Inside the Army highlights

Check out these must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Army:

1. An Army official says Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle maker BAE Systems is mitigating "a handful of items" identified as issues with the vehicle's performance in the director of operational test and evaluation's latest annual report.

Full story: Army official: BAE fixing issues with AMPV power train in first vehicles

2. Senior defense officials late last week revealed new details about the Trump administration's proposal for a new Space Force that will operate within the Air Force, acknowledging that plans for consolidating all "national-level" space assets currently managed by other military services could prove challenging in the future.

Full story: DOD plans to wrestle consolidating space assets under new Space Force

3. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin last week announced they had 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, Lockheed say Army picked them for LTAMDS 'sense off'

4. The Army's new five-year spending plan contains a shift of about $22 billion in "cuts or terminations" and $8 billion in "cost avoidance" from nonpriority programs, according to the service's under secretary.

Full story: McCarthy shares makeup of Army's $30B modernization shift