Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a new Army force employment model, the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program and more.
Army officials at last year's Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference announced the service was building a new force employment model called the Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model, expected to be implemented across the entire service in fiscal year 2022:
New REARMM ROC drills leading Army modernization decisions
The Army is holding rehearsal of concept drills right now that will help the service make its modernization decisions and could potentially impact the fielding schedule of technologies, according to a service official.
Army Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman spoke Monday at a virtual event with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments:
Non-traditional contractors likely to bid for OMFV, Coffman says
The Army expects some "non-traditional" companies to submit proposals for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, the Bradley fighting vehicle replacement, the director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team said March 15.
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), a seapower and projection forces subcommittee member and former Navy surface warfare officer, spoke this week at a Hudson Institute event:
Luria: Congress needs more information on Navy shipbuilding plans
The vice chair of the House Armed Services committee is calling for more information from the Navy on its recently released Battle Force 2045 shipbuilding plan.
Document: Rep. Luria's letter on Battle Force 2045 plan
The FCC is scheduled to vote this week on a draft order to open the 3.45-3.55 GHz band for commercial licenses:
FCC to vote on key block of mid-band spectrum used by military, defense contractors
The Federal Communications Commission this week will vote on an order outlining how a key slice of spectrum currently set aside for military use will be opened to commercial, fifth-generation wireless networks.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Vectrus CEO Chuck Prow:
Vectrus CEO says company sees opportunity to grow work with Navy in INDOPACOM region
The chief executive of Vectrus said this month the company is optimistic it will be able to expand its work through the Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation program in the Indo-Pacific Command region, particularly with the Navy.