Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The impact of emerging technologies on the future Army, continued coverage of the proposed Space Force and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Army's top uniformed officer spoke this morning at the Capitol Hill National Security Forum:
Army chief says three key technologies will change character of war
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said today he's concerned about "50 or so" emerging technologies that "will definitely have significant impact in the military sector" in the next decade.
Don't expect legislative language setting up a Space Force to be included in this year's authorization bill:
Rogers: Trump's call for Space Force has support in Congress, but legislation not likely until FY-20
The lawmaker leading efforts within Congress to reorganize the military space enterprise under a separate service told Inside Defense this week that while President Trump's direction to establish a Space Force will give momentum to ongoing efforts, the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill will not likely authorize the creation of a new military service.
Michael Griffin, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, was among the Defense Department officials who testified this morning at a congressional hearing on military technology transfer:
DOD's 'Deliver Uncompromised' initiative aims to make security a fourth pillar in acquisition
The Defense Department, alarmed at the volume of sensitive data being stolen through cyber exfiltration, is bolstering the importance of security in its acquisition programs.
Document: House hearing on military technology transfer
The House Budget Committee has released a non-binding, 10-year budget blueprint that has little impact on fiscal year 2019 spending legislation and is unlikely to pass congressional muster:
GOP's 10-year budget vision shows boost for defense, but cuts OCO
House Republicans released a 10-year budget blueprint this week -- influenced by the party's anti-deficit contingent -- that delivers mixed news for defense spending and would slash discretionary and entitlement funds.
Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services' worldwide public sector, gave a keynote address this week at a company summit in Washington:
Amazon views DOD as central to burgeoning federal cloud market
Amazon Web Services, the largest commercial cloud provider in the world, sees the Defense Department as central to a federal sector that's been slow to modernize its IT infrastructure, but has just started to embrace commercial cloud technologies.