Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on an Air Force training experiment, a prototype Army fire-control system, Marine Corps personnel cuts and more.
Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly recently spoke at the Air Force Association's virtual Air Warfare Symposium:
ACC commander eyes start to RFX training experiment, but unsure of five-year funding plan
The head of Air Combat Command would like to move forward with an experiment that could change the way the Air Force trains fighter pilots, but he told reporters last week he needs a more stable funding plan in place beyond fiscal year 2022 to prove out the new concept.
(Check out our complete coverage of the symposium here.)
Inside Defense this week interviewed Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, the Army's director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team:
Army to demonstrate Next Generation Intelligent Fire Control at Project Convergence '21
The Army will demonstrate the Next Generation Intelligent Fire Control system, which can detect and locate targets for combat vehicles, at this year's Project Convergence exercise, according to the director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team.
The Marine Corps' top uniformed officer has told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin the service will need to reduce personnel:
Berger: Personnel cuts, modernization highlight upcoming force design efforts
The Marine Corps will reduce both uniformed and civilian personnel and re-invest funds derived from divesting legacy systems into new programs as part of its force design efforts, Marine Corps Commandant David Berger wrote in a memo obtained by Inside Defense.
A new Army anti-jamming capability eliminates the need for multiple GPS devices on a single platform by distributing PNT data to multiple systems and allows multiple users to access an assured GPS signal from one central point:
Army equips additional units with second gen of anti-jamming capability
The Army in November started equipping additional units with the second generation of its Mounted Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing anti-jamming capability, which will be integrated into Abrams and Bradley vehicles, a service official told Inside Defense last week.
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has approved a final report that covers a broad range of opportunities and challenges associated with AI, but approaches most of its findings and recommendations through the lens of competition with China:
National Security Commission on AI approves final report
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence approved its final report today, sending the White House and Congress a bevy of recommendations on how the United States should approach technology competition with China in the coming decade.
Document: NSCAI's final report
A new Government Accountability Office report finds the Defense Department "can better leverage existing contested mobility studies and improve training":
Surge sealift crews need contested mobility training, GAO finds
The surge sealift ship crews do not receive enough training for mobility in contested environments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
Document: GAO report on contested mobility