Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The nuclear triad budget, the Army National Guard's Apache helicopter fleet and more highlight this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Spending to modernize the triad will, at its height, account for 6 percent to 7 percent of the overall defense budget:
Nuclear spending stands out in debate among competing defense priorities
The Defense Department wants to spend $1.2 trillion in the coming decades to modernize the U.S. nuclear triad, a sum that senior Pentagon officials behind the recent Nuclear Posture Review argue is both necessary and affordable, despite concerns on Capitol Hill that the plan will prove unrealistic amid mounting deficits.
The head of the Army National Guard spoke this morning at an AUSA breakfast:
Kadavy: ARNG working through Apache battalion size challenges
The Army National Guard has to borrow from two of its four remaining attack reconnaissance battalions to prepare the others for deployments, according to its director.
Closing the Pentagon's rapid acquisition hub could be detrimental to a number of Air Force projects, according to the service's acquisition chief:
Roper: Disbanding SCO would be detrimental to Air Force acquisition
The Air Force's top acquisition official said recently that if a proposal by House lawmakers to disband the Strategic Capabilities Office is successful, several of the service's development efforts could slip or be forced to restart.
Document: House authorizers' FY-19 policy bill marks
Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts told reporters this morning that the service has not changed its small surface combatant force-structure assessment:
Geurts: Additional LCSs in FY-19 would not change 20-ship FFG(X) buy
Whether Congress directs the Navy to purchase additional Littoral Combat Ships in fiscal year 2019 does not change the service's stance on buying at a minimum 20 guided-missile frigate replacement vessels.
Related: SECNAV wants to discuss with Marinette how its LCS price can become more competitive
The head of L3 Technologies spoke about his company's quarterly earnings this week:
L3 CEO: New executive leadership team should be complete by end of 2018
L3 Technologies' new executive leadership team should be complete by the end of this calendar year, according to the company's chief executive.