Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Funding for President Trump's Afghanistan strategy and more highlight this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Lawmakers are waiting for more details regarding President Trump's Afghanistan strategy:
Trump's new Afghanistan plan to be injected into already complicated budget fight
President Trump's new plan to increase U.S. operations in Afghanistan was greeted with support from GOP lawmakers, but the total number of additional troops remains vague and could complicate an already stressful budget environment when Congress returns Sept. 5.
The Air Force has awarded next-generation ballistic missile development contracts to Boeing and Northrop Grumman:
Boeing, Northrop win GBSD TMRR contracts
Boeing and Northrop Grumman will progress to the technology-maturation and risk-reduction phase of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent competition under contracts worth more than $300 million apiece, the Defense Department announced Monday.
The Navy's top uniformed officer briefed the press yesterday on the recent spate of warship collisions:
CNO expects industry to play a role in fleet review
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said he expects the defense industry to play a key role in the fleet review he has ordered in the wake of a collision of the destroyer John S. McCain (DDG-56) with a merchant vessel off the coast of Singapore that has left 10 sailors missing.
More Navy destroyer news:
Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design is 91 percent complete
The design for the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is 91 percent complete as the Navy is wrapped up in continued contract negotiations with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works for DDG-126 and DDG-127.
News on the Army's Future Fighting Vehicle program:
PEO GCS utilizing Future Fighting Vehicle work in S&T efforts
The Army's program executive office for ground combat systems is "continuing to work with" concepts developed in the service's Future Fighting Vehicle program, according to the head of the office.