The purpose of the Feb. 15, 2019 memo is "to specify Navy policy, process, and responsibilities for generating combat-ready naval forces."
Documents
February 22, 2019
February 21, 2019
In a Feb. 1, 2019 broad agency announcement, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency calls for industry input into a software development effort known as Pit Boss, which will demonstrate space-based autonomous command-and-control and data processing to support the agency's highly watched Blackjack program.
On Feb. 13-15, 2019 the Navy chief information officer's office held its annual information technology conference in San Diego, CA.
Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC) 101
Defense Business System (DBS) Investment Certification
DITPR DADMS Update
In a Feb. 21, 2019 letter, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Permanent Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) call on President Trump to stop withholding critical information from Congress regarding the administration's ongoing negotiations with North Korea.
February 20, 2019
In a Feb. 15, 2019 request for information, the Navy proposes a series of industry days to discuss the nascent stages of standardizing autonomous vehicle interfaces, with the intent to mandate those standards in future contracts.
On Feb, 15 and 19, 2019, Naval Sea Systems Command posted two requests for information, one for shipbuilders and the other for systems providers, calling on industry to provide details to inform the requirements process for the future vessel.
In a Feb. 14, 2019 notice, the Army announces it is hosting an industry event in March for a fire-control system to go with its future Next Generation Squad Weapon.
February 19, 2019
On Feb. 19, 2019 President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 4, directing the Pentagon to craft a proposal to create a new military service for space.
On Feb. 15, 2019 the Defense Department issued a broad agency announcement seeking "to advance space-based payload and enabling technology concepts that support attack operations against time-sensitive targets mission through analysis, experimentation, and demonstration." Also includes a related industry day notice.
The January 2019 document outlines Naval Sea Systems Command's "adjustments" made since its first campaign plan published in January 2017.
The undated National Security Agency briefing slides outline the Defense Department Cybersecurity Analysis and Review.
February 15, 2019
On Feb. 15, 2019 Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee Ranking Member Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to the Pentagon requesting a list of all military construction projects affected by the president's national emergency declaration.
On Feb. 8, 2019 the Air Force announced it would host a second experiment in the fall to determine whether off-the-shelf, directed-energy technology can be used to counter unmanned aerial systems.
Invitation to Participate
Annex 1 - Directed Energy Requirements
Annex 2 - Experimentation Events (MFIX 20)
In a Feb. 15, 2019 Federal Register notice, the Defense Department announces it "is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 to revise requirements for definitizing undefinitized contract actions."
February 14, 2019
On Feb. 14, 2019 the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for Special Operations And Low-Intensity Conflict Owen West, U.S. Special Operations Command chief Gen. Raymond Thomas, and U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Paul Nakasone to discuss the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
February 13, 2019
The Feb. 13, 2019 Congressional Budget Office report "estimates that if the Department of Defense implemented the plans described in its 2019 Future Years Defense Program, its base-budget costs (in 2019 dollars) would climb from the $617 billion requested for 2019 to $735 billion in 2033."
The February 2019 document -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- "explains how the Army conducts DSCA missions and National Guard civil support missions as part of unified land operations."
On Feb. 13, 2019 the State Department posted WMEAT 2018, the 36th edition of the World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) publication, covering the years 2005-2016.
WMEAT 2018 Introduction and Overview
WMEAT 2018 Table I - Military Expenditures and Armed Forces Personnel, 2006-2016
February 12, 2019
On Feb. 12, 2019 the Defense Department released a summary of its 2018 artificial intelligence strategy.
On Feb. 12, 2019 the Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson and U.S. Forces Korea chief Gen. Robert Abrams.