The INSIDER daily digest

Commercial innovation, technical data rights, and the Air Force's legacy weather satellite are among the highlights of this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.

The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke earlier today:

Selva: DOD must capitalize on commercial innovation, imaging satellites

The Pentagon must figure out how to capitalize on technological advances in the commercial realm, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva said this week, stressing that the Defense Department needs to start working now on ways to take advantage of commercial imaging satellites.

The defense industry is providing feedback to the government on technical data rights:

Technology companies, industry groups caution DOD on technical data rights

As a congressionally mandated panel reviews the government's approach to technical data rights, technology companies are warning that existing and proposed policies could disincentivize innovative firms from investing in defense technology.

Document: Defense industry feedback on technical data rights

Don't expect a decision on the Air Force's last remaining legacy weather satellite until the middle of next month:

Air Force to make DMSP-20 decision in mid-September

The Air Force will likely not make a decision about whether to pursue launching the last legacy Defense Meteorological Satellite Program space vehicle until after a meeting next month with the Joint Requirements Oversight Committee.

Our continuing coverage of a recent Defense Science Board report:

DSB: DOD should start two projects for dynamic spectrum management

The Defense Science Board is recommending the Pentagon engage in two multimillion-dollar programs to help it obtain dynamic spectrum management as part of its efforts to enhance autonomous systems.

Document: DSB report on autonomy

Certain DOD data centers could be in the cross hairs for closure:

DOD intends to establish new data center closure team this fall

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

Keep an eye out for a DOD cloud service being set up by the end of September 2017:

DOD CIO intends to establish on-premise managed cloud service

The Pentagon intends to establish an on-premise cloud most likely managed by a third party by the end of fiscal year 2017, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen and an information technology vision document released last week.

Document: Pentagon's IT roadmap