Inside the Army highlights

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

1. Part of President Trump's plan to use Defense Department funds to construct a wall on the southwestern border is likely to require congressional approval, meaning Democrats have the power to block it at the committee level.

Full story: Trump's plan to reprogram $2.5B for wall is unlikely to get by Congress

2. The Defense Department next month expects to bring online the final sensors in the Space-based Kill Assessment experiment, a project that could chart a new course to using commercially hosted satellites to develop a range of new space-based missile defense capabilities.

Full story: Complete SKA constellation set to be in place, online next month

3. Raytheon says it has been picked by the Army to participate in the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition, the first public word on the planned "sense-off" event at White Sands Missile Range, NM, this spring from either the government or industry in months.

Full story: Raytheon says Army picked its radar for LTAMDS 'sense off'

4. Advanced Turbine Engine Co. said last week it has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office against the Army's award to General Electric Aviation for the Improved Turbine Engine Program, intended to replace the engines in the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

Full story: ATEC protests GE's Apache, Black Hawk engine replacement win