Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest features a free link to a progress payments story we ran yesterday, plus news on missile defense and more.
As the Pentagon prepares to wade back into the controversial matter of contract financing reform, Inside Defense has taken a comprehensive look at the remarkable chain of events that unfolded the first time DOD tackled this issue. Here's a free link to the story that we posted yesterday:
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.
The Missile Defense Agency is exploring options for pairing a range of different warheads with existing boosters for the marquee homeland missile defense system:
Industry offering alternative interceptor concepts to improve GMD in tandem with NGI
U.S. missile defense contractors are pitching ideas for improving the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system with alternative interceptor concepts in a gambit to provide near-term upgrades should the Pentagon proceed with the technically ambitious Next-Generation Interceptor program that could take a decade or more to field.
The Government Accountability Office has made a decision on Blue Origin's launch services procurement protest:
GAO sustains Blue Origin's launch services protest, recommends USAF amend RFP
The Government Accountability Office has sustained Blue Origin's protest of Phase 2 of the Air Force's Launch Services Procurement effort and is recommending the service amend the solicitation.
The U.S. shipbuilding industry is worried about the effects of an extended continuing resolution:
Shipbuilders warn Congress another CR would cause 'sizable reductions' to workforce, operations
A trade association representing the country's shipbuilders sent lawmakers a letter last week warning that another continuing resolution would lead to sizable reductions in its industry's workforce and operations.
Document: Shipbuilders' letter to Congress on CR
Last but certainly not least, some 5G news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Senators cite China threat to 5G in bipartisan call for White House coordinator
A bipartisan group of senators is pressing new White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien to establish a telecommunications security coordinator, citing concerns about China and the development of next-generation 5G networks and arguing federal efforts lack a "coherent national strategy."