Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the proposed U.S. Space Command, funding the southern border wall, BWX Technologies' quarterly earnings and more.
STRATCOM chief Gen. John Hyten told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning that the Defense Department is working to minimize any negative impact of the transition to a new U.S. Space Command:
Hyten indicates SPACECOM will retain space operations hub at STRATCOM HQ
The head of U.S. Strategic Command said today that regardless of where the Defense Department locates a new combatant command for space, a portion of that work would continue to be performed at STRATCOM headquarters in Nebraska.
Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy said earlier today that he and other officials plan to meet with acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford to discuss how the southern border wall will be funded:
Military officials to meet this week about using MILCON funds for border wall
Pentagon leaders are meeting this week to address how the military services would finance construction of a southern border wall, which is set to require $3.6 billion in diverted military construction funds following the president's national emergency declaration.
The CEO of BWX Technologies discussed his company's quarterly earnings this morning:
BWX Technologies CEO: Missile tube business 'hasn't been especially kind to us so far'
BWX Technologies' chief executive said today the company's missile tube rework efforts are on track, noting the majority of the repairs are scheduled to be complete by mid-year.
Navy research chiefs have new authority to award contracts of a certain size:
Geurts gives Navy research chiefs flexibility in awarding contracts
The Navy's acquisition executive has delegated authority to the service's research chiefs to award contracts up to $1 million for technology and prototype development, and to purchase a variety of materials for "experimental or test purposes," according to two memos obtained by Inside Defense.
Inside Defense yesterday received a statement from a Microsoft representative who said the company intends to continue developing an augmented reality display system for the Army:
Microsoft to continue working with Army on IVAS, despite employees' call to withdraw
Despite some employees' reservations, Microsoft says it will continue working on the Army's augmented reality display called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System.
Jeff Nebel, the Fire Support Coordination team lead at Marine Corps Systems Command, recently spoke about the service's Organic Precision Fires-Mounted capability:
Marine Corps to move to EMD stage for Organic Precision Fires in FY-20
The Marine Corps plans to move into the engineering and manufacturing development stage for its Organic Precision Fires-Mounted capability in fiscal year 2020, with a goal of fielding the system in FY-22.