Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the JEDI Cloud contract cancellation, Huntington Ingalls Industries buying Alion Science and Technology and more.
The multibillion-dollar JEDI Cloud effort has been cancelled:
DOD cancels JEDI Cloud contract, launches new multivendor effort
The Defense Department announced today it has canceled the multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud solicitation and is pursuing a new multivendor cloud effort called the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is buying McLean, VA-based Alion Science and Technology:
Huntington Ingalls to buy Alion in $1.65 billion deal
Huntington Ingalls Industries said this morning it has agreed to acquire Alion Science and Technology for $1.65 billion, significantly growing HII's technical solutions division.
Large Unmanned Surface Vessel production has been delayed:
Navy delays LUSV production after program is re-evaluated
The Navy is delaying production of Large Unmanned Surface Vessels to ensure technical maturity in fiscal year 2022.
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have a deep dive into industry worries about the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
Industry raises concerns over delays in rollout of CMMC program amid ongoing internal review
The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is moving quickly to get the first assessment organizations prepared to conduct audits, according to CMMC-AB CEO Matthew Travis, who says he understands industry concerns over delays and how to scale the program under the initial timeline set by the Defense Department.
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord submitted a 97-page omnibus reprogramming request to Congress to shift funds appropriated in fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019 to higher-priority programs in FY-21:
DOD seeks OK to shift $4.4 billion between accounts, speed bulk buy of microprocessors
The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to shift $4.4 billion among budget accounts to launch eight new-start projects, including an immediate down payment on a $2 billion bulk buy of microprocessors -- critical to the Air Force Military GPS User Equipment Program -- before the sole production line shuts down.
In case you missed it, we have a deep dive into testing of the Marine Corps' CH-53K helicopter program:
Marine Corps CH-53K helicopter program set to begin IOT&E as other milestones loom
The Marine Corps' CH-53K effort is slated to start initial operational test and evaluation later this summer as the program works to address some design issues discovered during developmental testing.