Sunday, December 8, 2024
Sunday, December 8, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has more coverage of the Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems assessment report and more.
The Government Accountability Office, in its latest annual report on selected weapon system programs, noted the previously unreported failure of a ballistic missile intercept test:
LTAMDS, IBCS failed to intercept classified ballistic missile target, GAO reveals
A classified ballistic missile target was able to sneak by the Army's newest radar and integrated battle command system during an operational assessment last year, a setback the service did not disclose -- but which came to light in a new report by congressional auditors on the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
Document: GAO's annual weapon system assessment report
RTX didn't meet expectations on a satellite warning system and its contract has subsequently been canceled:
RTX cut from MEO missile warning/missile tracking program
As Space Systems Command attempts to quickly field its missile warning/missile tracking satellites, it has canceled a contract with RTX for failing to meet cost and timeline schedules.
At least one lawmaker thinks U.S. shipbuilders will need foreign workers to build submarines for Australia:
Kaine: Increasing shipbuilding workforce will require immigration reform
Expanding the defense industrial base workforce to produce the Virginia-class submarines needed to satisfy the AUKUS security pact will require immigration reform, according to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA).
Pending regulatory approvals, South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha has reached a purchase agreement with the current owner of Philly Shipyard, Norwegian investment group Anker ASA:
SECNAV endorses South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha's $100 million bid to buy Philly Shipyard
A $100 million offer from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Oceans to buy the Philadelphia-based Philly Shipyard has the support of Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, who has previously encouraged foreign investment in the U.S. industrial base.
A senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee thinks "negotiated, fixed-cost contracts is the way to go on software":
Wittman: Fixed-price deals are the 'way to go' on software
As the Air Force shifts its primary acquisition model to favor software above platforms, House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) said firm, fixed-price contracts are the best fit.