Inside the Pentagon highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Pentagon:

1. The Defense Department is proposing to retire weapon systems, such as the Air Force's A-10 aircraft, without properly understanding the full impact of doing so, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Full story: Pentagon at odds with GAO over alleged 'gaps' in divestiture process

2. The Pentagon intends to establish a new team to assess and recommend closing the most expensive and least efficient data centers.

Full story: DOD intends to establish new data center closure team this fall

3. The Pentagon has released a proposed rule meant to improve the department's commercial items acquisition process.

Full story: After pushback last year, Pentagon tries again with commercial items rule

4. The battlefield in 2035 is likely to feature adversaries with the ability to leverage an array of cheap, commercially available technologies to counter U.S. military objectives, according to one of the key predictions in a recent report from the Joint Staff.

Full story: Pentagon vision of future battlefields sounds alarm on commercial tech