Friday, December 13, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024
The INSIDER starts with news from the Air Force chief staff lamenting the ongoing continuing resolution and also includes news about companies teaming up on the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the Navy secretary extending the service lives of 12 destroyers and more.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin says the service is being hurt by the CR:
Allvin: Yearly CRs contribute to a ‘death by 1,000 cuts’ to Air Force programs
Year after year, long-term continuing resolutions have strangled the defense budgetary process, which Air Force officials say is exhausting time that could have been spent on advancing capabilities and blurring the service’s vision about what it might need to maintain superiority over the nation’s adversaries.
GA-ASI and BAE are teaming up to bring some new EW capabilities to the Air Force’s CCA program:
General Atomics, BAE collaborate on electronic warfare capabilities for CCAs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and BAE Systems are working together to build autonomous electronic warfare functions for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, GA-ASI announced today.
The Navy secretary wants 12 destroyers to stay in the fleet longer than planned:
SECNAV announces service life extensions for 12 destroyers
The Navy will extend its operational use of 12 Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyers by up to five years beyond their intended 35-year service lives, according to a Thursday announcement from service secretary Carlos Del Toro.
A selected acquisition report shows plans to increase Patriot missile buys:
Pentagon report estimates increased quantity of PAC-3 MSE missiles through FY-29
The Pentagon expects to have about 500 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles than previously anticipated, according to a Selected Acquisition Report dated Dec. 31, 2023, that was released publicly last month.
And shipbuilder HII is working to hire a more seasoned workforce:
HII to pivot to new hiring technique, focus more on experienced workers
Amid program delays and cost increases in the most recent financial quarter, shipbuilder HII is pivoting to a different hiring method by focusing on recruitment of experienced employees rather than a green workforce.