Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Navy unmanned aerial systems, Pentagon efforts to reform the foreign military sales process, 5G networks and more.
Inside Defense this week interviewed Navy Rear Adm. Stephen Tedford, Navy program executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons:
Navy eyes Stingray for future carrier-based unmanned aviation
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy is working to expand its use of unmanned aviation, aiming to change the look of its aircraft carriers where more than four out of every 10 aircraft would be unmanned.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante, who spoke this week at a Defense News conference, confirmed reports that there is a special "tiger team" reporting to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on ways to reform the foreign military sales system:
Senior DOD officials mobilize to reform FMS process with eyes on Taiwan
Senior defense officials say they are working on ways to accelerate foreign military sales, including the Pentagon acquisition chief, who says now is a "golden opportunity" to reform the notoriously bureaucratic system, especially if the administration can focus its efforts around equipping Taiwan.
A new report on Ligado Networks' 5G wireless network is out:
Ligado network could interfere with DOD and commercial systems, NAS report says
A review by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine of the 5G wireless network soon to be deployed by satellite company Ligado Networks found that the portion of the radio frequency spectrum the company is set to operate in could interfere with some commercial and Defense Department systems, according to a report released by NAS today.
During a recent test, Lockheed Martin and AT&T used the latter company's private cellular network to transfer data from a Black Hawk Integrated Vehicle Health Management System to Lockheed's 5G.MIL network:
Lockheed Martin and AT&T partner on 5G Black Hawk test
Lockheed Martin and AT&T used both companies' 5G networks to rapidly transport Black Hawk flight data from an aircraft in Connecticut to a testing site in Colorado during an Aug. 4 test, Lockheed Martin announced Friday.
A new Pentagon zero-trust strategy aims to create tiers defined by a required capability set:
DOD officials tease 'new and different' zero-trust strategy set to arrive this month
Top Defense Department officials say their forthcoming zero-trust strategy will represent a "new and different" approach that comes as the Pentagon works to implement a "targeted" enterprise-wide security framework within the next five years.
A new Defense Department directive "establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for DOD space-related activities in accordance with the National Space Policy, the U.S. Space Priorities Framework, the National Defense Strategy, the Defense Space Strategy, and U.S. law":
Pentagon publishes new space policy directive
The Defense Department this week published a new set of space policy guidelines that codifies norms and behaviors for the United States as the Biden administration seeks to maintain an edge in space while fostering international cooperation.
Document: DOD's space policy directive