The INSIDER daily digest -- June 24, 2025

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy contemplating building warships overseas, a recent successful test of the Long Range Discrimination Radar and more.

Senior Navy officials testified this morning before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee:

Navy considering overseas ship production; Columbia sub production delayed again

The Navy is considering building warships overseas in foreign shipyards, Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers today during a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing on the service's budget.

Document: Navy, Marine Corps FY-26 posture statements

On June 23, in an event designated Flight Test Other-26a (FTX-26a), the Long Range Discrimination Radar at Clear Space Force Station, AK, successfully acquired, tracked and reported missile target data to the Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system:

Long Range Discrimination Radar finally tracks ICBM target in do-over of 2023 event

The Missile Defense Agency finally completed a successful flight test of the Long Range Discrimination Radar, a milestone more than two years in the making for a homeland missile defense sensor that had yet to demonstrate its core mission capabilities in flight.

A new Defense Department inspector general's report assesses "the effectiveness with which the U.S. Navy recapitalized the surge sealift fleet":

DOD IG: Navy unable to recapitalize surge sealift fleet

A new Defense Department inspector general's report finds that the Navy has not been able to sufficiently recapitalize its surge sealift fleet and faces challenges in filling these gaps due to high costs and legal restrictions.

Document: DOD IG report on surge sealift recapitalization

A recent multimillion-dollar Army contract, intended to fund "parts, services, and support" for the first increment of the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system, known as Sgt. Stout, is a modification to the service's original $1.2 billion hybrid contract handed to contractor General Dynamics Land Systems in 2020 for what it called Interim Maneuver SHORAD systems:

Army hands GDLS $621 million boost for Sgt. Stout work

The Army is pouring $621 million into its Stryker vehicle variant for short-range air defense, according to a Monday Defense Department announcement.

The Army wants to award a single contractor a firm-fixed-price contract to develop what the service calls the Manned/Unmanned Tactical Vehicle Lab:

Army seeks out contractor to help stand up vehicle testing lab at Detroit Arsenal

The Army is taking offers from contractors to build a new lab designed to test tanks and other ground vehicles at Detroit Arsenal, MI, according to a solicitation updated June 23.