Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Marine Corps logistics in the Indo-Pacific, the Australia-United Kingdom-United States alliance's latest efforts to build a nuclear submarine for Australia and more.
The Marine Corps' No. 2 uniformed official spoke this morning about logistics in the Indo-Pacific region:
Smith: Logistics, data sharing and mobility are force design priorities
As the Marine Corps continues its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, the service's assistant commandant is emphasizing logistics, the secure transportation of data and organic mobility as priorities in the fiscal year 2024 budget.
The latest on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States alliance's effort to build a nuclear submarine for Australia:
AUKUS partners sharing information on capabilities, final decisions yet to be made
The Australia-United Kingdom-United States alliance has been sharing information on each other's capabilities to plan a path forward for the future Australian nuclear-powered submarine, according to a senior U.S. Navy leader.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a new report this week on moving to software-centric systems:
Former JAIC officials push DOD to embrace software architecture
A new report from two ex-Defense Department officials is challenging the military to overhaul its approach to technology and transition to a software-centric system that aims to align the Pentagon with industry best practices.
The head of Air Force Special Operations Command spoke to an audience at the Air & Space Forces Association this week about the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft:
AFSOC has 'appropriate mitigation measures in place' following resumed Osprey flights, commander says
Days after Air Force Special Operations Command lifted the pause on flights for the service's Osprey variant known as the CV-22, AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife said today that sufficient safety measures are in place to fly the aircraft even though the cause of the problem that originally grounded it is yet to be identified.
The Missile Defense Agency is asking industry about the viability of delivering key elements of a Guam Defense System by FY-24:
DOD eyeing potential FY-24 delivery for lead elements of new Guam defense system
The Defense Department is aiming to deliver elements of a new Guam air and missile defense system as soon as fiscal year 2024, a schedule that would appear to exceed the 2026 target top brass at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command set to counter advanced Chinese threats from every direction on the western U.S. territory.
The Navy's No. 2 civilian official spoke this week about the shipbuilding industrial base:
Raven: Navy needs to hold industrial base accountable
As industry faces workforce shortages, supply chain issues and inflation, the Navy must maintain an open dialogue with contractors while holding them to their commitments, according to the service's under secretary.
The aircraft engine industrial base could be getting a lift soon:
Following lack of 'threat-relevant cadence,' Air Force seeks to transform propulsion industrial base for sixth-gen fighters
As part of its efforts to develop an engine through the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program, the Air Force may be bringing new life to the propulsion industrial base, which one key official recently said has been teetering on the brink of collapse.