The INSIDER daily digest -- June 10, 2022

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Pentagon cybersecurity, congressional efforts to curb defense contractor "price gouging" and more.

Inside Defense recently interviewed the Pentagon's senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity:

Pentagon cyber chief: DOD plan to meet CUI controls goes 'above and beyond CMMC'

Pentagon cyber chief David McKeown says military officials are focused on ensuring their systems that deal with sensitive data are held to standards "above and beyond" the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework that applies to defense contractors who handle controlled unclassified information.

Two House and Senate Democrats want to put an end to what they call "price gouging" by defense contractors:

Dem lawmakers push bill to stop defense contractor 'price gouging'

As lawmakers prepare to craft the annual defense authorization bill, two senior Democrats from the House and Senate have authored legislation they say would stop defense contractors from “price gouging” the military by strengthening existing acquisition regulations by, among other things, requiring contractors to provide new cost and pricing data.

Document: Lawmakers' price gouging bill

The Missile Defense Agency has submitted a $28.5 million fiscal year 2023 unfunded requirement for a microwave testbed project:

MDA: High-powered microwave weapon blueprint ready in 2023, will need additional $28 million

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking additional funds to advance work on a High Power Microwave Technology Testbed, a project that aims to potentially give the U.S. military an additional layer of defense against ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles by introducing a new directed-energy weapon.

The Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems assessment has found cost overruns and delays with the Navy's submarine programs:

GAO: Navy's submarine programs face cost overruns and delays as industry builds two subs at once

As shipbuilders juggle the construction of two submarine programs at once, the Columbia- and Virginia-class programs are facing delays and growing costs, according to an annual Government Accountability Office review of the Defense Department's major weapon systems.

Document: GAO's annual weapon systems assessment

The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee wants the Army acquisition chief to submit a report to Congress on the SHORAD industrial base by the end of January 2023:

House panel wants SHORAD industrial base report

A House panel wants more information from the Army on industrial base capabilities for short-range air defense missiles for which stocks have been depleted amid the war in Ukraine, such as the Stinger.

Document: House subcommittee marks of the FY-23 defense policy bill