Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Information Systems Agency's zero-trust security program, the defense industry's concerns about inflation and more.
The new phase for DISA's Thunderdome program, which began in late August, is slated to last through the end of the calendar year and see the program through its recently extended pilot timeframe:
Thunderdome begins operational assessment, on track for 2023 fielding decision
The Defense Information Systems Agency's zero-trust security program has kicked off its operational assessment period as officials prepare for a 2023 fielding decision to scale up the capability.
A new National Defense Industrial Association white paper's key assertion is that the total inflation loss for DOD between FY-21 and FY-23 is over $110 billion:
Defense business groups push for new CR spending to account for inflation
Key defense business associations are urging Congress to pass a stopgap continuing resolution that increases funding for the Pentagon, thereby alleviating inflation-related stress for defense contractors and their suppliers.
The latest on Joint Strike Fighter performance-based logistics:
Lockheed, F-35 JPO hope to have PBL in place by January 2024
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office are targeting January 2024 as an effective date for a Joint Strike Fighter performance-based logistics agreement, a deal that the airframe prime contractor has spent recent years working toward.
A new report published this week calls on officials to embrace tech competition and move "from reactive and defensive to strong and agenda-setting" -- a shift the document states is especially crucial going into the last half of the decade to out-maneuver China:
Report cites need for 'coherent' AI strategy to bolster U.S. tech competitiveness
Pushing for the implementation of a national strategy, artificial intelligence governance plan and other policy changes to drive emerging capability development, a new report from the Special Competitive Studies Project urges immediate action to ensure the U.S. sets itself up to dominate the critical technology space.
Document: SCSP's 'national competitiveness' report
An engine problem with the Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter has racked up nearly $23 million in damages for the service:
Undisclosed F-22 engine trouble prompted ongoing fleetwide hardware fix
The Air Force has been quietly carrying out a fleetwide hardware fix for the F-22 Raptor after the aircraft logged several incidents due to a significant problem with the fighter's dual F119 engines, Inside Defense has learned.