Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, Defense Department support to the COVID-19 response and more.
Inside Defense interviewed Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT) this week:
Tester sees ICBMs as 'ace in the hole' as he takes Senate defense appropriations chair
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, said he wants to see full modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, including the intercontinental ballistic missile leg of the triad, which is partly based in his home state.
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing this week on Defense Department support to the COVID-19 response:
DOD still looking for $11B supplemental to cover defense contractors' pandemic costs
The Defense Department needs about $11 billion in supplemental funding from Congress to support defense contractors with pandemic-related costs or else modernization programs and military readiness accounts will be raided, according to two senior Pentagon officials.
Document: Senate hearing on DOD support to the COVID-19 response
Some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 worked for defense contractors and had security clearances:
DOD security agency uncovers 'clearance issues' with some Capitol rioters, including contractor employees
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's new "continuous vetting" system has flagged "clearance issues" among multiple Capitol rioters, including some working in the defense industrial base, according to the head of the agency.
The Army's Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing Cross-Functional Team last year set up the service's first sensor-to-shooter learning campaign where it looked for ways to best employ sensor-to-shooter capabilities:
Army's PNT team wraps up first of five sensor-to-shooter learning campaign exercises
The Army's team in charge of enhancing soldier positioning, navigation and timing operational capability this month wrapped up the first of several exercises planned this year aimed at its sensor-to-shooter learning campaign efforts, the director of the team told Inside Defense in an interview this week.
Last but certainly not least, here's the latest on the presidential helicopter replacement program:
Marine Corps conducting initial operational testing for VH-92A presidential helicopter
The Marine Corps started its initial operational test and evaluation for the new VH-92A presidential helicopter earlier this month, program spokeswoman Megan Wasel told Inside Defense Friday.