Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's possible role in delaying military aid to Ukraine, the Air Force's Joint Air-to-Surface Missiles and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles, the Navy and Marine Corps' ongoing integrated force-structure assessment and more.
A spokeswoman for the Pentagon inspector general told Inside Defense the office is reviewing a request for an investigation from several Senate Democrats on any influence defense officials may have had in delaying military aid to Ukraine:
Trump's impeachment controversy reaches Pentagon's doorstep
The Pentagon inspector general is reviewing a request from lawmakers to investigate what role defense officials may have played in delaying military aid to Ukraine, a controversy at the heart of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
The Air Force recently issued a sources-sought notice that provides insight into the service's plans to boost its arsenal of the Lockheed Martin-built Joint Air-to-Surface Missiles and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles:
Air Force reveals plans to grow stockpile of JASSM, LRASM missiles
The Air Force intends to increase the maximum production quantities and purchases of Joint Air-to-Surface Missiles and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles -- including the first buy of the JASSM-D variant.
Document: Air Force's JASSM, LRASM sources-sought notice
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger have co-signed a memo committing the services to work on a "comprehensive naval force architecture":
Navy, Marine Corps conducting integrated force-structure assessment
The Navy and Marine Corps will complete by December an integrated force-structure assessment, according to a new memo.
Document: Navy memo on integrated force-structure assessment
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity covered a House Energy and Commerce communications and technology subcommittee hearing late last week on the Pentagon's role in securing wireless networks:
Lawmaker sees DOD encroachment on civilian agencies' spectrum management jurisdiction
House Energy and Commerce Committee members last week defended the jurisdiction of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission over 5G issues with security implications, amid what the lawmakers see as expansive Defense Department efforts on fifth-generation network applications and a greater role managing finite spectrum resources.
They also have the latest on Huawei's lawsuit against the U.S. government:
Court hints at ruling against U.S. in Huawei case over briefing on 'bill of attainder' question
A federal district judge has suggested he may rule against the U.S. government in a case challenging the constitutionality of a federal ban on purchases of products by China-based tech giant Huawei, in explaining why the Justice Department needs to file an additional brief on a core question in the dispute -- the Constitution's prohibition on a "bill of attainder."