Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's Fully Networked Command, Control and Communications effort, Textron's quarterly earnings, the ground-based training system for a new Navy training helicopter and more.
The office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering will host classified "industry engagement days" later this month to discuss Fully Networked Command, Control and Communications:
Pentagon outlines strategy for 'fully networked' C3, plans meeting with industry
The Pentagon is preparing to meet with industry later this month to discuss its requirements for Fully Networked Command, Control and Communications, as the official in charge of the "FNC3" effort recently laid out his strategy for developing the military's future battle network.
Senior Textron executives this morning discussed the company's quarterly earnings results:
Textron says winning one or two new helicopter programs 'would drive significant growth' for Bell
Textron today reported lower quarterly sales and profit in its Bell Helicopter business, but said new opportunities from the Army and Marine Corps could provide growth.
The Navy last week held an industry day on the ground-based training system that will be used for the service's next-generation training helicopter:
Navy lays out notional schedule for TH-XX training system, contract award in mid-FY-20
The Navy intends to award a contract in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 for the ground-based training system (GBTS) associated with its new training helicopter, the TH-XX, according to industry day slides.
The two contractors for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program's ongoing technology maturation and risk-reduction phase, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, will both compete for the engineering and manufacturing development contract:
Air Force releases RFP for GBSD engineering and manufacturing development phase
The Air Force has released a request for proposals for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the service's intercontinental ballistic missile replacement system.
Here is more from yesterday's SECDEF nomination hearing:
Questioned about Raytheon ties, Esper and GOP point to Obama picks
Army Secretary Mark Esper, nominated to be defense secretary, today defended his time as a senior Raytheon executive as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) argued that his failure to commit to several of her recusal proposals "smacks of corruption, plain and simple."