Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Grey Wolf helicopter, the IM-SHORAD system and more.
Flight testing of Boeing-Leonardo's Grey Wolf helicopter will be pushed back:
USAF flight testing of MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters delayed one year to November 2020
Boeing-Leonardo's MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter still has not obtained a Federal Aviation Administration certification to fly -- pushing back the start of Air Force flight testing by one year.
The Army has encountered problems with integrating the Initial Maneuver-Short-Range Air Defense system with current weapon systems:
IM-SHORAD hits snag during testing, but still on track for FUE
The Army has run into some integration issues while testing the prototype for the Initial Maneuver-Short-Range Air Defense system, on top of a delay associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, but the service is still planning to make an initial production decision by the end of this fiscal year, according to the program office.
The Senate Armed Services Committee last week voted to adopt its mark of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy bill that includes a provision on the Israeli-developed Iron Dome system:
Senate bill would mandate Army plan for Iron Dome deployment
A key Senate panel is proposing legislation requiring the Army to outline a plan for deploying the Israeli-made Iron Dome air defense system, potentially enshrining in law what House and Senate lawmakers have requested of Pentagon leaders in written correspondence.
The Government Accountability Office, in its annual DOD weapon system assessment, notes that the Air Force plans to award prime contractor Lockheed Martin a contract for the third GPS IIIF satellite following an upcoming production decision:
SMC expects GPS IIIF milestone C decision this month
After completing a critical design review in March for its next-generation GPS satellites, the Space and Missile Systems Center expects the program to achieve milestone C and a production decision by June 30.
U.S. Transportation Command announced last week that "an interested party" had disclosed new information regarding a multibillion-dollar moving contract, leading the command to seek corrective action and a review of the award:
TRANSCOM pulls back $7.2B military moving services contract to investigate new information
U.S. Transportation Command is re-evaluating a $7.2 billion award to overhaul the military's moving system made to a firm whose parent corporation is tied to a history of legal problems.