Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of Defense Department inspector general reports on middle tier acquisition pathways and Navy and Marine Corps Super Hornet anti-corrosion efforts.
We start off with coverage of a new Defense Department inspector general report on middle tier acquisition pathways:
Pentagon increasing use of MTA pathways to streamline acquisition efforts
Defense Department acquisition personnel effectively leveraged and increased the use of middle tier acquisition pathways to execute more agile acquisition efforts, a new report from the Pentagon's inspector general found.
Document: DOD IG audit of MTA rapid prototyping, rapid fielding programs
Senate authorizers want a new commission to look into planning, programming, budgeting and execution reform:
Congress wants commission to review, reform Kennedy-era PPBE system
Lawmakers want an independent critique of the Defense Department's system for creating annual budgets and future years spending plans, seeking an assessment of the efficacy and efficiency of processes introduced during the Kennedy administration to meet the needs of today's rapid technology acquisition in formulating and executing U.S. military expenditures.
Navy and Marine Corps Super Hornet fighter aircraft need more inspections, according to the Pentagon's inspector general:
DOD IG finds Navy and Marine Corps lacking required inspections of Super Hornets
Navy and Marine Corps maintainers did not perform required inspections to address corrosion in the F/A-18C-G Super Hornet and gave no adequate reason why, according to a new Defense Department inspector general's report.
Document: DOD IG audit of Navy, Marine Corps Super Hornet anti-corrosion efforts
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks recently spoke virtually with the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
Hicks highlights new U.S.-U.K.-Australia deal as DOD sharpens focus on China
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said a new defense pact between the United States, the U.K. and Australia, which, among other things, will allow access to sensitive U.S. submarine technology, demonstrates how global opinion is “shifting” regarding the perceived need to deter China's activities in the Indo-Pacific region, especially when it comes to undersea capabilities.
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have the latest on the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
CMMC accreditation body approves first content for official assessor training
The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has approved the first content created by a third-party partner publisher that will be used to teach assessors as part of the CMMC official assessor training program.