Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on an upcoming Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sustainment costs, an Army counterforce radar program and more.
The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is due to release a study on Next Generation Air Dominance in October:
Collective combat aircraft for NGAD study due next month
An influential Pentagon advisory panel is readying recommendations on uncrewed, intelligent combat aircraft that can fight semi-autonomously alongside piloted weapon systems, specifically technologies and concepts of operation needed for swarming, attritable capabilities to support the Air Force's vision for next-generation air dominance.
Lockheed Martin executives held a media briefing on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sustainment this week:
Lockheed touts efforts to bring down F-35 sustainment costs
Lockheed Martin executives say their efforts to leverage digital tools, boost efficiency and a focus on the supply chain have driven a drop in the company's portion of sustainment costs across all three F-35 variants -- a decrease the fighter's prime contractor predicts will continue over the next few years.
Document: Lockheed briefing slides on F-35 sustainment
The Army is working on integrating the AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar with larger efforts to identify, track and defeat all airborne adversary activity:
Army eyeing integration of counterfire target acquisition radar with air defense systems
The Army is exploring the potential of linking a radar designed to warn friendly forces of incoming indirect fire with sensors built to track aircraft, ballistic and cruise missiles -- as part of an effort to provide as comprehensive as possible a picture of air threats to ground forces, according to a senior service official.
Sierra Nevada Corp. is working on a project, called RAPCON-X, a modified Bombardier 6500 that can be configured to provide radar, signals intelligence and surveillance capabilities:
Sierra Nevada bets big on ISR jet as Army shows sustained interest in the capability
Sierra Nevada Corp. is making a $200 million bet on a modified corporate jet that can provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities from afar, as the Army continues to demonstrate a high level of interest in the capability.
The Pentagon's No. 2 civilian spoke virtually at an event hosted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week:
Hicks signals cloud, AI as top priorities to increase 'speed of decision'
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, who oversees many of the Pentagon's technology development and budgeting decisions, said today that among her top innovation priorities are enterprise cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities aimed at increasing the U.S. military's "speed of decision."
Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters have temporarily stopped flying:
Army grounds entire Chinook fleet after fuel leaks cause fires in some aircraft
The Army has grounded its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks after it discovered fuel leaks that caused engine fires in multiple helicopters.
The latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
CMMC accreditation body plans to provide more detail on managed service providers in future assessment guide update
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body CEO Matthew Travis says he plans to update the CMMC assessment process guide, known as "the CAP," as more details come out from the Defense Department and partners at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on their plans for managed service providers and addressing reciprocity.