Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The impending completion of the FY-19 defense policy bill leads off this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Keep an eye out for the finalized FY-19 defense authorization bill:
Final defense policy bill nears completion
The final version of Congress' fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill is nearly complete and will likely be released next week, possibly Monday, according to congressional sources.
Continued coverage of the Pentagon's latest omnibus reprogramming request:
Pentagon seeks additional CVN-78 funding, forcing cost cap increase for third time
The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to shift $62.7 million into the lead ship of the Ford-class aircraft carrier program, a move that nudges the tab for the next-generation warship over the $13 billion threshold and requires the statutory cost cap for CVN-78 to be increased for a third time -- up from $12.9 billion set by Congress last year.
DOD wants more money to counter WMD-armed UAS
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking to immediately triple funding for a project that aims to defeat an unmanned aircraft -- including small drones -- that could be armed with chemical, biological or nuclear materials, an objective Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wants fielded by December.
A preview of what the Marine Corps' Sea Dragon 2025 effort could entail:
Marine Corps' Sea Dragon 2025 effort expects two exercises later this year
The Marine Corps intends to conduct two exercises later this year as part of its Sea Dragon 2025 experimentation, according to a top general in charge of the effort.
Other transaction agreements could be in danger of elimination:
Army acquisition official: 'We have to protect' OTAs
The Army is reviewing how it uses other transaction agreements to accelerate the acquisition process, while lawmakers worried about transparency attempt to tighten oversight of the process.
The Air Force recently sent a report to Congress on the Air National Guard helicopter fleet:
Air National Guard requires three more search-and-rescue helicopters to meet mission needs
Air National Guard pilots need three more Sikorsky HH-60G search-and-rescue helicopters to meet their combat and homeland-security mission requirements, the Air Force said in a June report to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Document: Air Force report on Air National Guard aircraft