Friday, May 10, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024
In today's INSIDER Daily Digest, Defense Secretary Mattis is planning to soon sit down with industry executives and Lockheed Martin chief Marillyn Hewson says the company is seeking increased international sales.
Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Mattis is planning next month to sit down with industry leaders in a meeting hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association:
Mattis to meet with industry executives
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is scheduled to confer with defense industry executives on April 13 during a meeting convened by three industry organizations, according to a source with knowledge of the event.
Following the release of the fiscal year 2018 “skinny” budget, the Office of Management and Budget is asking the heads of all executive branch departments and agencies not to get into the details of the proposed plan.
OMB directs executive branch to keep mum on FY-18 budget details, for now
The White House Office of Management and Budget has directed executive branch officials slated to testify before Congress in the coming weeks to keep mum for now about details of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget and limit discussion of the forthcoming spending proposal to the broad strokes outlined in the "skinny budget" published last week.
Lockheed Martin today hosted a media day, featuring remarks from Marillyn Hewson, the contractor's chief executive:
Hewson says international work, tax and regulations changes will bolster Lockheed's growth
Lockheed Martin is seeing new opportunity in international sales and in regulatory and tax changes under the Trump administration, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.
We also have several stories on the Navy's plans:
Navy working to more easily integrate unmanned systems on submarines
Naval Sea Systems Command has organized an “integrated product team” of representatives from different program offices to make it easier and faster to deploy unmanned systems off submarines, according to a Navy official.
Navy issues solicitation for the Boise to private shipyards due to backlog at public yards
The Navy recently issued a solicitation to private shipyards for the overhaul of the attack submarine Boise (SSN-764) because of a backlog at the public shipyards.
Navy's cyber arm pushing for increased automation, machine learning tech
The U.S. military needs to invest heavily in automation and machine learning to protect its networks from adversaries relying on the same technologies, according to one of the Navy's top cyber commanders.
A top Army official sat down with Inside the Army during a recent conference in Huntsville, AL:
Acting under secretary weighs in on funding, acquisition reform
While Army leaders maintain that the service would benefit from additional funding to support and accelerate its readiness and modernization objectives, budget uncertainty is "the worst part" of the process, according to the senior official performing the duties of the under secretary.
And lastly, the Marine Corps is making progress on its Amphibious Combat Vehicle:
Marines kick off next-generation amphibious vehicle EMD testing
The Marine Corps kicked off Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1.1 engineering and manufacturing development testing last week and will begin the operational assessment early next calendar year, according to an official.