Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has details on the Pentagon's recent Defense-Wide Review, plus a new space strategy and more.
Inside Defense has obtained documents breaking down the specific cuts identified in the Pentagon's recent Defense-Wide Review:
Angst grows on Capitol Hill over DOD's $5.7 billion 'savings' review
Senior Pentagon officials for months have publicly touted an internal budget review said to have "harvested" $5.7 billion in "savings" that can be reinvested in military modernization and readiness, but the process, along with newly surfaced documents breaking down the cost cutting, is generating heartburn on Capitol Hill.
Document: DOD's 'defense-wide review' savings documents
The Defense Department has laid out its high-level efforts to improve the national security space enterprise over the next decade:
Pentagon releases new strategy to counter, deter threats in space
A new Defense Space Strategy released today highlights four priority lines of effort the Pentagon plans to pursue in order to ensure it is positioned to "compete, deter and win" against future threats: build a comprehensive military advantage in space; integrate military spacepower into national, joint and combined operations; shape the strategic environment; and cooperate with allies, partners, industry and other U.S. government agencies.
Document: DOD's defense space strategy
Inside Defense recently chatted with a Senate Armed Services Committee aide regarding the cybersecurity details of the panel's fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill:
Senate defense bill fully funds Pentagon $9.8B cyber request, pushes DOD to keep up with industry
The Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2021 defense policy bill pushes the Pentagon to continue modernizing its cybersecurity capabilities, as authorizers want to ensure the Defense Department doesn't fall behind the private sector in the rapidly evolving world of cyberspace.
Army Col. William Venable, Stryker brigade combat team project manager, told reporters this week that the new Double-V Hull A1 vehicle handoff "seems to be going well" a couple weeks in and will run through May 2021:
Army fielding Double-V Hull Strykers to Ft. Carson
The Army as of last month has begun fielding the new Stryker Double-V Hull A1 vehicle to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, CO.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Kevin Phillips, the CEO of ManTech:
ManTech CEO says new three-sector structure will be 'largely complete' by end of 2020
ManTech International's move from a two-group to three-division structure is a "natural" move that will be mostly complete by the end of the year, according to the company's chief executive.
Keep an eye out for a Defense Department inspector general audit of sole-source depot maintenance contracts:
DOD watchdog to audit sole-source depot maintenance contracts
The Defense Department inspector general intends to audit sole-source depot maintenance contracts performed at contractor facilities to determine whether the military has negotiated "fair and reasonable" prices.
Document: DOD IG audit notice of sole-source depot maintenance contracts
The Government Accountability Office recently found that the Navy's Ship-to-Shore Connector program is continuing to face design problems and contractor disputes:
GAO: SSC program delaying first deployment, coping with gearbox design, software issues
The Navy today announced that the second unit of its next-generation hovercraft completed acceptance trials earlier this month, but a recently published government watchdog report shines new light on issues the program faces behind the scenes.