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The Pentagon wants to shift ~$3.3B of budgeted funds to support a handful of new-start projects, including: (1) Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, which has already seen ~40% cost growth. The Pentagon wants to shift $150M in FY24 funds, which increases the CCA program request to $542M. Unsurprisingly, this request came with a news statement that the Air Force will evaluate the NGAD platform design concept to determine if there are cost reductions or capability trade-offs. (2) Army wants to shift $39M to purchase 8 SM-6 Block1A missiles for its Mid-Range Capability ground launch system. Army and Navy would coordinate procurement on the SM-6 contract, which was awarded to Raytheon. (3) Additionally, Army wants to shift $33M in advanced component development and prototypes to fund its tank and medium caliber ammunition procurement #Army #AirForce #defensespending #defensebudget #CCA #NGAD Craig Belanger, Joe Giandomenico, Anirudh Suneel, Ben Osterholtz, Robyn Pirie, Scott Bethel, Mark Kipphut, Kristin Robertson, Jerry Spruill, Richard Mascolo, James Hvizd, Jim Walker, Doug Reep, Aaron Prupas, Martin J. Bowling, Dennis Carroll, Jeff Snyder https://lnkd.in/e8Qma_9G

“Each year, the Pentagon sends military officers to work for major corporations through the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows (SDEF) program. The intention is for fellows to gather insights about how these companies are organized and then present their findings to high-ranking military officials, along with recommendations for reforms that the military should consider. In practice, however, the reforms suggested to the Pentagon represent a free opportunity for the large contractors hosting fellows to push the government towards adopting corporate-friendly policies. Since its creation in 1995, the largest beneficiaries of the SDEF program have been some of the nation’s largest defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon), and Boeing. These companies receive nearly a free year of labor from their military fellows, direct insight into the activities of both the government and their competitors, and a unique method through which they can push self-interested suggestions upon their largest customer: the Department of Defense (DOD).”

In the latest edition of Defense Acquisition magazine, learn how the intersection of speedy development, easily producible systems, and sustainment considerations can guarantee that our warfighters are ready to meet and win the Great Power Competition. Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/efKT8K2d David Riel

Great capability about to rewrite the books on how we conduct Air and Missile Defense operations.

"Through the use of open architectures and new technologies such as digital beamforming, resources can be efficiently shared among several different helicopter systems." - Jason Wilden, Cubic Defense Technical Fellow   Read more in Military Embedded Systems guest blog about Cubic's Secure Communications and how the adoption of consolidated avionics is revolutionizing helicopter operations: https://lnkd.in/eJUWsFT2

Exciting to hear that Anduril Industries Ghost Shark has been selected for ACSA's Mission 0 with an aim to provide long-range autonomous undersea capabilities to the Royal Australian Navy. Here's a short video from The Wall Street Journal about Anduril and how it aims to do things differently. I like the moneyball military term - battelfield economics coming to the fore! #moneyballmilitary #innovation #technology #defenceindustry

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