Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of Army Secretary Mark Esper testifying this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become defense secretary, a new Defense Science Board report on 5G and more.
Army Secretary Mark Esper testified this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become defense secretary. Here's our coverage so far:
Esper says new 'high-agility' interceptors needed for hypersonic defense
The U.S. military requires new high-agility interceptors and a layer of space-based sensors to defend against hypersonic threats, the presumed next defense secretary told lawmakers today, shedding new light on Defense Department thinking about elements of a hypersonic defense system.
Esper: F-35 will not meet 80% mission-capable goal
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is not expected to meet the military's goal of 80% mission-capable rates by the end of fiscal year 2019 because of supply shortages, the president's nominee to be defense secretary told Senate lawmakers today, despite confidence from military officials earlier this year.
A new Defense Science Board report is out:
Science board pushes DOD to adopt '5G first' policy, develop secure technologies and infrastructure
The Defense Department should accelerate the deployment of fifth-generation wireless technologies and develop secure, hardened systems that account for 5G's inherent security risks, according to a new Defense Science Board report.
Document: DSB report on defense applications of 5G tech
Col. Chuck Destefani, a deputy in the Air Force's Chief Data Office, chatted with Inside Defense this week:
Air Force CDO revising data policy document, seeing growth in VAULT user base
While interest in the Air Force's VAULT data platform continues to grow, questions abound on the policy, roles and authorities for practitioners incorporating data into their work, leading the service to revise a key policy document that was released to the public in May.
Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski spoke with reporters at an Association of the United States Army breakfast this morning:
Ostrowski: CR would put pause on 81 new programs
Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski, military deputy to the Army acquisition executive, said this morning a continuing resolution being considered by the White House would tie the Army's hands on modernization.