Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's chief management officer position, the Air Force's Passive Active Warning Survivability System, the Marine Corps wanting to integrate the Iron Dome system and more.
The Pentagon's chief management officer position looks to be on thin ice:
Pentagon CMO job increasingly endangered after House vote
The House Armed Services Committee has joined Senate lawmakers in adopting a fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill measure that would eliminate the Pentagon's chief management officer position.
The F-15 program office confirmed in a recent email to Inside Defense that the Air Force updated the Passive Active Warning Survivability System cost estimate as part of a program rebaseline that was approved Jan. 31:
EPAWSS cost estimate grows by $2 billion as USAF moves to buy 144 systems for F-15EX
The Air Force has approved a new, $5.2 billion lifecycle cost estimate for the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System -- a $2 billion increase that reflects the Air Force's decision to buy 144 additional systems for the new F-15EX even as the program faces significant fielding delays due to an unexpected component redesign.
The Marine Corps wants more money to integrate the Israeli-developed Iron Dome system:
Marine Corps wants to double FY-20 funding to integrate Iron Dome launcher, missiles with organic systems
The Marine Corps wants to double the cash it has on hand in fiscal year 2020 to continue development of a new air defense capability that aims to stitch together elements of the Israeli-designed Iron Dome system with the service's organic sensors and command-and-control tools.
Platform One is the go-to team for programs in the Defense Department looking to adopt commercial best practices to develop software:
Platform One modernizing DOD software development to enable digital operations
The Air Force's nascent DevSecOps initiative is giving warfighters modern software development services while tapping into the private sector's data analytics, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to build more virtual-friendly weapon systems and operations.
The new joint all-domain command and control contract winners, announced in a Defense Department notice Wednesday, accompany 28 contractors that last month received IDIQ vehicles to deliver JADC2 capabilities over a five-year period:
Air Force adds 18 companies to list of JADC2 IDIQ contractors
The Air Force has awarded another 18 companies indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts each worth up to $950 million to share technologies that enable joint all-domain command and control.
Last but certainly not least, some defense cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
House authorizers' defense policy bill clears Armed Services panel, steeped in cyber provisions
The annual defense authorization bill cleared a hurdle late Wednesday, passing the House Armed Services Committee on a 56-0 vote and advancing a number of Cyberspace Solarium Commission and other cybersecurity proposals.
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The next INSIDER Daily Digest will be published Monday, July 6.