Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Cloud technologies, delays to the Navy's Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle program, a new Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report and more highlight this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Pentagon has updated a recent memo outlining how the military will adopt cloud technologies:
Shanahan directs DCMO to establish cloud-computing program
Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan has tasked the Pentagon's deputy chief management officer with leading the military's adoption of cloud technologies by establishing a new program and budget line for the effort.
Document: DOD memo on cloud computing acquisition strategy
The Navy's Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle program has undergone new delays:
Funding shortfall forces delay of operational plans for LCS countermine mission package
Development of the Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle is facing new delays stemming from a funding shortfall, forcing a 15-month delay to plans for declaring the newest variant of the Littoral Combat Ship mine countermeasure mission package operational.
More than half the money allocated to development projects in Afghanistan went to cover overhead and other indirect costs:
SIGAR finds controversial Afghanistan task force spent majority of funds on overhead
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has found a defunct Defense Department task force spent more than half of its $675 million in contract obligations on indirect costs and overhead not directly related to development projects in the war-torn country.
Document: SIGAR report on overhead spending
Raytheon is officially out of the running to compete on the Air Force's JSTARS recapitalization effort:
GAO dismisses Raytheon's attempt to stay in JSTARS radar competition
The Government Accountability Office recently dismissed Raytheon's formal protest that the Air Force unfairly excluded the company's "Archimedes" wide-area surveillance radar from the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization competition.
Rockets, missiles and bombs are among the technology areas of focus for a new Army prototyping project:
Army seeks partner consortium for prototype development
The Army wants to take an alternative approach to developing mission prototypes, working with a government-industry consortium, according to a notice on Federal Business Opportunities.
Document: Army defense ordnance technology consortium solicitation
Kratos has a new Army target drone contract:
Kratos awarded $93 million contract for Army target drones
The Army has contracted with Kratos to develop 70 to 80 high-speed aerial targets over a five-year period, according to a company official. Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems -- formerly Composite Engineering -- will deliver the drones with ground support, including launchers and spares.