Monday, May 13, 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024
The future of the defense policy bill, Greenland, a report on military cooperation with India and more highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The FY-18 defense policy bill likely won't be debated until after Labor Day:
McCain laments defense policy bill delay after dramatic healthcare vote
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ), after casting a dramatic vote to sink the GOP's attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is disappointed the Senate will be unable to take up the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill in time for the August recess.
Inside Defense's senior correspondent Jason Sherman is in Greenland this week:
Air Force 'Skibirds' summer in Greenland, training for Antarctica in support of science
KANGERLUSSAUQ, GREENLAND -- On the tarmac in this sleepy town 60 miles above the Arctic Circle tucked at the terminus of a dramatic fjord, an Air Force team from New York works all spring and summer flying a handful of cargo planes -- modified to operate on ice and snow -- to conduct military training and support scientific research on Greenland's ice sheet.
The Defense and State departments have submitted a joint report to Congress on technology cooperation with India:
Pentagon mulls defense technology cooperation with India amid AT&L breakup
The Defense Department, amidst a major reorganization of acquisition system bureaucracy, is considering the best path forward to manage a key defense technology and trade partnership with India, according to a new report released by DOD and the State Department.
Document: DOD-State report on enhancing defense and security cooperation with India
Air Force news:
Air Force eyeing F-22, F-35 simulator interoperability by 2019
The Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, is working to develop a capability to connect F-22 and F-35 simulators in a common environment by 2019 -- an effort that will set the foundation for a new Virtual Test and Training Center.
AFRL plans boost to space experimentation, prototyping
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to hold an industry day later this month to discuss a new program to reinvigorate the service's integrated space experimentation capabilities.
GAO criticizes accounting changes in DOD nuclear cost estimate
A recent Government Accountability Office analysis recommends the Defense Department make its future financial reports on nuclear costs more complete and transparent, alleging murky accounting could make it more difficult for Congress to understand how spending estimates are created and to assess the long-term affordability of nuclear sustainment and modernization.
Document: GAO analysis of DOD/DOE nuke weapons sustainment report
Acting Army Secretary Robert Speer: "The network didn't seem to be going with us":
Speer aims to 'broaden' emerging network strategy
The Army has "updated" the congressional defense committees on the progress of its network review, but senior leaders still have to identify key "decision points" for a guiding strategy, according to the service's acting secretary.