Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
The nascent Space Force, a protest of General Electric Aviation's win of a helicopter engine replacement contract and more highlight this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Keep an eye out for a White House space policy directive:
President expected to sign key Space Force policy directive today
President Trump is expected to sign a key space policy directive today that would set up a new military service, but would fall short of establishing a new department for space.
The Army's helicopter engine replacement program is under protest:
ATEC protests GE's Apache, Black Hawk engine replacement win
Advanced Turbine Engine Co. said today it has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office against the Army's award to General Electric Aviation for the Improved Turbine Engine Program, intended to replace the engines in the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
More of our coverage from the recent AFCEA West conference in San Diego:
JPO planning a 'Pitch Day' for F-35 software development, sustainment
SAN DIEGO -- The F-35 Joint Program Office is planning to award up to 20 software development and sustainment contracts for "immediate" requirements to small businesses and startups later this year, according to the program executive officer.
Moore: Contracting strategies driving late DDG-51 maintenance deliveries
SAN DIEGO -- The Navy delivered only 30 percent of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers out of maintenance on time in recent years, and the admiral overseeing that maintenance believes the service's acquisition strategy is to blame.
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity scored an exclusive interview with a senior NSA official:
NSA official: Use of NIST framework provides 'holistic view' of cyber threat
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's framework of cybersecurity standards, released five years ago, helped power a cost-effective approach to cyber risk management at the Defense Department that aligns in many ways with how the framework is employed by the private sector, according to senior National Security Agency official Pat Arvidson.