Here's our coverage so far:
House and Senate lawmakers advance bipartisan FY-24 defense authorization bill
House and Senate lawmakers have agreed to a fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill, releasing the text of the 3,000-page legislation last night that would, among numerous other things, authorize $886 billion in total national defense spending.
Congress set to limit Air Force fighter jet retirement plans
Congress is teed up to place limits on several Air Force-requested aircraft divestments in its fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill.
Conference FY-24 defense bill drills down on Army night vision approach
The conference version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill continues the trend of close congressional scrutiny on the Army's night vision procurement strategy.
Defense policy bill features provisions on cyber red teaming, State Dept. capacity building
Lawmakers have reached an agreement on the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill that includes provisions on modernizing cyber red teams, evaluating the creation of a U.S. Cyber Force and creating a fund at the State Department for capacity building.
Lawmakers limit Air Force's ability to buy more than six KC-46As
The Air Force will not be allowed to purchase more than six additional KC-46 tanker aircraft under the final lot of the contract with Boeing, according to Congress' fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill released Wednesday.
A senior NATO official spoke about Ukraine with reporters this morning during a Defense Writers Group breakfast:
Senior NATO official calls for more aid to Ukraine amid congressional arguments
While Congress remains mired in debate over whether to provide additional support to Ukraine, a senior NATO official today said that continued aid -- and U.S. leadership -- is vital for the nation's survival.
The House Armed Services cyber, information technologies and innovation subcommittee hearing featured testimony from experts with backgrounds in innovation and commercial/government relations:
Think tankers suggest paths for 'disruptive' DOD innovation
A House Armed Services subcommittee held a hearing today in which think-tank analysts told lawmakers the Defense Department needs to continue to focus on "disruptive innovation" that will advance emerging technologies to counter global adversaries like China and Russia.
Document: House hearing on 'back to the future'
More coverage from this past weekend's Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, CA:
'Pernicious effects' of sequester could begin rippling before April if CR extended again
SIMI VALLEY, CA -- Any extension of a stopgap spending measure beyond early February would be "pretty calamitous" for the Army, triggering immediate consequences that include delaying weapon system acquisition milestones, delaying production-ramp decisions and cancelling training, according to a senior service official.
After a year of testing initial prototypes, designed by competing contractors General Dynamics Land Systems, Textron Systems and BAE Systems to serve as the ARV command, control, communications and computers/unmanned aircraft systems (C4UAS) mission role variant, the service now plans to procure ARV-30 prototypes for further testing:
Marine Corps to extend ARV prototyping phase and procure additional mission role variant for testing
The Marine Corps is extending the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle prototype evaluation period until at least fiscal year 2026 and preparing to add an additional mission role variant, equipped with a 30mm gun and turret, to the assessment.
According to the Space Force, Integrated Mission Delta prototypes will assist in streamlining operations and "increase capability development" by combining the functional areas under one command:
Space Force sees 'emerging successes' from new IMD prototypes
The Space Force is seeing "emerging successes" from its Integrated Mission Delta prototypes within two months of their launch that aims to combine service activities under one command, the service said in a Dec. 5 statement.