Inside the Army highlights

Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Army:

1. The Trump administration's fiscal year 2019 budget request seeks $182.1 billion for the Army -- $148.4 billion in the base budget and $33.7 billion in the Overseas Contingency Operations account.

Full story: Army budget request rises to $182.1 billion in FY-19

2. In its fiscal year 2019 budget request, the Army seeks funding to help it revamp its communications and mission command infrastructure.

Full story: In FY-19 request, Army looks to transform tactical network

3. The Army's fiscal year 2019 budget request includes increased research, development, test and evaluation funding to support the efforts of the cross-functional teams pursuing senior leaders' six modernization priorities.

Full story: Army aims to fund CFT prototyping, accelerate FVL and NGCV

4. The Army's fiscal year 2019 budget request would bring a surge in funding for improvements to the Abrams, Bradley and Stryker programs, part of the service's move to modernize its brigade combat teams.

Full story: Army seeks to significantly boost vehicle upgrades in FY-19 budget