The INSIDER daily digest -- Sept. 30, 2020

This Wednesday INSIDER has additional coverage of Amentum's acquisition of DynCorp, plus news on the Army's Cyber Quest 2020 exercise and more.

We start off with an interview Inside Defense did this week with Amentum CEO John Vollme:

After acquisition, Amentum expects DynCorp business units and executives to remain

As Amentum begins planning to integrate DynCorp International, the company's chief executive said he expects DynCorp businesses to become units within Amentum and for top DynCorp executives to join Amentum's leadership team.

Next is a story on the Army's most recent cybersecurity exercise:

Army identifies advanced EW and cyber tech through Cyber Quest 2020

The Army today wrapped up Cyber Quest 2020, its annual live prototyping assessment, helping the service identify advanced cyber, electronic warfare and signal technologies and informing requirements for warfighters.

Advanced Tactical Advantage Co. has won a multimillion-dollar contract to provide live adversary air training:

Air Force finishes first round of adversary air services contracts with award to ATAC

The Air Force this week completed its initial round of adversary air contracts, awarding Advanced Tactical Advantage Co. a contract worth up to $92 million to provide live adversary air training to F-22 and F-35 pilots at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, which is part of the service's 53rd Wing, demonstrated the new capability at Creech Air Force Base, NV, on Sept. 10, according to an Air Force news release shared exclusively with Inside Defense:

USAF testers perform first MQ-9A Reaper flight with eight Hellfire missiles

The Air Force has conducted the first flight test of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles -- twice the number it can currently hold -- to show the remotely piloted aircraft's ability to perform "persistent attack" operations in future conflicts.

The House Armed Services Committee's "Future of Defense" task force report recommends every major defense acquisition program evaluate the use of artificial intelligence, proposes the establishment of a National Supply Chain Intelligence Center and calls for multiple reviews of the future relevance of DOD's legacy weapon systems, among numerous other recommendations:

'Future of Defense' report calls for new strategy to confront China, including 'significant changes' at Pentagon

A bipartisan group of House authorizers has released its final report on U.S. national security strategy, calling for a whole-of-nation effort to confront the threat of a superpower China, including a wholesale review of the Defense Department's legacy systems and dramatically increased spending on emerging technologies.

Document: Future of defense task force's 2020 report

The Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) program for several years has been envisioned as a ship-based, group 5 UAS capable of achieving a wide variety of mission sets:

Marines aiming to field trimmed-down MUX in FY-23

The Marine Corps is aiming to field a trimmed-down version of a new land-based, unmanned aerial system in fiscal year 2023, according to a Navy officer overseeing the aircraft's development.