The INSIDER daily digest -- June 15, 2021

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on NATO's cyber defense policy and more.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke with the media this morning during a virtual Defense Writers Group event:

NATO members endorse new cyber defense policy

President Biden and leaders from the 30 nations that make up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization endorsed a new cyber defense policy Monday that calls for invoking its self-defense clause against cyberattacks from adversaries on a "case-by-case basis."

Inside Defense recently interviewed Kevin Mills, associate director for ground vehicle robotics at the Ground Vehicle Systems Center:

Army developing common software to control ground robots

The Army is developing a common robotic controller software that should make it easier for soldiers to operate a bevy of robots on the future battlefield, according to officials from the Ground Vehicle Systems Center.

A new report released this week is the latest effort by the National Defense Industrial Association to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the defense industrial base:

NDIA: One-third of contractors surveyed said business won't return to normal for months

The National Defense Industrial Association, in its latest survey of the defense industrial base, found that nearly 32% of defense contractors do not expect their businesses to return to a normal level of operations for more than six months.

The $2.2 billion meant to help pay for a southern border wall will be returned to fund 66 military construction projects that former President Trump ordered deferred:

White House restoring $2.2B in military construction funds Trump diverted to border wall

The White House announced today it would restore $2.2 billion in remaining unobligated military construction funds former President Trump previously redirected to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border without the approval of Congress.

Document: DOD memo on redirecting border wall money

Lockheed Martin expects to deliver up to 139 Joint Strike Fighter jets this year:

Lockheed, JPO finalizing post-COVID F-35 delivery plans as part of production contract negotiations

FORT WORTH, TX -- As Lockheed Martin and the F-35 joint program office continue negotiations for the next production contract, the company is looking to smooth out delivery quantities and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.