Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Marine Corps' CH-53K helicopter program, the Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar and more.
Acquisition of the Marine Corps' CH-53K helicopters will now last until fiscal year 2030 instead of wrapping up in FY-28 as planned:
Marine Corps stretches out CH-53K acquisition plan
The Marine Corps has stretched out its acquisition plan for the CH-53K helicopter, according to the Defense Department's recently released 2019 Selected Acquisition Report.
Initial fielding of the Long Range Discrimination Radar will mark the start of training with plans to connect the LRDR to the operational Ballistic Missile Defense System at a later date:
Pandemic forces six-month delay to MDA plans for LRDR initial fielding
The Missile Defense Agency is delaying initial fielding of the Long Range Discrimination Radar -- originally slated for next month -- to June 2021, a change of plans forced by the COVID-19 pandemic which hampered facility construction and installation of the new sensor in Alaska earlier this year.
The Space and Missile Systems Center is undertaking an effort to better understand how industry is thinking about the future of launch and how the service can leverage that vision in its own launch investments and planning:
SMC launch enterprise looking to industry to shape future LSP acquisition strategy
The Space and Missile Systems Center is using a new request for information to help shape a larger conversation about how future launch services acquisition strategies will build on past work and where they might move in a new direction.
The Air Force was supposed to conduct a final design review of an ICBM subsystem in December 2019, but a funding cut and testing failure with a small electrical component resulted in the service postponing the review:
ICBM fuze program finishes design review after months-long delay
The Air Force has completed a final design review of a new arming and fuzing assembly for the military's intercontinental ballistic missiles after the service had to delay the milestone by eight months from its original schedule.
The Defense Department's No. 2 top uniformed military officer spoke late last week at the Schriever Space Futures Forum:
Hyten: 'I'm going to be unbelievably loud' about space overclassification
The vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said Friday he plans to spend his last year in the seat pushing hard for changes to the way the Defense Department classifies space programs.