Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
The Pentagon's latest "Green Book," the RQ-4 Global Hawk, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program and more highlight this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Pentagon's latest "Green Book" introduces a new budget subfunction called "OCO to base":
DOD plans to shift $190 billion from OCO to base budget between FY-20 and FY-23
The Defense Department has established a new line in its spending forecast to account for shifting $190 billion from war costs back into the base budget between fiscal years 2020 and 2023, according to the office of the Pentagon's comptroller.
Document: DOD's FY-19 'green book'
Unmanned systems coverage:
Lawmakers propose briefings on progress of enlisted RPA pilots, suggest enlisted could fly all aircraft
The House Armed Services Committee today passed an amendment to its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill requiring the Air Force secretary to brief lawmakers by spring 2019 on plans for allowing enlisted airmen to fly all remotely piloted aircraft, as well as on the possibility of creating a path for enlisted airmen to pilot any aircraft.
Lawmakers propose more money for BACN aircraft, push for RQ-4 communications upgrades
The House Armed Services Committee is nudging the Air Force to invest more in its EQ-4B Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft, a modified version of Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk, in the chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill.
A new DOD IG report on the Army's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program is out:
DOD IG concerned with JLTV preparedness
The Pentagon's inspector general is concerned about whether the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will be ready for full-rate production as the Army gears up for a final production decision in December, according to a newly released audit of the program.
Document: DOD IG report on the JLTV program
The Air Force will not likely release a report on an upcoming safety review's findings and noted the effort will not be led by a member of the air staff:
Air Force to conduct operational safety review following increase in aviation mishaps
The Air Force announced Tuesday it will conduct a one-day operational safety review across all of its flying and maintenance wings in response to a recent increase in Class A mishaps within the service.