Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
The Air Force's secretive Common Mission Control Center and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
An in-depth look at the Air Force's secretive Common Mission Control Center:
Secretive next-generation BMC2 system expected to reach IOC in 2020
The Air Force's secretive Common Mission Control Center -- viewed as a key piece of the service's multidomain command-and-control push -- is on track to reach early operational capability next year and initial operational capability in 2020, a service official tells Inside Defense.
A new report from the Defense Department inspector general's office is out:
DOD IG: Army mismanaged maintenance of vehicles, weapons in Kuwait and Qatar
The Defense Department inspector general has determined the Army failed to properly oversee the maintenance schedules of its prepositioned stock equipment in Kuwait and Qatar after switching contractors, according to a new report.
The Office of Naval Research has been seeking information on industry's ability to improve shipbuilding manufacturing processes through the establishment of a "ManTech Center of Excellence":
Navy RFI sought industry ability to improve manufacturing costs on shipbuilding
The Navy is examining industry's capabilities to improve manufacturing processes surrounding the service's highest-profile shipbuilding programs such as Virginia-class submarines, Littoral Combat Ships and the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford (CVN-78).
The Air Force could be getting more money for its next-generation Space-Based Infrared System:
Senate appropriators propose $100 million plus-up for SBIRS advanced sensors
In its mark of fiscal year 2019 defense spending legislation, the Senate Appropriations Committee is recommending an additional $100 million to speed advanced sensor development for the Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System follow-on effort.
More Air Force space news:
AFSPC eyes automated flight safety implementation in 2023; missile testers struggle to comply
The Air Force expects all of its certified space launch providers to transition to a new Automated Flight Safety System by the end of 2023, according to a new report, and the service is working with missile test programs to overcome challenges associated with adopting the new system.
Joint Strike Fighter news:
F-35 follow-on development DAB delayed as JPO refines cost, schedule estimates
A Defense Acquisition Board scheduled in June to review the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's follow-on development plan has been delayed as the program office continues to gather cost and time line data for the effort.
The Office of Management and Budget still doesn't like portions of legislation on offensive cyber policy:
White House opposes Senate bill's offensive cyber policy, setting up potential conference battle
The White House is yet again at odds with the Senate over a provision in the annual defense authorization bill laying out a policy for offensive cyber operations, after the same language was stripped out of last year's legislation during conference negotiations.