Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest features news on missile defense, the Air Force Research Lab, intellectual property and more.
We start off with a Pentagon effort to boost missile defense early warning radar protection:
DOD looking to bolster protection of key missile defense radars against hypersonic threats
The Pentagon is exploring options to harden protection of radars in the Ballistic Missile Defense System from attack against hypersonic glide missiles and is planning new "activities" to demonstrate increased protection of select sensors critical to the $180 billion missile shield.
Inside Defense chatted with Air Force Research Command chief Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley this week:
AFRL commander aims to break down research stovepipes for faster development
Compressing the research and development pipeline could help mature and field new technologies faster, the head of the Air Force Research Laboratory said this week.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord also spoke at this week's Defense News conference:
Lord: Pentagon drafting new intellectual property acquisition standards
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said today the Pentagon is working on new standards for the procurement of intellectual property, something she acknowledged has long been a "thorny" issue between the government and defense contractors.
The top two lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee hope the debate on setting up the president's proposed Space Force remains bipartisan:
Thornberry, Smith hope for bipartisan Space Force debate, regardless of election outcome
The chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee this week said they are hopeful efforts to reform national security space organization and management remain bipartisan -- regardless of which party is in charge after the November election.
Keep an eye out for an upcoming Pentagon industrial base report:
Chewning: Industrial base report includes 'robust classified annex' with 'detailed recommendations'
The soon-to-be-released industrial base report overseen by the Pentagon includes “very detailed recommendations,” the Defense Department's top industrial policy official said Wednesday.
The Navy will be sending lawmakers a quick look at its force structure requirements:
Ahead of FSA, Navy will send quick look to Congress to inform FY-20 budget
Ahead of the Navy's next force structure assessment, the service aims to "pull together something" quicker to help inform the fiscal year 2020 budget request, according to the Navy's top requirements officer.
Finally, some defense-related news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
Pentagon working with financial sector, DHS on model program for sharing cyber-threat indicators
The Pentagon is working with the Department of Homeland Security in gathering cyber-threat indicators from the financial services industry as part of a model program that is expected to be applied to other sectors, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.