Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's new Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment, the Army's Armored Multipurpose Vehicle and more.
We start off with an Air Force effort that makes up the service's portion of the Pentagon's Regional Sustainment Framework announced in May to maintain, repair and overhaul weapon systems in the Indo-Pacific region without needing to send bad equipment all the way back to U.S.-based depots:
Meet GENUS: Air Force's offering for Regional Sustainment Framework in the Indo-Pacific
Since January, a contingent of Air Force Sustainment Center officials have traveled to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines to forge early partnerships for the service's new Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment, Inside Defense has learned.
More coverage from last week's AUSA conference:
Army makes move to define new AMPV configuration, seeks concept study for engineers
The Army is laying the groundwork for a sixth configuration of the Armored Multipurpose Vehicle -- the first addition to the original fleet of five variants since the AMPV requirement was codified in 2013 -- to give combat and mechanized engineers a modern, tracked system to support front-line forces.
Integration and autonomy: Army wants to hear from industry on robotics
The Army will work closely in a "back-and-forth process" with the user community to develop robotic vehicle capabilities, starting next month when it hosts industry days to hear how companies might help smooth over issues it’s having, officials announced Wednesday.
Last but by no means least, here's the latest CMMC coverage from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Cyber AB sees opportunity to grow assessment ecosystem following release of final CMMC program rule
The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is expecting an increase in the number of assessment firms and certified assessors who want to participate in the Defense Department initiative, as work gets underway to stand up a formal ecosystem under the final programmatic rule.
NDIA, AIA propose providing prime contractors with access to CMMC assessments on Pentagon system
Two major defense associations are proposing to allow prime contractors access to an online system where companies who are part of the defense industrial base will provide the results of their Cybersecurity Model Certification assessments to the Pentagon.