Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The FY-18 defense policy conference report plus a slew of Air Force news are featured in this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Continuing coverage of the FY-18 defense policy conference report released this week:
Defense policy bill zeroes in on services contracts
Under the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill negotiated by House and Senate lawmakers, the Pentagon would have to take a much closer look at the services it acquires.
Conference report directs Air Force to certify full-scale test of U.S. rocket engine
Lawmakers are seeking to release the Air Force from restrictive policy barring the service from investing in launch technologies other than the engine, if the service validates that competitors in its Launch Services Agreement program have conducted a successful full-scale test of a domestic rocket engine.
Lawmakers want Pentagon to lead U.S. cyber posture review
The latest version of the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill taps the Pentagon to lead a review of U.S. cyber posture, as lawmakers seek to clarify the government's strategy and policy for cyber deterrence.
Conference bill fences half of WIN-T procurement funding
Lawmakers have agreed to provide the Army with its requested funding for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical in fiscal year 2018, but have restricted the service's expenditures and imposed several reporting requirements.
An Air Force command-and-control study has led to several new investments:
Technology investments, experimentation campaigns to follow ECCT study
The Air Force is planning its technology investments following the yearlong Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team study on multidomain command and control and is preparing to launch multiple data-focused experimentation campaigns, the service's military deputy for acquisition said this week.
More Air Force news:
LRSO development driven by early testing to prove reliability, manufacturing
The Long-Range Standoff Weapon program office has developed a technical approach called "design for reliability and manufacturing" to ensure the multibillion-dollar nuclear cruise missiles won't fail if used.
Lockheed delivers first F-35 full mission sims to international customers
Lockheed Martin announced this week it has delivered 10 F-35 full mission simulators to four international partners and plans to deliver another 16 systems to non-U.S. customers in 2018.
Air Combat Command laying groundwork to merge cyber, ISR forces
Air Force Air Combat Command is reorganizing to ensure it can hit the ground running when the service approves a merger between the 24th Air Force, which oversees cyber operations, and the 25th Air Force, which handles intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, ACC's intelligence chief said this week.
Air Force, Lockheed finalizing A2100 propulsion system review
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are close to completing a review of the A2100 propulsion system, which is used to power three major Air Force satellite constellations.