Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of a nascent DOD task force established to counter cyber threats to critical data and operations, plus news on Air Force space BMC2 and more.
The defense secretary has set up a task force to counter cyber threats:
Mattis establishes Pentagon task force to protect critical technology from cyber threats
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has signed a memorandum establishing a task force that will draw from the Pentagon's military and civilian leadership to counter cyber threats to critical data and operations, with an aggressive time line for specific actions within 30 days and three months.
Document: Mattis memo on cyber threats task force
A sneak peek at a couple stories that will be featured in tomorrow's Inside the Air Force:
Air Force looks to improve SAM threat training to meet Mattis' readiness goal
The Air Force is urgently seeking contractors that can train F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots to avoid "dense advanced surface-to-air missile threats," in response to last month's directive from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that four fighter jet fleets need to be 80 percent mission-capable by the end of fiscal year 2019.
Space BMC2 acquisition strategy complete, awaiting Pentagon approval
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center plans to incorporate agile software development into its new Enterprise Space Battle Management Command and Control system, and is awaiting Pentagon approval for its acquisition strategy.
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Coffman, expeditionary warfare requirements director, spoke to the media this week:
Coffman: Avenger-class ships, MH-53 helos require nuanced approach to retirement
The Navy is working with Congress to develop a strategy for retiring its legacy mine countermeasures platforms, a challenge requiring more nuance than what current congressional direction allows, according to a Marine Corps general overseeing that strategy.
Coffman: Navy mine warfare plan will be completed by the New Year
The Navy's expeditionary warfare office expects to complete its mine warfare plan by the upcoming New Year, according to the Marine Corps general in charge of assembling the blueprint.
More Marine Corps news:
Marine Corps rapid acquisition arm seeking sensors, power technology in FY-20
The Marine Corps' rapid acquisition and prototyping office will focus its fiscal year 2020 efforts on power management and physiological sensing technologies.
U.S. Transportation Command is seeking to better understand the implications and opportunities that could come from rapid, responsive launch capabilities:
TRANSCOM seeks input from industry, academia on feasibility, cost of space mobility missions
As the Defense Department works to develop a concept of operations for space-enabled mobility missions, U.S. Transportation Command is reaching out to industry and academia to better understand the implications and opportunities that could come from rapid, responsive launch capabilities, according to a recent notice.
Document: TRANSCOM notice on feasibility, cost of space mobility missions