Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Department's blocking of controlled unclassified information, the next production lots for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and more.
We start off with coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2023 defense policy bill, which was filed to the Senate floor this week:
Senate lawmakers crack down on DOD's blocking of weapon system performance data
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Defense Department to stop blocking the public release of information on the performance -- or lack thereof -- of multibillion-dollar weapon systems and is calling for the Pentagon inspector general to review DOD's "uneven" justifications for doing so.
Senate authorizers' funding tables show Air Force, Space Force plus-ups, divestment blocks
Senate authorizers' version of the defense policy bill would boost the budgets of several Air Force and Space Force efforts, with multiple programs receiving additional funds requested from the services' respective unfunded priorities lists, according to a funding table lawmakers released yesterday alongside the filing of the defense policy bill.
Document: Senate authorizers' FY-23 defense policy bill, report
The next production lots for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter have been agreed to:
Lockheed, JPO reach deal on next F-35 production lots
After months of prolonged negotiations, Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have struck a "handshake" deal on the next production lots for the fighter aircraft.
Assistant Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that he will brief the service’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks this week:
Loitering munitions will remain a priority in Marine Corps' FY-24 budget
Organic precision fires will remain a priority in the Marine Corps' future budget request, according to a service official.
L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman will build 14 satellites each for a total Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation of 28 satellites:
SDA awards L3Harris, Northrop Grumman $1.3 billion Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contracts
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear today announced the award of two prototype agreements worth a total potential value of over $1.3 billion to L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman to build out the next stage of the agency's orbital tracking layer that will monitor advanced missile threats.