Sunday, May 12, 2024
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Army Futures Command, Navy SLEP costs, defense industry news and more highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
We now know where the Army will be stationing its Futures Command headquarters:
Austin snags Futures Command HQ
The Army has chosen to station its new Futures Command headquarters in downtown Austin, TX, senior service leaders announced today.
A recent Congressional Research Service report has unearthed previously unreported costs of proposed Navy ship service life extensions:
NAVSEA analysis: Ship service life extensions could cost Navy $203B through FY-47
A Navy analysis completed last year and sent to Congress in June states the total cost of extending nearly a dozen ship classes between five and 15 years could incur an estimated bill of $203 billion through fiscal year 2047, according to a Congressional Research Service report.
Some big defense contractor news:
Northrop CEO to depart; Warden to take over
Wes Bush, Northrop Grumman's chief executive, will step down Jan. 1, the company announced this week.
More defense business news:
GAO denies GDMS' protest of Army intelligence processing system contract
The Government Accountability Office has denied General Dynamics Mission Systems' protest of the rejection of its proposal for the Army's Distributed Common Ground System Increment 1, Capability Drop 1.
The Joint Strike Fighter is being compared to the A-10 Warthog:
F-35 test team conducts series of A-10 comparison flights
The F-35 Joint Operational Test Team conducted an eight-day run of F-35 and A-10 comparison tests this week -- a much-anticipated, congressionally directed test event meant to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each aircraft in various scenarios.
Keep an eye out for more DOD testing of hypersonics technologies:
Tech chief says DOD will increase hypersonics testing, aims to deliver capability in 'early '20s'
The Pentagon's chief technologist says the Defense Department will conduct more hypersonics weapons tests in the coming years compared to the past decade in order to deliver initial capabilities in the early 2020s.
Multidomain networking is an area of focus for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency:
Lockheed, DARPA complete flight demonstrations in multidomain networking program
A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort aimed at achieving seamless multidomain operations demonstrated its capabilities in a series of flight tests with Lockheed Martin over the past year, the company said this week.