Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army's Stryker brigades, the military's billion-dollar fuel bill and more.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Col. Samuel Edwards, the Army capability manager for Stryker brigades:
Infantry still the focus of up-gunned Stryker brigades
Dismounted infantry is the foundation of the Stryker brigade's fighting power, and that will not change as modernization programs make Stryker vehicles more lethal, according to the Army official responsible for coordinating the brigades' doctrine, training, personnel and materiel requirements.
A Pentagon spokesman told Inside Defense the military services have not yet determined how they will pay a $1.5 billion fuel bill, though doing so may require approval from Congress to shift existing funds:
DOD may need to reprogram funds to pay $1.5B fuel bill
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord made news last week when he said historic inflation rates driven by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have left the U.S. military with an unexpected $1.5 billion fuel bill.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently directed officials to "really take a hard look at tactical level" intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance:
Space Force head expects GMTI analysis in 'late spring'
Defense officials plan to release an analysis of alternatives surrounding the now-declassified Ground Moving Target Indicator satellite program in late spring, the chief of space operations said today, as the Space Force gears up to focus on further force design work in the service’s third year.
The investment timeline for the Navy’s unmanned systems portfolio remains dependent on the passage of the fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill:
Navy, industry want more clarity from Congress to ensure unmanned development
The Navy and its industry partners say ongoing congressional dysfunction is making it harder for the service to plot a path forward to increase its number of unmanned systems and invest in other emerging technologies.
Sikorsky-Boeing's Defiant X is competing against Bell’s V-280 Valor for the Army's Black Hawk replacement helicopter effort:
Defiant helicopter demonstrates Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft capabilities
A Sikorsky-Boeing helicopter vying to replace the UH-60 Blackhawk successfully completed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft mission profile test flights, the companies announced Tuesday.
Last but by no means least, some cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Biden signs memo extending cyber EO requirements to national security systems
President Biden is extending requirements in a major 2021 cybersecurity executive order to national security systems, in a memorandum signed today.