The INSIDER daily digest -- July 10, 2023

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a nascent anti-tank weapon system, the Army's work on "real-time threat forecasting" and more.

A proposed new anti-tank system will consist of three modules: a launch tube, unmanned aerial system and fire control station:

New LASSO program aims to give Army infantry units loitering, tank-killing punch

The Army is kicking off an "urgent" acquisition effort to give dismounted infantry a new tank-killing capability: a man-portable, tube-launched, kamikaze uncrewed aircraft called the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program -- the latest indication of how the Russia-Ukraine war is changing modern combat.

In asking for industry feedback on lessons learned from the Ukraine war, the Army notes future warfare will involve an "interactively complex battlefield":

As Ukraine war continues, Army wants to assess lessons learned in 'real-time threat forecasting'

The Army is trying to gather information on the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine as they apply to "real-time threat forecasting," according to a government notice from last month.

A new Marine Corps air defense capability was approved to begin the certification process in December after completing three successful live-fire tests in fiscal year 2022:

Marine Corps plans for MRIC quick-reaction assessment in September 2024

The Marine Corps is fine-tuning a prototype air defense capability and looking to procure larger quantities of the system’s interceptor missiles ahead of a September 2024 quick-reaction assessment that could clear the program to enter procurement in fiscal year 2025.

House appropriators have approved the Pentagon's proposal for a relatively small sum -- $5.1 million in research, development, test and evaluation management support -- that aims to make an outsized contribution to training as part of the Joint Training, Exercise and Evaluation Program:

Joint Staff proposal for new Large Scale Global Exercise initiative wins early support in Congress

The Defense Department's proposal to begin a new project called Large Scale Global Exercise passed muster with a key House panel that has agreed to fund the effort in fiscal year 2024 as part of the Joint Staff's portfolio of projects to replicate complex and changing operational environments during training.

The Space Force is developing a new kind of doctrine:

Space Force to introduce new doctrines for functional combatant command

The Space Force is working to introduce a new doctrine for its functional combatant command responsibilities, according Lt. Gen John Shaw, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command.