Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter program, a nascent Missile Defense Agency Glide Phase Interceptor effort and more.
Near-term procurement of the Air Force's MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter will now be deferred until fiscal year 2023:
With procurement timeline deferred, Grey Wolf certification expected to continue throughout FY-22
Certifications for the MH-139A Grey Wolf are now expected to win Federal Aviation Administration approval over the coming few months and throughout fiscal year 2022, an Air Force spokeswoman said this week.
Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill spoke at an event this week hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
MDA aims for September to award contracts, launch competitive GPI development
The Missile Defense Agency plans by the end of the summer to select two companies to draw up competing approaches for developing a Glide Phase Interceptor -- a new Aegis-compatible missile -- as part of a Pentagon plan to accelerate fielding within the decade of a capability to defeat adversary hypersonic glide vehicles during the regional phase of flight.
The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act included a provision for the Government Accountability Office to assess selected IT programs annually through 2023:
DOD faces challenge addressing cybersecurity practices, GAO says
A new report released this week from the Government Accountability Office found the Defense Department faces challenges addressing cybersecurity practices and may be underreporting risks across its major business information technology programs, increasing chances of cost growth and schedule delays.
Document: GAO report on DOD cybersecurity practices
The Navy's decision not to fulfill a block-buy contract for four amphibious ships despite a "handshake agreement" with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries has caught the attention of lawmakers:
Navy's shipbuilding plan calls for fewer amphibious ships than Marine Corps seeks
The Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan, released last week, calls for fewer large amphibious ships than the Marine Corps says it needs.
Document: Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) views the military's unfunded priorities lists as a "forcing mechanism" to inject more money into the defense budget, regardless of what the administration has officially requested:
Lawmakers spar over DOD's unfunded priorities and defense spending
House lawmakers today, questioning Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, debated the adequacy of President Biden's proposed $753 billion defense budget, with Democrats and Republicans differing on the importance of $25 billion in unfunded priorities lists the military services have submitted to Congress.