Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Navy fiscal year 2022 funding, a recent Northrop Grumman contract protest decision and more.
We start off with a look at which parts of the extra $25 billion added by House authorizers in the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill would go to help the Navy:
House topline amendment boosts Navy programs
Multiple Navy programs would receive increased funding after the House Armed Services Committee vote on Wednesday to authorize an additional $25 billion in defense spending above the president's request for fiscal year 2022.
More Navy news:
Golden: Congress, White House have to provide Navy more guidance before service creates shipbuilding plans
Congress and the Biden administration need to provide the Navy with strategic guidance before the service develops its long-term fleet size and shipbuilding plans, House Armed Services Committee member Jared Golden (D-ME) said Thursday.
GAO sustains Northrop Grumman protest on NGJ-LB program
The Government Accountability Office has upheld a protest Northrop Grumman filed against a contract awarded to L3Harris Technologies for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band Capability Block 1.
The Army's Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System could be fielded as soon as fiscal year 2023:
Army hopes to field FTUAS in FY-23
The Army plans to field the first increment of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, the replacement for the RQ-7B Shadow drone, by the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, according to an Army request for white papers released Sept. 2.
Some missile defense news:
Congressional support for continuing Hawaii radar project in FY-22 grows
Support is mounting in Congress to again reinstate funding for a Hawaii-based ballistic missile defense radar, with the House Armed Services Committee authorizing $75 million for the project and setting September 2028 as the target for initial operations -- keeping the effort alive in defiance of Pentagon proposals for the last two years to shelve it.
House authorizers are looking to streamline the acquisition of software and emerging technologies:
House panel adopts software acquisition, emerging technology amendments
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday during its mark-up of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill adopted several amendments aimed at streamlining acquisition of software and emerging technologies.
A bunch of Defense Department advisory boards have been re-instated:
Austin re-establishes key DOD advisory boards
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is directing several Pentagon advisory committees to resume their activities following a "zero-base" review he ordered earlier this year amid reports that former President Trump had used them in a lame-duck attempt to reward loyalists.
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report on satellite communications:
Space Force poised to begin narrowband satellite communications AOA in FY-22
The Space Force is moving forward with an analysis of alternatives on future narrowband satellite communications in fiscal year 2022 and has set aside $12 million for the effort, defense officials indicated in a Government Accountability Office report released publicly this week.
Document: GAO report on MUOS