The Pentagon's military helicopter plans and the Army's longing for a missile-defense blimp are among the stories that highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The Pentagon recently released its latest "Green Book":
DOD's FY-17 'green book'
Foreign governments are getting interested in DOD's military helicopter development plans:
Helicopter plans spark interest across DOD, among foreign governments
A joint program meant to reinvent military lift platforms while satisfying individual service requirements has begun to attract interest from foreign governments and could address civil aviation needs as well, according to Army Training and Doctrine Command's capability manager for Future Vertical Lift.
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Despite last year's JLENS mishap, the Army hasn't looked away from having a missile-defense blimp:
Army not giving up on antimissile blimp despite congressional opposition
Though Congress is blocking the reprise of a controversial missile-defense blimp this fiscal year, the Army still hopes to get a second shot at the program come October.
More Army missile defense news:
Long-term 'bridging strategy' eyed for Patriot-radar replacements
The Army may be looking for an eventual replacement of its Patriot sensors, but that time is considered so far in the future that modernization investments for the legacy equipment are due sooner, a senior official said.
Marine Corps officials are seeking to divine the future force:
Marine futurists examining 'evolutionary' versus 'revolutionary' change
Marine Corps officials are studying two courses of action for how the future force should be organized, with one course outlining incremental, "evolutionary" alterations, while the other advocates for "revolutionary" change, according to a top general.
A sneak peek at the Navy's wargaming plan:
Navy developing integrated wargame plan to better share lessons learned
Navy strategists are developing an integrated plan to guide the selection, design and execution of war games, as well as how the lessons gained from such events should be shared across the service, according to a top official.
General Dynamics execs think there might be synergy between the public safety market and the company's defense business:
General Dynamics pushes into public safety market
Defense contractor General Dynamics is increasingly focusing on the public safety market, seeing growing overlap between the technologies used in that market and the contractor's traditional military expertise.