Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Long Range Discrimination Radar, the Pentagon's space-based missile defense architecture, the Army's Extended Range Cannon Artillery program and more.
We start off with some missile defense news:
Lockheed, DOD negotiating scope, strength of future LRDR space surveillance reach
Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department are hammering out terms for expanding the space surveillance capability of the Long Range Discrimination Radar, a planned major software upgrade that would improve the ability of the ballistic missile defense sensor to detect and track objects in orbit in the mid-2020s.
Raymond to review space-based missile defense architecture plan at summit this week
Space Force Commander Gen. John Raymond will host a space architecture summit this week aimed at discussing the Defense Department's space-based missile warning and missile defense architecture.
The Army's Extended Range Cannon Artillery program recently hit one target and missed another:
Army's new ERCA prototype demonstrates 65-km range, target hit
YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ -- The Army on Friday tested the new platform for its Extended Range Cannon Artillery program, shooting two projectiles 65 kilometers to demonstrate the future long-range capability for multidomain battle.
In recent testimony submitted to the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee, Navy acquisition chief Hondo Geurts and Vice Adm. James Kilby detail the service's rationale for canceling the service life extensions of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers:
Navy cancels DDG-51 service life extensions
The Navy has opted not to conduct service life extensions of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, according to recent congressional testimony.
Document: Senate hearing on the Navy's FY-21 shipbuilding budget
U.S. Cyber Command wants more money:
CYBERCOM requests budget boost amid 'defend forward' operations; increases contracting actions
U.S. Cyber Command is seeking a $42 million increase to its budget in fiscal year 2021 as it ramps up "defend forward" operations targeting adversaries on networks based abroad.
Aerospace Industries Association President Eric Fanning said late last week that the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification was one part of a recent conversation with senior Defense Department officials:
AIA confirms DOD officials met with associations last week
Pentagon officials on Friday afternoon met with the Aerospace Industries Association, the National Defense Industrial Association and the Professional Services Council for a wide-ranging conversation, according to AIA's chief executive.