Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A new Air Force One replacement contract, our continuing coverage ofthe Pentagon's latest reprogramming request and more highlight this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Trump administration is lauding the latest contract award for the aircraft that will replace Air Force One:
Boeing's $3.9B Air Force One development contract matches agreement reached with Trump
The Air Force this week awarded Boeing a $3.9 billion firm, fixed-price contract to formally launch the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program's engineering and manufacturing development phase, which was hailed as a win by the White House after months of hashing out a cost estimate.
Could yet another continuing resolution for defense spending be on the horizon?
House defense hawks hustle to head off another stopgap spending measure
House Republican defense hawks, worried that Congress will find itself mired in another stopgap spending measure at the end of the fiscal year, successfully spearheaded three symbolic resolutions staking out their position that a defense appropriations bill should be passed, regardless of partisan gridlock in other areas.
The Pentagon's proposed Joint Artificial Intelligence Center could be getting more funding:
DOD wants $75 million to establish Joint AI Center, forecasts $1.7B over six years
The Defense Department wants to shift $75 million in its budget to establish the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, a new organization which the department forecasts will require $1.7 billion over the next six years, according to DOD's June omnibus reprogramming request.
Recent ship collisions have led the Navy to ask for more money to improve vessel safety:
Navy seeks to reprogram millions for surface fleet reforms
The Navy is asking Congress for permission to transfer funds to improve the safety conditions within the surface fleet following two high-profile collisions in U.S. 7th Fleet last summer, according to a reprogramming request obtained by Inside Defense.
If Congress allows it, the Army could be getting more money for training:
Army plans to shore up training with reprogrammed funds
The Army will realign $399.3 million to boost its operating forces if Congress approves the Defense Department's fiscal year 2018 omnibus reprogramming request, obtained by Inside Defense.
Keep an eye out for new DOD cyber and artificial intelligence strategies:
Pentagon soon to release new cyber, AI strategies
The Pentagon is expected to release in the coming weeks new strategies for cyber and artificial intelligence, respectively, according to a Defense Department official.