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By Defense Systems Staff Mar 03, 2021 The Defense Logistics Agency has ordered up a 3D printing factory housed in a shipping container. Now under development, the rugged 3D printing pod would be up to 40-feet long and be set up in a standard 40-foot container so it could be deployed directly to the field to manufacture parts in support of battlefield operations, disaster relief or other remote missions. With a $1.6 million contract to ExOne, DLA plans to use the company’s military-edition 3D printer for manufacturing products or tooling from over 20 metal, ceramic and other powder materials. ExOne’s binder jet 3D printing is an additive manufacturing (AM) process that transforms powdered materials transforms into precision parts by using an industrial printhead to selectively deposit alternating layers of a liquid binder and powder particles. ....
William Burns, the president s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, said the SolarWinds attack was a "harsh wake-up call" about the country’s vulnerabilities in both critical infrastructure and supply chains. ....
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are pushing for legislation to extend reimbursements for federal contractors unable to work due to COVID-19 through Sept. 30. ....
By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 The Defense Department will likely have to look even deeper for cost-savings as flat budget looms for 2022 and beyond. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chairman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that while topline budget numbers don t adequately reflect value, the Pentagon and military services should look for cost-savings and where reinvestments can be made. One of the ironies of the Budget Control Act was that it was designed to reduce the deficit but after a while it actually became a force to, I think, increase spending because Republicans want strong defense spending. We re 50-50 split and we would get strong domestic spending and ironically it led to the budget you ve seen the last few years. That s now gone, Reed told reporters Feb. 24 during a Defense Writers Group virtual event. ....
By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 Unless the Air Force can modernize the IT infrastructure at the Air Force Academy, the school’s accreditation could be in jeopardy, according to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academy s superintendent. Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence, Clark testified during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2. The Academy’s IT needs don t get the same attention as the Air Force’s broader enterprise needs because it is funded as an .edu rather than a .mil organization, he said. That difference means the school doesn’t “fall under the normal IT funding that the rest of the Air Force comes under, Clark said. So that funding that we need, not only now but into the out years, is vital for us. In fact, it threatens our accreditation. ....