Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the FY-21 budget, plus Amazon Web Services seeking to depose top government officials about the Joint Enterprise Defense Information Cloud contract and more.
Here's our initial coverage of DOD's fiscal year 2021 budget request:
White House plans flat DOD budgets over five years, but Esper wants more
The White House Office of Management and Budget is projecting essentially flat annual budgets for the Pentagon over the next five years, well below the 3%-5% growth above inflation Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the military will need every year to reorient itself toward China and Russia.
Pentagon boosts new investments in emerging technologies, reducing procurement account
The Defense Department is proposing a spending increase in fiscal year 2021 for developmental technologies to prepare for 21st century competitions with China and Russia, but that new boost is coming amid a flat budget and at the expense of existing weapon systems, according to a summary of DOD’s request to Congress reviewed by Inside Defense.
Space Force's $15.4B budget would support HQ standup, Next-Gen OPIR increase
The Defense Department's fiscal year 2021 budget request offers the first comprehensive look at the Space Force budget, which calls for $15.4 billion to fund the new service.
Navy asks to retire four LCSs, one LSD in $207.1 billion FY-21 budget request
The Navy plans to retire four Littoral Combat Ships and one Dock Landing Ship early in fiscal year 2021 as the service seeks to keep up with the new National Defense Strategy.
Air Force budget proposes $4.1 billion 'realignment' from legacy programs across FYDP
The Air Force's $168.9 billion fiscal year 2021 budget request proposes a $4.1 billion realignment across the future years defense program to fund increases in future air and space dominance capabilities through cuts to legacy bombers and tankers, Block 20 and 30 Global Hawks, Guard and Reserve Component A-10s and planned missile procurements.
Army realigns $13.5 billion for modernization across FYDP in FY-21 budget request
The Army is proposing over the fiscal year 2021 future years defense plan to cancel 41 programs and reduce or delay 39 that do not support the National Defense Strategy to free up $13.5 billion to fund its modernization priorities, according to the service's budget request released today.
Amazon Web Services has filed a motion to have President Trump as well as current and former senior Defense Department officials testify in the company's protest of the JEDI Cloud contract:
Amazon Web Services seeks to depose Trump, Mattis, Esper
Amazon Web Services today filed new documents seeking to depose top government officials about the Joint Enterprise Defense Information contract and pursuing new documentation about how DOD handled the program.
Keep an eye out for an Air Force request for proposals for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System fifth-generation connectivity program:
Air Force to release RFP for AWACS fifth-generation gateway program
The Air Force plans to solicit proposals from industry for a gateway capability that can be added to an E-3 Sentry to enable data sharing between fifth-generation and fourth-generation aircraft.
Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten have been directed to launch a joint all-domain command and control cross-functional team:
Norquist directs establishment of JADC2 cross functional team
Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist officially ordered the establishment of a joint all-domain command and control cross-functional team in a memo signed last week.
Some Joint Strike Fighter news:
Air Force expects fix this spring to cracked F-35 panels caused by gun misalignment
The Air Force expects the F-35 program will begin fielding a fix this spring that will address problems with the A-model gun that have caused cracks in the muzzle.
Last but certainly not least, some Army combat vehicle news from late last week:
Army eyes '5th generation combat vehicle technologies' to design tank for 2040 battlefield
The Army has launched an effort to identify "5th generation combat vehicle technologies" as part of a new anti-armor study that aims to produce a roadmap for building a tank meant to counter projected threats in 2040.
Army reopens competition for Bradley replacement
For the second time, the Army is opening the competition for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, releasing today a new market survey tied to a minimally prescriptive wish list and a strategy that shifts most of the initial cost burden to the service, in a bid to regain industry's trust after a faulty start.