Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's KC-46 tanker aircraft, plus the recent findings of an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study group, the Navy's Aegis combat system and more.
Mike Hafer, senior manager of KC-46 business development at Boeing, spoke to reporters this week about the first block of Pegasus Combat Capability, or PC2, upgrades to the Air Force's airborne refueling aircraft:
Boeing anticipates KC-46 Block 1 mod contract in 2021 as program works toward new RVS
Boeing expects to be on contract for the first block of KC-46 modernization work by the first quarter of 2021 -- the first phase of a 10-year, $5.7 billion post-production contract the Air Force awarded the company last year.
An Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study group earlier this week presented findings on best practices for selection and management of future vanguard programs:
Air Force to invest $100 million in transformational vanguard programs in FY-24
The Air Force is eyeing an investment of about $100 million in its vanguard programs -- which strive to accelerate transformational capabilities to the battlefield -- in fiscal year 2024 to meet the demands of the service's 2030 Science and Technology Strategy.
Inside Defense recently interviewed Navy Capt. Andrew Biehn, program manager for the Aegis Integrated Combat System:
Navy's 'Forge' prototype will try to rapidly update Aegis combat system software throughout fleet
The Navy is moving forward with an experiment to rapidly develop, test and distribute software upgrades to the fleet's Aegis combat system by establishing a "software factory" prototype for surface combatants.
A new controlled unclassified information guidebook will build off DOD Instruction 5240.48 issued by the office of the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security in March:
Pentagon acquisition office to develop guidebook for industry on controlled unclassified information
The Defense Department is working on a guide to help industry and the acquisition community understand how to handle controlled unclassified information, addressing a foundational component of the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body leaders Ty Schieber and Mark Berman are leaving the board of directors, marking a significant change in leadership as the accreditation body enters a new stage of training and assessments:
NDIA questions expected timeline of Pentagon cyber certification program, intent of potential sponsorships for assessors, consultants
Recent developments at the independent authority overseeing accreditation of assessors for the Pentagon's cyber certification program are raising concerns at one of the nation's largest defense associations, which represents a wide variety of contractors who make up the defense industrial base.