Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from this week's Common Defense conference, the Army's final decision on the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition and more.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord spoke at the ComDef conference this morning:
DOD acquisition chief says U.S. discussing path ahead on Turkish arms sales
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord said today the United States is working on how it might keep selling weapons to Turkey, despite growing tensions over Ankara's ongoing military operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
The Army finally announced the winner of the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition:
Raytheon wins LTAMDS competition, extends hold on Patriot franchise
The Army has selected Raytheon to build the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, handing defeat to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman who had hoped to oust the incumbent Patriot radar builder.
In a recent request for white papers, the Defense Information Systems Agency lays out its requirements for Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) services:
DOD seeks white papers on identity technologies foundational to 'zero-trust' initiative
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking proposals from companies interested in prototyping identity management technologies that officials say are foundational to the Defense Department's new "zero-trust" approach to network security.
Document: DISA request for white papers on identity management technologies
John Henderson, the Air Force's assistant secretary for installations, environment and energy, testified before a House subcommittee this week:
Air Force to review cyber threats to installations at November summit
The Air Force is working to better characterize cyber vulnerabilities at its installations and plans to discuss the findings of several ongoing assessments during a summit next month.
Document: House hearing on 'Resiliency of Military Installations to Emerging Threats'
More cyber news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
DOD's Arrington says cyber certification 'is happening' despite calls for go-slow approach
Defense Department Special Assistant for Cybersecurity Katie Arrington said the Pentagon's maturity model for certifying contractors based on their ability to secure data and systems is moving forward, with a revised version of the plan to be released at the beginning of November for use in contracts next year, despite calls from industry and others to slow down the implementation process.