Thursday, October 10, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Space Development Agency's use of non-traditional contractors and more.
We start off with a deep dive into the Space Development Agency's use of non-traditional contractors:
Non-traditional contractors offering SDA innovative options beyond the usual primes
Non-traditional contractors are pushing to get a leg-up against massive primes that have dominated the defense industry for decades, and the director of the Space Development Agency says he wants to be an enthusiastic partner.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks has approved and signed the Fulcrum DOD Information Technology (IT) Advancement Strategy:
DOD releases 'Fulcrum' strategy to transform IT
The Defense Department released a new information technology strategy today focused on joint warfighting, modernization, management and workforce development.
Document: DOD's 'fulcrum' IT advancement strategy
The head of the Air Force's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program has been shown the door:
Air Force fires Sentinel ICBM director
The Air Force fired the director of its Sentinel nuclear missile program due to a "loss of confidence," a service spokeswoman said today, as the program faces a review for critical cost breaches.
Northrop Grumman, prime contractor for the Integrated Battle Command System, has delivered the first IBCS Engagement Operations Center (EOC) and IFCN Relay, capping delivery of the first full set of equipment under the program's low-rate initial production award:
Army takes delivery of first production IBCS set, including new 'survivable' mobile antenna
The Army has taken delivery of the first complete set of hardware needed for next-generation air and missile defense capabilities -- including a more mobile Integrated Fire Control Network Relay redesigned at the 11th hour to reflect lessons from the war in Ukraine -- a kit potentially available for deployment to Guam.
Some Army helicopter news:
Army working with NAVAIR engineers on FLRAA design
As the Army works to reduce risk in its design of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, the service has included Naval Air Systems Command engineers that previously worked on the V-22 Osprey in the process, with the goal of incorporating lessons learned from the Osprey into FLRAA.
Last but by no means least, the latest national security cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
DOC finalizes determination to ban Kaspersky software due to national security concerns
The Commerce Department is using its review authority over foreign transactions in the information and communications technology and services sector to ban Kaspersky software from use in the United States, utilizing a controversial Trump-era rulemaking also leveraged under the Biden administration to address national security risks.