Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program, CYBERCOM and the Air Force's B-21 bomber fleet are among the highlights in this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Funding for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship is in flux:
Trump administration backs second LCS in FY-18
One day after the Navy released its fiscal year 2018 budget request, which included one Littoral Combat Ship, a top service official said Wednesday the Navy, backed by the White House, "supports funding" an additional LCS.
CYBERCOM is in the process of becoming a full-fledged combatant command:
CYBERCOM seeks funding increase in new budget request
The head of U.S. Cyber Command said his organization is seeking an increase in funding in the fiscal year 2018 budget request, in part to elevate CYBERCOM to a full-fledged combatant command.
Both the ongoing Nuclear Posture Review as well as the National Military Strategy will have a say in whether the Air Force increases its B-21 bomber fleet:
National Military Strategy could inform larger B-21 fleet-size requirement
Two ongoing Pentagon posture reviews could shape a requirement for additional B-21 bombers beyond the 100-aircraft floor the Air Force has set over the last year.
Document: House hearing on the Air Force's FY-18 budget request
Nuclear weapons spending won't be decreasing under the budget proposed earlier this week:
Trump's first budget request holds line on nuclear weapons spending
President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget request boosts nuclear modernization spending in some areas, but largely maintains funding levels projected by the previous administration as the Pentagon embarks on a new review of its nuclear strategy.
We look at the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office's funding in the FY-18 budget:
SCO seeks $1.1 billion in FY-18, exponential increase to support 'new era of power projection'
The once-secretive Strategic Capabilities Office is seeking $1.1 billion -- the second largest unclassified pot of research and development funding in the Defense Department's fiscal year 2018 budget -- to develop new, and the Pentagon hopes, surprising ways of using existing systems to bolster conventional deterrence against China and Russia.
The Navy has reworked its refueling schedule for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier John C. Stennis:
Stackley: Navy delays Stennis midlife refueling by 10 months
The Navy has postponed the midlife refueling of the John C. Stennis (CVN-74) by 10 months after "realigning" its maintenance schedule, according to acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley.
Keep an eye on funding for the Air Force's Air Operations Center war planning system:
Air Force outlines new AOC 10.2 funding request and schedule changes
The Air Force's fiscal year 2018 budget request, released this week, offers a window into how much money the service needs to smooth out hundreds of issues plaguing an upgrade to the Air Operations Center war planning system.