Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on moving combat vehicles in Europe, a new Army paper on multidomain transformation, aviation mishaps and more.
Leaders from the Army 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team held a media roundtable this week:
Armor brigade leaders discuss transportation in Europe
Lessons learned from moving combat vehicles between Eastern European countries during a recent deployment will help the Army in the future, leaders from the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team said at a March 24 media roundtable.
The Army this week issued a paper on multidomain transformation:
New Army paper outlines how service will operationalize MDTF for future conflict
A new Army paper released Tuesday outlines how the service plans to transform over the next several years to meet future challenges and operationalize its multidomain task force to dominate adversaries.
Document: Army paper on multidomain transformation
Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin testified this week before the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee:
USAF sees improvement in Class A mishap rate, working to implement aviation safety recommendations
The Air Force's deputy chief of staff told lawmakers this week the service's rate of Class A aviation mishaps per flight hour is down 47% since 2018 and highlighted efforts within the service to implement safety recommendations from the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety.
Document: House hearing on military training mishaps
Some cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Intel official: Industry-focused supply chain reports to inform Biden administration's initial work on risk management
Results from agency-led reports on semiconductor and high-capacity battery supply chains will help the Biden administration identify immediate priorities around reshoring manufacturing capacity and a risk management approach in collaboration with the private sector, according to a senior intelligence official.
Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team have been selected to work on the Next Generation Interceptor program:
MDA taps Lockheed, Northrop-Raytheon team for NGI, ousting incumbent Boeing
The Missile Defense Agency today selected Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team for initial design contracts for a Next Generation Interceptor, bumping Boeing from the race to build a new guided missile intended to protect the United States before the end of the decade from advanced North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles.