This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Space Force staffing structure, the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, the Navy's Columbia-class submarine and more.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies held an event today to mark the Space Force’s fifth anniversary:
Rogers calls for more Space Force guardians, pulling billets from Air Force and OSD
The Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense should transfer billets to the Space Force to grow the new service without adding to the Defense Department personnel total, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said today.
The latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:
CMMC accreditation body sets Jan. 2 launch for official assessments, releases updated guidance
The accreditation body behind the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has announced next steps as the first rulemaking to implement the DOD initiative goes into effect, including a start date for assessments and the release of the assessment process guide.
Info-sharing leaders raise questions over industry needs in CISA incident response plan draft update
Stakeholders from the information technology and defense industrial base are urging the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to consider a wider range of industry needs as part of an effort to update the national cyber incident response plan for the first time in eight years.
Political leaders understand the critical role of modernizing the sea-based leg of nuclear deterrence, Rear Adm. Todd Weeks, program executive officer for strategic submarines, said at an Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence Center panel this week:
Continued support for Columbia expected from incoming administration, Navy official says
Amid budget negotiations and the upcoming presidential transition, the future of the Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine program is critical, a Navy official said Monday.
During a first-of-its-kind, open-ocean demonstration, Military Sealift Command vessel Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) was able to connect with Ticonderoga-class cruiser Chosin (CG-65) to aid in the reloading of the latter vessel’s MK 41 vertical launch system "many times" over multiple days in multiple sea states:
Navy reveals fresh details on TRAM demo as lawmakers advance calls for concrete fielding plan
As lawmakers advanced joint authorization legislation calling on the Navy to produce a concrete strategy for delivering an at-sea re-arming capability, service officials last week revealed new details about a successful demonstration of their developing Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) conducted in October.