The INSIDER daily digest -- Jan. 6, 2023

By John Liang / January 6, 2023 at 12:29 PM

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Black Hawk helicopter production, the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, the Defense Innovation Board and more.

We start off with some Black Hawk production news:

Army anticipates possible production of up to 120 Black Hawks between 2028 and 2033

The Army is planning for the possibility of up to 120 additional UH-60M helicopters to be produced between 2028 and 2033, according to a follow-on production sources-sought notice posted on Friday.

At the beginning of December, the Defense Department selected four companies -- Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle -- for its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, set to replace the single-vendor Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract:

Implementing new cloud contract could pose challenges for DOD, experts say

After announcing four vendors will participate in a competitive task order process for an up-to-$9-billion multicloud environment, multiple hurdles could lie ahead for the Pentagon, including potential delays and the possibility of contractor protests.

Some news and documents from the recently re-established Defense Innovation Board:

Shyu establishes 'strategic investment capital' task force at Defense Innovation Board

Pentagon technology chief Heidi Shyu has established a new "strategic investment capital" task force at the Defense Innovation Board to advise the department on how to best collaborate with the private sector to bolster research and development in key areas.

Pentagon wants DIB to assist in developing S&T strategy

The Pentagon has directed its recently rechartered Defense Innovation Board to create a task force to provide advice on the development of a national defense science and technology strategy.

Document: DIB terms of reference memo for national defense S&T strategy review

Document: DIB terms of reference memo on strategic capital review

In case you missed it, our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity had a look ahead at all the potential cyber issues for the government in 2023:

Cyber Outlook 2023

Multiple agencies are expected to act on incident reporting requirements in the new year as work to digest industry feedback continues at the Securities and Exchange Commission and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, while changes to federal acquisition regulations from the 2021 cyber executive order are coming along with the release of the long-awaited national cyber strategy.

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