Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Department's latest electromagnetic spectrum strategy, the Air Force Research Laboratory's science and technology priorities and more.
The Pentagon has released a new "Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy":
New DOD strategy seeks to navigate spectrum sharing with 'commercial partners'
The Defense Department today released a new strategy for "Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority" that seeks to share access with "commercial partners," though the relationship between the Pentagon and telecommunications companies has been marked by tension in the past.
Document: DOD's electromagnetic spectrum superiority strategy
The Space and Missile Systems Center recently held an industry day at which officials discussed some of the Air Force Research Laboratory's science and technology priorities:
AFRL directorate highlights space S&T priority initiatives
The Air Force Research Laboratory's space vehicles directorate has compiled a list of 13 science and technology areas it plans to prioritize in the near term, the outcome of a two-year strategic planning process.
The Army in the last few weeks won support from Congress to promptly fund a requirement for the Mid-Range Capability missile with $77 million appropriated in fiscal year 2020:
Army immediately launching new Mid-Range Capability program; eyeing Tomahawk, SM-6
The Army is moving to adopt land-based variants of the Navy's strike inventory -- eyeing the Tomahawk cruise missile and Standard Missile-6 -- in order to field by 2023 a prototype Mid-Range Capability battery, filling an "extremely high risk" capability gap by adding a layer to its long-range precision fires portfolio for targets between the ranges of its planned Precision Strike Missile and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon.
Air Force Gen. Stephen Lyons gave a speech this week at an Airlift/Tanker Association conference:
TRANSCOM head: MCRS could drive increased airlift requirement
The head of U.S. Transportation Command said today an ongoing Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study may reveal a need for more intratheater airlift aircraft.
Air Commodore Terry van Haren, an Australian air force attaché to the Australian Embassy in Washington, spoke this week at an event hosted in Mississippi:
Northrop Grumman says it has started building first Australian MQ-4 Triton
Ahead of a planned production gap with the U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman this week announced it has begun building the first MQ-4 Triton marked for sale to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Last but certainly not least, some cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Arrington: Pentagon to establish resolution process for CMMC assessment disputes
The Defense Department is working with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body to develop a process for companies to dispute their cyber assessment results and get an objective ruling from the Pentagon's lead contracts agency.