Inside the Army highlights

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

1. The Army last week published its latest iteration of the Multidomain Operations concept, which one general called a "more fleshed out" response to the National Defense Strategy's focus on the near-peer threats of Russia and China.

Full story: Multidomain Operations 1.5 fleshes out new Army warfighting concepts

2. DETROIT -- The director of the Army's new artificial intelligence task force says the service should start thinking of AI not as a product but as a process.

Full story: Army official: AI should be thought of as a process, not a product

3. SIMI VALLEY, CA -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Dec. 1 denounced a potential cut to the Pentagon's future funding, saying the Defense Department needs Congress' full financial support to meet the National Defense Strategy's goals.

Full story: Mattis: NDS priorities will flounder without military spending boost

4. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Three years after it launched as the Defense Department's conduit to Silicon Valley, the Defense Innovation Unit can now award contracts using its own other transaction authorities, rather than rely solely on service-led acquisition groups.

Full story: DIU now able to issue its own OTAs as it looks to tackle broader projects