Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's KC-46 airborne refueling tanker program, the Navy's MQ-8C Fire Scout program and more.
Boeing executives spoke about the KC-46 airborne refueling tanker during this morning's quarterly earnings call:
Boeing logs $402 million KC-46 charge
Boeing reported today that its KC-46 tanker program saw a $402 million pre-tax charge in the final quarter of 2021, according to a breakdown of the company's Q4 results.
The Navy doesn't know if Link-16 will be integrated into MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters within the next two years:
Navy uncertain on timeline for Link-16 integration to MQ-8C
The Navy is uncertain if it will reach its goal to integrate Link-16 into the MQ-8C Fire Scout fleet by fiscal year 2023, according to a service official.
A senior Navy admiral spoke this week about the effects of a potential yearlong continuing resolution on the service's acquisition programs:
Navy: Yearlong CR would hamper shipbuilding, aviation and missile procurement
A yearlong continuing resolution would drastically affect Navy procurement and maintenance, a top service budget official told reporters Tuesday.
Lockheed Martin executives and officials from the F-35 Joint Program Office are still working through negotiations surrounding a deal for the lots 15-17 aircraft:
Lockheed, Pentagon 'struggling' to agree on components of next F-35 deal
A Lockheed Martin executive said today that finding consensus on a cost baseline with the Pentagon surrounding the next F-35 production contract has "proven more difficult than we expected."
Could video games be a solution for the Missile Defense Agency's Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications system?
DOD looks to video game industry for help with planning, positioning missile defense assets
The Defense Department is looking to the video game industry to help improve a high-consequence system used by U.S. military forces to determine where best to position guided missile interceptors and radars to defeat long-range missile threats, including North Korean nuclear-armed rockets.
Oshkosh has submitted a hybrid-electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the Army's consideration:
Oshkosh announces hybrid-electric JLTV
Oshkosh Defense has developed a hybrid-electric version of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the company announced this week.
The latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
OMB issues memo outlining final zero trust strategy with requirements on identity solutions
The White House Office of Management and Budget has released a memorandum outlining the government's strategy for moving agencies to using zero trust, which includes a focus on multifactor authentication and industry cybersecurity standards that go beyond personal identity verification.