Sunday, December 8, 2024
Sunday, December 8, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy looking to develop nuclear power sites on military installations, plus coverage of the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and the AUSA conference.
We start off with the Navy developing nuclear power sites on military installations:
Navy requests information to develop nuclear power sites
The Navy is seeking to expand its clean energy generation through development of nuclear power sites on underutilized military land, including seven locations of interest across Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have the latest on the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
PSC: 'Narrow' scope of CMMC program final rule leads to questions on implementation
The Pentagon's decision to make many comments out of scope from its final rule on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program raises concerns over how the rollout will work in practice as contracting officers write requirements into solicitations, according to the Professional Services Council.
Industry coalition identifies issues with proposed affirmation process, flow-down requirements in CMMC acquisition rule
A coalition of industry groups is asking the Defense Department to make changes to its proposed acquisition rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to address concerns over affirmation of compliance and how to track flow-down requirements in supply chains.
Continuing coverage of this week's big AUSA conference:
Army's Stryker turret may have passed its testing phase, just not unscathed
The Army announced it has wrapped production verification testing of its Medium Caliber Weapon System, touting it is "beating requirements" for reliability and will start to field the turret atop the Stryker vehicle in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. But that doesn’t mean it's not without hiccups.
Army leaders: U.S. requires layered response to meet small UAS threat across regions
Army leaders across all areas of responsibility shared the challenges they face in efforts to meet the threat posed by adversaries' small, uncrewed aerial systems this week, but one similar refrain remained -- the U.S. military's response must be layered.