Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the National Space Council, missile defense, Lockheed Martin's quarterly earnings and more.
The National Space Council is meeting today to discuss Defense Department space reorganization:
Space council to make six national security space recommendations to Trump at today's meeting
The National Space Council plans to make six recommendations regarding Defense Department space reorganization during today's meeting, a source told Inside Defense today.
(Stay tuned for possible updates.)
A problematic component that contributed to a failed missile defense test won't affect other missile systems:
SM-3 Block IIA failure carries no 'fleet-wide' implications, MDA sticking with vendor team
The January flight test failure of a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA guided missile interceptor does not have “fleet-wide” implications affecting other SM-3 variants or other missile systems in the U.S. inventory, according to the office of the Pentagon's top weapons developer, which raised the specter of such ramifications this spring.
Senior Lockheed Martin executives spoke on their company's quarterly earnings this morning:
Lockheed Martin says winning prices in three major programs would have generated $5 billion loss
Had Lockheed Martin matched the winning prices in three major programs it lost in recent months, it would have incurred losses of more than $5 billion, according to the contractor's chief executive.
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Some cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Senior DOD official questions cybersecurity 'pillar' for acquisitions as laid out in MITRE report
A leading Pentagon official on information security questioned whether cybersecurity should be established as a core purchasing principle for the military, as described in a recent MITRE Corp. report.
Army Maj. Gen. Pete Gallagher, director of the service's network cross-functional team, spoke with Inside Defense this week:
Army network CFT narrowing down S&T investments for FY-21 POM
Following a science and technology review in September, the Army's network cross-functional team over the next few months will build recommendations for senior leaders regarding the service's five-year budget plan starting with fiscal year 2021, according to a service official.