Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Marine Corps' contribution to the National Defense Strategy, the Pentagon's cloud computing plans, a multibillion-dollar Boeing purchase and more highlight this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Inside the Navy chatted with the Marine Corps' deputy commandant for combat development and integration this morning:
Marine Corps will leverage Navy's NDS role to achieve priorities
On the heels of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis telling lawmakers the National Defense Strategy has a maritime bent, the Marine Corps is positioning itself to assist the Navy in the realm of sea control and power projection, according to a service official.
An industry group wants more information about the Pentagon's cloud strategy:
Industry group lobbies Congress for transparency on DOD cloud strategy
An industry group representing information technology contractors wants Congress to provide greater transparency on the Pentagon's controversial plans to award a potentially lucrative cloud-computing contract to a single company.
Defense contractor M&A news:
Boeing buys KLX for $4.25 billion
Boeing announced today it has agreed to acquire Miami-based aerospace parts distributor KLX for $4.25 billion.
House authorizers really want the Air Force to look into developing a non-nuclear version of the Long-Range Standoff Weapon:
House lawmakers keep pushing for conventional LRSO despite Air Force opposition
Congress is doubling down on its position that the Air Force should pursue a conventional variant of the Long-Range Standoff Weapon, adding new language in the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill.
The Marine Corps is inching closer to selecting an Amphibious Combat Vehicle contractor:
Marines complete ACV operational assessment, downselect slated for mid-June
The Marine Corps recently completed the operational assessment for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, and is waiting for after-action reports before downselecting to one vendor in mid-June, according to an official.
Keep an eye out this month for a hypersonic defense weapon system industry day:
To counter 'greatest threat,' DOD sets Hypersonic Defense Weapon Systems industry day
The Pentagon will brief industry this month on plans for Hypersonic Defense Weapon Systems, inviting proposals for technologies with the potential to defeat ultra-fast, maneuvering missiles -- a prospective new class of weapons that a top U.S. general said poses "the greatest threat" -- in a step that aims to launch work soon on a new element of the nation's missile defense system.
Document: MDA hypersonic defense weapon systems concept definition BAA
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