Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of Navy unmanned underwater vehicle efforts, a new Defense Department climate change document and more.
The Navy's Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle program could see a funding cut, if Senate appropriators have their way:
Senate appropriators recommend cutting funding for Navy's LDUUV
The Senate Appropriations Committee wants to cut funding for the Navy's Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle phase 2 contract.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said a new climate change document released today "lays out a path to incorporate" climate change security considerations into DOD's strategic planning:
DOD releases new Climate Risk Assessment
The Defense Department today released its Climate Risk Assessment as a "first step towards inclusion of the security implications of climate change across the DOD enterprise."
Document: DOD's new Climate Risk Assessment
A Navy spokesman has told Inside Defense that Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program costs have increased since the initial estimate:
Navy re-evaluating shipyard improvement program cost following Portsmouth project overruns
After the bid for shipyard improvements at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine came in far above estimates, the Navy is re-evaluating the cost of its ongoing 20-year, $21 billion Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.
Senior policymakers are considering ways to defend against new, long-range strike weapons, including cruise missiles:
NSC, OSD, NORAD refining list of critical domestic 'nodes' requiring cruise missile defense
White House, Pentagon and North American Aerospace Defense Command officials are refining a list of critical sites in the United States and Canada for active defense against long-range Russian and Chinese cruise missiles, eyeing domestic deployments in a crisis of sophisticated air defense systems such as Patriot and optimal locations for fighter aircraft armed with advanced radar.
The newest version of the Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System should be produced during this fiscal year:
New Army Multiple Launch Rocket System to be built in FY-22
Production on the first M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System, the newest variant of the Army's tracked field artillery launcher, should be completed in fiscal year 2022, according to Col. Guy Yelverton, project manager for strategic and operational rockets and missiles.
U.S. Transportation Command Deputy Commander Vice Adm. Dee Mewbourne spoke this week at the National Defense Transportation Association’s annual conference:
TRANSCOM's space cargo demo could be a year off as SpaceX refines launch vehicle
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- U.S. Transportation Command is ready to move forward with a "proof of principle" demonstration of space cargo transport capabilities, but officials expect it will likely be another year before SpaceX, its current launch vehicle partner, is ready to move forward.