Highlights from Inside the Army

Here are some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Army:

1. The Army is pursuing an interim effort to outfit its combat vehicles with active protection systems from three companies, but the re-entry of a prime contractor that had exited the market has the potential to shake up the program.
Full story: Raytheon pitching 'Quick Kill 2.0' ahead of Army's APS gold rush

2. Senate authorizers last week voted to cut funding for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, the backbone of the Army network now under scrutiny by service leadership.
Full story: Senate panel slashes funding for WIN-T, setting up conference fight

3. House and Senate authorizers agree that the Army should be larger in fiscal year 2018, but are at odds on the level of the end-strength increase -- a dispute that could present challenges in the conference process.
Full story: Authorizing committees divided over size of Army end-strength hike

4. The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed funding a second set of upgunned Strykers for Europe and completion of the effort to modernize Strykers in a fourth brigade in the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill.
Full story: Senators aim to authorize Stryker upgrades listed in Army's FY-18 UFR