Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from a briefing by the Army's new acting secretary, the naming of an interim head of the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office, a mine warfare conference and more.
In the wake of a reshuffling of senior Pentagon leadership roles, the Army's new acting secretary this week sought to tamp down any worries that major policy changes were in the works:
McCarthy: It's business as usual for the Army
Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said today he will continue to push the service's priorities amid the shifting roles of civilian leaders in the Pentagon.
On June 18, two work days after Pentagon research and engineering chief Michael Griffin requested Chris Shank's resignation as Strategic Capabilities Office director in a dispute over a proposed reorganization, Griffin named an interim successor:
Griffin taps senior DARPA official as interim SCO director
The Pentagon's chief technology officer has tapped David Honey, a senior Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency official, to temporarily head the Strategic Capabilities Office.
The Mine Warfare Association held an event this week. Here's our coverage so far:
Early MCM-1 ship decommissioning partly driven by limited funding
The Navy opted to decommission its mine countermeasures Avenger-class (MCM-1) ships early because of constrained funding and the willingness of service leadership to take additional risk in fielding replacement capabilities, according to a Navy official.
Navy mine warfare plan will serve as defense policy bill certification for MCM capabilities
The Navy plans to deliver its mine warfare plan to Congress by the end of the year, and the document will serve as certification to lawmakers that the service is prepared to retire legacy equipment, according to a top Navy official.
Here's more news from last week's Air Force Life-Cycle Industry Day:
Air Force rebaselining B-2 DMS-M after program delays
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force's program executive officer for fighters and bombers told reporters last week the service is in the process of rebaselining the B-2 Defensive Management System Modernization effort -- a $3 billion overhaul aimed at improving the bomber's survivability.
The Pentagon is drawing up a list of bases and installations across all the military services where it can deploy 5G networks, according to DOD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy:
Top DOD official cites need for 'dynamic spectrum sharing,' as military prepares 5G 'use cases'
The Defense Department is exploring "dynamic spectrum sharing" and examining what military bases could serve as testbeds for fifth-generation wireless technologies, according to a top DOD official.