This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an imminent Naval Strike Missile multiyear procurement contract and more.
We start off with some big F-35 Joint Strike Fighter news:
JPO expects first delivery of F-35 enabled with truncated TR-3 software to begin soon
Deliveries of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter enabled with a truncated version of the Technology Refresh-3 software upgrade will soon resume, putting an end to a temporary pause in aircraft deliveries until Lockheed Martin fixed a series of developmental issues, according to a statement issued today by the F-35 Joint Program Office.
A Naval Strike Missile multiyear procurement contract is due out next month:
Navy anticipates NSM multiyear award in August, but is unable to advance similar SM-6 deal
The Navy is preparing to award Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace a five-year, multiyear procurement contract for the Naval Strike Missile in August, after receiving authority and funding from Congress' fiscal year 2024 defense legislation, a Navy spokesperson told Inside Defense.
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing this week to consider the nominations of Tonya Wilkerson to be under secretary of defense for intelligence and security and Michael Sulmeyer to be assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy:
Senate Armed Services Committee holds confirmation hearing for intelligence and cyber positions
Tonya Wilkerson, the nominee to become the new under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, said at a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing today that China remains the U.S.’s main challenge, a threat that, if confirmed, she would focus on.
Document: Senate hearing on intel, cyber nominations
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have the latest on the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
Pentagon final rule to establish CMMC program remains on track for November release
The Defense Department plans to finalize in November its first final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program amending Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, according to the latest unified agenda and regulatory plan.
The head of the Air Force's Air Combat Command spoke at a Mitchell Institution event this week:
ACC chief wants to keep aging F-22s, says NGAD down select will happen this year
Air Force Air Combat Command boss Gen. Ken Wilsbach today said the service has no official plan to replace its fleet of F-22 Raptors, despite leaders for years saying a replacement would be the Next Generation Air Dominance system.