Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Army humvee safety upgrades and more.
We start off with coverage of a variety of provisions in the recently enacted Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act:
FY-25 NDAA requires safety upgrades for all humvees
The Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act tasks the Army with incorporating anti-lock brake systems and electronic stability control kits onto all humvees by 2033.
FY-25 NDAA directs Air Force, Navy to reassess air-to-air missile inventory requirements
The Air Force and Navy secretaries, along with commanders of the combatant commands, must take a deep look at existing inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles and consider whether to adjust acquisition plans, according to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
FY-25 NDAA includes various cyber programs
The Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law by President Biden on Christmas Eve, directs the Defense Department's chief digital and artificial intelligence officer to establish the DOD hackathon program and features a report due within 180 days from the Director of National Intelligence on "the implications of the ransomware threat to United States national security."
The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital has released its Fiscal Year 2025 Investment Strategy, which details how OSC will prioritize investments through credit-based financial products for critical technologies, assets and their supply chains:
DOD releases FY-25 investment strategy for strategic capital office
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital released its second annual investment strategy and opened applications for its inaugural loan program Thursday, according to a DOD announcement.
Document: OSC's FY-25 investment strategy
On Dec. 20, the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office announced plans to exclusively invite BAE Systems Land & Armaments to prepare a prototype proposal for the Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon System and Hypervelocity Projectile prototypes:
Army tapping BAE to build prototype airbase defense hypervelocity projectile cannon
The Army has selected BAE Systems to produce a prototype cannon that flips its offensive punch for a defensive role as part of a wider U.S. military project to shield high-value, small-area assets by defeating cruise missile raids with a paradigm-changing capability: hypervelocity projectile gunfire.