Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has a scoop on how the Pentagon plans to spend the billions Congress has given it to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
We start off with a scoop Inside Defense got over the weekend:
DOD details spending plan for $10.5B in COVID-19 relief funds
The Defense Department has sent Congress a detailed spending plan for the $10.5 billion it has been provided to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Document: DOD spending plan for COVID-19 relief funds
Related from last week, the Pentagon is taking too much time to spend money on countering COVID-19, some Democrat lawmakers are asserting:
DOD clashes with Senate Democrats over COVID-19 spending
Several Senate Democrats are criticizing the Defense Department for spending too little, too slowly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Pentagon says it intends to send lawmakers a plan today for using the $10.6 billion in coronavirus relief funds Congress provided in March.
Document: Senate Dems' letter to Esper on COVID-19 spending
The head of the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers last week that his agency "would never take an action that would compromise the safety and security of the American people":
FCC chairman pushes back on Pentagon's Ligado claims, as agencies seek to reverse decision
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai says he personally spoke with Defense Secretary Mark Esper prior to the FCC approving Ligado Networks' controversial spectrum license, and Pai pushed back on Pentagon claims in a new letter to lawmakers.
Document: FCC chairman's letter to lawmakers on Ligado decision
Inside Defense interviewed Mercury Systems CEO Mark Aslett last week:
Mercury CEO says company does not anticipate production delays during coronavirus crisis
The chief executive of Mercury Systems says the company is not expecting the ongoing coronavirus outbreak to delay production or to slow its hiring.
A yearlong Air Force initial tactical training program would give young pilots more experience flying advanced jets before transitioning to fourth- or fifth-generation aircraft:
Air Force asking for industry feedback on Reforge training concept
The Air Force is asking for proofs of concept from industry in response to its plan to lease advanced training aircraft to support a proposed new fighter pilot training program.