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The SECDEF's visit to Capitol Hill, a new commercial industry item regulation and more highlight this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva are on Capitol Hill today:
Mattis previews new FY-19 tech investments to cover China, Russia
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis today told lawmakers the Pentagon's upcoming fiscal year 2019 budget request will make new investments in emerging technology areas necessary to address threats from China and Russia.
Document: Senior DOD officials' testimony on National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review
The Pentagon late last month published a new rule that incorporates provisions from defense authorization legislation from fiscal years 2013, 2016 and 2018:
Industry backs new rule on commercial item determinations
Industry groups are supporting a new rule intended to make commercial item determinations more consistent and bolster opportunities for nontraditional contractors.
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The Navy's P-8A Poseidon fleet is getting a bunch of new mission sets:
Navy broadens concept of operations for multibillion-dollar P-8A fleet
The Navy is broadening the mission set of the P-8A Poseidon fleet to include anti-surface warfare, disaster response, search and rescue and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
A new Defense Department inspector general's report looks at Navy IDIQ contracts:
DOD IG: Navy contracting personnel failed to properly report justifications for 14 contracts
Navy contracting officials failed to properly provide required documentation justifying their use of more than a dozen single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts, according to a Pentagon watchdog agency.
Document: DOD IG report on the Navy's single-award IDIQ contracts
Army Training and Doctrine Command will team with the Air Force's Air Combat Command to conduct a trio of exercises from March through July aimed at refining their joint operational concept:
Joint exercises to inform Multi-Domain Battle concept update
The Army and Air Force are mounting a collaborative effort to enhance their ability to fight in an increasingly complex operational environment.