Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Trump's budget, acquisition reform and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Don't expect Trump's budget to survive congressional scrutiny:
Top House defense appropriator ready to tweak Trump's budget
The chairwoman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee said Thursday Congress stands ready to change President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget, which will propose a $54 billion increase in defense spending offset by a commensurate cut in non-defense funds.
An early look at the latest effort at defense acquisition reform:
Thornberry's latest acquisition reform bill targets intellectual property, services contracts
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) is poised to release an acquisition reform bill that proposes to transform how the Pentagon procures many goods and services, including intellectual property, according to committee aides who briefed reporters.
Air Force news:
Northrop Grumman confirms it did not bid in 3DELRR recompete
The Air Force last week awarded Raytheon a $52 million contract to build the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar after a 2014 protest led to a recompete -- and Northrop Grumman, one of the companies that initiated the protest, opted not to bid a second time around.
Goldfein: 'Space Force' proposal would disrupt efforts to integrate space across domains
Air Force leadership told Senate lawmakers this week that while there may be merits to creating a separate "space corps," such a drastic organizational shift could disrupt current efforts to better position the Defense Department to respond to conflicts in and from space.
DOD's hypersonic weapon program has a new name:
DOD hypersonic weapon effort now called Conventional Prompt Strike, part of new 'TSTEW'
The Pentagon has formally changed the name of its marquee effort to develop a long-range, hypersonic weapon, eliminating "global" from what used to be called the Conventional Prompt Global Strike program -- a rebranding that comes as the top brass have refined the underlying requirement for a high-speed, boost-glide weapon.
The No. 2 officer in the National Guard gave a speech this morning:
National Guard aims to contribute readiness to total force
The National Guard is working to determine how it can contribute readiness across the board, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, said May 18.
Defense business news:
BWX Technologies establishes new research and development portfolio, names CTO
BWX Technologies, which builds the nuclear reactors used on Navy aircraft carriers and submarines, has created a new pool of funding for research and development projects meant to spur innovation, according to the company's chief executive.
As DBB eyes efficiency studies, former DOD officials note challenges
The Defense Business Board is preparing a set of studies intended to find efficiencies in the Defense Department, but several former Pentagon officials say the effort belies the inner tension between the panel, which was designed to recommend best business practices of the commercial sector, and the department, which cannot operate like a business.
The Army wants to broaden the way it defends itself from cyber threats:
Army office to use FY-17 funds to expand defensive cyber capabilities beyond active units
The Army's program executive office for enterprise information systems plans to use fiscal year 2017 funds to expand cyber capabilities in the Army Reserve and National Guard, according to the product manager for defensive cyber operations.
The Marine Corps wants more JLTVs:
Marine Corps official says commandant seeks more than 9,000 JLTVs
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert. Neller wants the service to purchase 9,091 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles -- 65 percent more than the number included in the program of record, according to a Marine Corps official.