Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the challenges the defense industry faces in getting its workforce vaccinated against the ongoing pandemic and more.
We start off with a deep dive into the defense industry's efforts to get its workforce vaccinated against COVID-19:
DOD under pressure as contractors prep for possible disruptions triggered by vaccine mandate
Major defense companies are bracing for workforce and supply chain disruptions related to the federal mandate requiring all government contractors be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued a new analysis of how to execute a fifth-generation wireless technology competition, called a "5G challenge":
NTIA releases analysis ahead of initial '5G challenge'
Industry is concerned the Pentagon will be biased toward large companies and support a single company's variant during a new effort aimed at developing open 5G networks, according to an analysis by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The Navy is holding a "Hack the Machine Unmanned" event:
Navy's unmanned task force to host public hacking event
The Navy's newly formed unmanned task force is asking computer "geeks" to attack the service's unmanned systems in a hacking competition.
The Senate Appropriations Committee in its mark of the FY-22 defense spending bill would cut more than 90% of the Army's requested funding to develop directed-energy variants of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability:
Senate proposes slashing directed energy IFPC funding
A Senate panel has recommended a steep cut to Army plans in fiscal year 2022 to rapidly prototype and test trailer-sized directed-energy weapons, a proposal that if enacted could hobble service plans for laser and microwave protections against cruise missiles and drone swarms.
Air and Missile Defense Radar system and Aegis integration testing at land-based test sites are on track to support shipboard combat system testing:
AMDR Aegis shipboard combat system testing set to start in January
The Navy is set to start shipboard combat system testing of the Air and Missile Defense Radar in January, according to a Navy spokesman.