The INSIDER daily digest -- Jan. 24, 2017

Lockheed Martin's quarterly earnings, defense spending and the new SECDEF's first day are among the highlights of this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Lockheed Martin's CEO spoke earlier today about Trump and her company's quarterly earnings:

Lockheed CEO: Trump's focus is 'not about slashing our profit'

President Donald Trump is focused on "getting the lowest possible cost" on the F-35 program -- not on cutting Lockheed Martin's margins, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.

Don't expect a big bump in defense spending, at least according to these analysts:

Budget analysts bearish on defense spending -- 'It's not Christmas in July'

A panel of budget analysts agreed Monday that many factors are conspiring to halt a significant increase in defense spending, chiefly the 2011 Budget Control Act, which requires rare bipartisan action that will continue to prove elusive in the Trump administration.

News on Defense Secretary James Mattis' first official day at the Pentagon:

Mattis hits 'ground running' at DOD; appoints senior staffers

Defense Secretary James Mattis has "hit the ground running" at the Pentagon, starting his first full day with an intelligence briefing and appointing his chief of staff and senior military assistant, Defense Department spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said Monday.

Navy news:

Navy has not determined number of personnel needed for 355-ship fleet

The Navy has not determined the number of additional personnel it would need to operate a 355-ship fleet, but a rough estimate anticipates about 15,000, according to a Congressional Research Service analyst.

Surface Navy is interested in UAS helicopter to operate from small ship

The surface Navy is interested in technology similar to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research's unmanned aerial system that can fly vertically and horizontally from a small ship, according to a service official.

Army news:

DOD taps civilians to lead Army during transition period

The Defense Department has identified the career civilian employees who will steer key Army offices until new political appointees are nominated and confirmed.

Document: DOD memo on 'acting' leadership positions during Trump transition

PIM rate-of-fire requirement approved

The Army has taken steps to clarify the rate-of-fire requirement for the Paladin Integrated Management program, an area that was highlighted as a concern in a previous Defense Department inspector general report.

Air Force news:

Air Force chief anticipating 'healthy dialogue' about space organization

Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein is looking forward to a "healthy dialogue" with Congress about improving the way the Defense Department approaches space organization and investment.

Study finds fighter sensors, SBIRS can help complete airspace picture

Piecing together an airspace picture in anti-access, area denial environments that push surveillance aircraft farther away from the battlespace will require a family-of-systems approach rather than one platform that can do it all, according to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board chair.

Testing report shows AWACS falls short in data fusion, cybersecurity

Fiscal year 2016 testing on one of the Air Force's key surveillance platforms revealed "difficulty in combining various on- and off-board sensor data into a coherent single track on a consistent basis," according to the director of operational test and evaluation's annual report to Congress published Jan. 10.

Document: DOT&E's FY-16 annual report

AFRL eyeing launch of experimental navigation satellite in 2022

The Air Force Research Laboratory intends to launch a new, experimental satellite navigation payload in 2022 to demonstrate navigation technology and shape future GPS architecture.

Document: Air Force BAA on resilient architecture for navigation and timing