Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, the Air Force's mobility fleet, a proposed Army Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile and more.
We start off with the latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
CMMC study finds significant compliance gap with current DOD cyber standard and upcoming assessment regime
A recent study from security firm CyberSheath finds only 4% of defense contractors are fully prepared to meet upcoming security requirements under the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, based on a survey of defense industrial base stakeholders.
The Air Force's mobility fleet needs to quickly transform to generate greater capability, improved flexibility and stable capacity, officials have said, especially if near-peer adversaries such as China begin to target U.S. logistics chains:
Air Force may nix KC-135 recap, advance NGAS
The Air Force last month began soliciting industry for information on mission system options beyond delivering gas for its Next Generation Air-Refueling System, lighting a fire under an ongoing effort to accelerate the program to counter growing threats in the Indo-Pacific.
The Army is poised to publish a solicitation seeking industry proposals to meet a five-page directed requirement for a new missile approved Aug. 11, 2023 by Gen. James Rainey, Army Futures Command commander, needed for large-scale combat operations, particularly in a potential conflict against Russia:
New-start Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile eyes ballistic rocket for infantry
The Army is set to launch a new program that aims to bolster infantry forces against tanks, armored vehicles and enemy forces by arming them with a yet-to-be-identified Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile, a central part of the service's goal to make Infantry Brigade Combat Teams as lethal as Armored Brigade Combat Teams.
The Medium Range Intercept Capability is a system developed by the Marine Corps' Ground Based Air Defense program office to protect forward forces from airborne threats like cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft:
Marine Corps advances MRIC fielding plan with awards to Raytheon
The Marine Corps is moving ahead with plans to deploy a prototype air defense system in fiscal year 2025, according to an Oct. 4 notice, which details multiple awards to Raytheon Missiles and Defense for interceptors, launchers and other equipment for the Medium Range Intercept Capability.
Inside Defense traveled with the defense secretary on a C-32 transport aircraft to attend a change-of-command event, during which Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost passed leadership of U.S. Transportation Command to Gen. Randall Reed:
Austin: TRANSCOM to project, maneuver and sustain joint force in Indo-Pacific fight
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL -- U.S. Transportation Command will play a major role in deterring conflict in a potential battle with China, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, from providing agile maneuver and quick delivery of assets or aid to directing logistics chains.