Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:
1. The Navy is requesting $179.1 billion in the fiscal year 2019 base budget and $15 billion in wartime funding that would, in total, fund the construction of 10 new ships.
Full Story: Navy requests 10 new ships, $194.1 billion in fiscal year 2019 budget
2. The Pentagon is considering deploying a new nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile on surface ships such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers as well as submarines, according to the head of U.S. Strategic Command.
Full Story: Nuke-tipped SLCM could be deployed on surface ships, potentially DDG-1000s
3. Senior leadership's Navy-wide push to integrate additive manufacturing has highlighted how prevalent the technology's use already is among enlisted sailors and junior officers.
Full Story: Sailors show OPNAV 3-D printed solutions Pentagon 'would never see'