The INSIDER daily digest -- Jan. 8, 2020

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a Space Development Agency satellite tracking program, the Army's counter-small unmanned aircraft system strategy and more.

A Space Development Agency spokeswoman has confirmed to Inside Defense that work on the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellite development contracts has resumed:

SDA lifts stop-work order on tracking layer satellites, sticks with SpaceX, L3Harris

SpaceX and L3Harris have resumed work on the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellite development contracts after a series of protests put the companies' contracts on hold and led the agency to reevaluate bids.

The Army has released its counter-small unmanned aircraft system strategy:

Army releases C-sUAS strategy

The Army today released the recently approved, counter-small unmanned aircraft system strategy to direct the Defense Department's C-sUAS activities in a variety of operating environments.

Document: Army's C-sUAS strategy

Inside Defense recently interviewed Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan about the recent SolarWinds cyberattack:

USAF ramping up software cybersecurity defenses after SolarWinds breach

Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan has demanded a heightened defense posture following the recent massive SolarWinds breach and warns the service is bound to be a major target for cyberattacks in the years ahead.

The spillover of major power competition into the Arctic, in increasingly navigable waterways caused by melting ice caps, has the potential to threaten U.S. interests, according to a new Navy report:

Arctic presence needed to counter Russia and China, new naval strategy says

The Navy needs to increase its presence in the Arctic as Russia and China will seek to assert power in the region, according to the Navy's new Arctic strategy, released Tuesday.

Document: Navy's Arctic strategy

The Defense Department has issued a new cybersecurity policy:

New DOD policy reinforces 'foundational' role of cybersecurity in acquisitions

A new Defense Department instruction makes official a concept DOD officials have been increasingly beating the drum over the past several years: cybersecurity is critical to all aspects of defense acquisitions.

Document: DOD instruction on cybersecurity for acquisition decision authorities and PMs