Saturday, April 27, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Senate's supplemental spending bill plus coverage of the Air and Space Forces Association's annual Warfare Symposium and more.
A Senate supplemental spending bill passed early this morning doesn't have much chance in the House:
Senate passes $95B security supplemental after all-night vote
The Senate voted 70-29 to pass a $95.3 billion supplemental spending package early this morning that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with tens of billions intended for the U.S. defense industrial base.
The Air and Space Forces Association is hosting its annual Warfare Symposium in Colorado this week. Here's some of our coverage:
Kendall announces details of restructuring for 'great power competition'
DENVER -- Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's massive restructuring of the service to compete against potential adversaries, such as China, will include a new command for generating capability requirements, a new process for deploying combat wings and elevated offices for electronic warfare and nuclear systems.
Air Force looking to improve radar on munitions
DENVER -- The Air Force's top commander in Europe today said he wants to add new capabilities to the service's munitions stockpile, including improved radar to locate and take down small drones.
The Air Force's top acquisition official spoke at an Atlantic Council event late last week:
Hunter: Foundational architectures the cornerstone for future Air Force acquisition
The Air Force will develop several foundational architectures that acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said today will better integrate the service and boost competition for major programs.
U.S. Special Operations Command chief Gen. Bryan Fenton told the Defense Writers Group last week that artificial intelligence will help counter unscrewed aerial system attacks in a multitude of ways:
SOCOM sees AI as key to countering unmanned drone attacks
The chief of U.S. Special Operations Command said today that integrating artificial intelligence and autonomy will be key to developing and fielding systems that can counter unmanned aerial systems.