Inside the Navy highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:

1. The Navy's fiscal year 2017 budget request will seek new flexibility to allocate resources across a $5 billion portfolio of research and development projects in order to bolster new technology prototyping and experimentation in support of the Pentagon's new program to reinvigorate conventional deterrence against Russia and China.

Full story: Navy wants discretion to experiment with $5B prototype portfolio

2. The Navy and Marine Corps recently held a classified meeting to discuss the concept development of littoral operations in a contested environment.

Full story: Navy, Marine Corps held classified meeting on littoral ops concept

3. The Navy is looking to industry for a small tactical unmanned aircraft system to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for foreign partners during day and night operations.

Full story: Navy seeks small UAS for foreign partners to use in a day, night operations