The INSIDER daily digest -- Oct. 21, 2022

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on military radar aid to Lithuania, a Northrop Grumman software package aimed at helping military helicopter pilots, a Lockheed Martin exhibit on future space concepts and more.

On Oct. 19, the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced it has a requirement to buy three AN/TPS-77 Multi-Role Radars for Lithuania:

DOD looking to bolster Baltic air and missile defense with new radars for Lithuania

The Defense Department is looking to help Lithuania buy long-range air surveillance radars as part of an effort to develop an integrated air and missile defense network for Baltic nations, announcing plans to buy three Lockheed Martin-built, road-mobile sensors days after 14 NATO defense ministers announced plans for a “European Sky Shield Initiative.”

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin were each awarded about $7 million in other transaction agreements in 2020 to develop Survivability Against Integrated and Network Threats systems for the Army:

Northrop says its software will help Army ease the cognitive load on helicopter pilots

Northrop Grumman says it is developing a software package that would help air crews on the Army's Future Vertical Lift aircraft more effectively harness the growing array of sensor data that will feed into the aircraft.

Called "Destination: Space 2050," a new Lockheed Martin exhibit features futuristic concepts for missions like space defense and included a presentation of a self-adapting autonomous system and field-tested quantum capabilities:

Lockheed Martin outlines 2050 space vision

In a warehouse in Washington, DC, Lockheed Martin today unveiled two new technologies and outlined a vision for a bustling space community by the middle of the century.

The Defense Department's Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation has released its fiscal year 2021 Defense Spending by State report "to help states and communities better understand the components of defense spending on procurement and personnel":

Vaccine producers break into DOD's list of top 10 contractors

Two manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine accounted for a significant increase in the Pentagon's state-by-state spending in fiscal year 2021, driven by large contracts related to vaccine and treatment purchases, according to new data from the Defense Department.

Document: DOD's FY-21 defense spending by state report

A recent global defensive cyberspace operation, conducted by U.S. Cyber Command in tandem with half a dozen combatant commands, the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard and others, spanned Oct. 3-14 and focused on internal Defense Department networks:

CYBERCOM targets malware in latest global defensive operation

U.S. Cyber Command has completed a global defensive cyberspace operation that sought to boost partner interoperability while targeting malware, officials announced this week.