Thursday, May 9, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news from the AFA convention, plus the Navy paying for repairs to damaged destroyers and a speech by the head of STRATCOM.
Continuing coverage of this year's AFA convention:
AMC 'cloaking technology' capability study complete, commander wants testbed next
Air Mobility Command has completed a key study that could set the stage for a "cloaking technology" program of record to develop a next-generation system to provide stealth for large aircraft that operate at standoff rages but are easily identifiable on enemy radar.
Air Force, Navy establishing organic F-35 software sustainment capability
A joint Air Force and Navy team is working to establish an organic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter software sustainment capability with an eye toward beginning to transition responsibility from the contractor to the government when the system development and demonstration phase ends.
Air Force, preparing to refine cost estimate, eyes $18B GBSD development
The Defense Department will take another three years to refine the price tag for the Air Force's new intercontinental ballistic missile project, drawing on feedback from Northrop Grumman and Boeing, the two contractors selected last month to develop competing ICBM designs.
The Navy will need more money to repair destroyers damaged in recent collisions:
Navy secretary: Service will request $600M to pay for Fitz, McCain repairs
The Navy will seek an additional $600 million in operations and maintenance funding from Congress to pay repair bills for both the Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the John S. McCain (DDG-56), according to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
The head of STRATCOM recently spoke at an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington:
STRATCOM chief would prefer BCA-level funding over stopgap measures
The head of U.S. strategic forces says he would prefer Congress pass a lower defense budget on time, rather than extending a stopgap continuing resolution beyond December, even if doing so could result in a higher budget midway through the fiscal year.