Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Monday INSIDER has an extensive look into the Pentagon's previous progress payments proposal and its new effort, plus the Defense Department's latest audit.
We start off with a deep dive into the Pentagon's contract financing reform effort:
Next round of high-stakes battle over defense industry cash flow takes shape
When the Pentagon's top negotiator told a public meeting last year that a controversial proposal to change the way the Defense Department paid contractors had been approved at the highest levels, the defense industry was worried.
Acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker said late last week the Defense Department's latest audit "did what we needed and wanted it to do":
Pentagon claims progress after failing second audit
The Defense Department for the second year in a row failed to obtain a clean financial opinion from auditors and does not expect to achieve one for at least several years, though Pentagon officials say they are making steady progress.
Document: DOD's FY-19 agency financial report
The Navy is working on a list of programs it would need to keep funded in the likely event of another continuing resolution:
Navy is developing list of programs that may require waivers under CR
The Navy has drawn up and is continuously updating a list of programs that may eventually require waivers from Congress under the ongoing continuing resolution, according to two top service officials.
Electromagnetic spectrum superiority is one of the Air Force's major focus areas:
Air Force holding demos of electronic warfare 'apps' software
The Air Force has been hosting an experiment to test a software-based architecture for electronic warfare "apps" and plans to demonstrate it aboard an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft in support of the service’s new focus on electromagnetic spectrum superiority.
In case you missed it, UBT/Rheinmetall's vehicle active protection system will get the chance to undergo more testing:
Army to perform limited test of UBT/Rheinmetall vehicle APS
The Army recently awarded Unified Business Technologies an other transaction agreement to further test its "StrikeShield" vehicle active protection system, which will inform the service's APS effort for the Stryker vehicle.