The INSIDER daily digest -- Nov. 28, 2016

The Joint Strike Fighter, continued coverage of DOD's latest FIAR report and more highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest:

Lockheed Martin recently won a multibillion-dollar contract for more Joint Strike Fighters:

DOD awards Lockheed $7.1B UCA for F-35 Lot 10 as negotiations continue

The Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a nearly $7.2 billion undefinitized contract to deliver 90 F-35 aircraft as part of the 10th low-rate initial production lot.

The Air Force still has a way to go to get to a full audit:

USAF says still on track for FY-18 audit but reports large accounting holes

The Air Force closed more than half of the 225 notices of findings and recommendations issued in its fiscal year 2015 Schedule of Budgetary Activity audit and put corrective actions in place, the Defense Department's chief financial officer said in a November 2016 audit status report.

Document: DOD's November 2016 FIAR status report

More Air Force news:

AFRL floats $50M for cyber, autonomy advances in unmanned systems

The Air Force Research Laboratory is offering companies nearly $50 million across five years to move unmanned aircraft closer to being capable of autonomy, waging cyber warfare and more, according to a Nov. 10 broad agency announcement on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

Document: Air Force BAA on cyber, autonomy advances in unmanned systems

 

USAF opts not to launch DMSP-20; begins tear-down of legacy weather satellite

The Air Force has begun to tear down the last grounded Defense Meteorological Satellite Program spacecraft after speculation about whether it would launch.

Air Force finds multiple issues with JSTARS aircraft after earlier grounding

An Air Force inspection of five E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft revealed two maintenance errors on two jets, a service official told Inside the Air Force last week.

Lockheed Martin will be adding a counter-UAS capability to the Army's Q-53 radar:

Army taps vendor to add C-UAS capability to Q-53 radar

The Army has selected a contractor to enable its new counterfire target acquisition radar system to combat unmanned aircraft systems.

Keep an eye out early next year for the Navy's updated ship requirement:

Navy's updated ship requirement will be released in early 2017

The Navy will release the results of a new assessment outlining the number and types of ships the service requires in early 2017, around the same time as President-elect Donald Trump's new administration takes power.