Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said Tuesday his top priority is to ensure the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill is signed into law before Oct. 1 and is accompanied by timely appropriations legislation.

Full story: Thornberry trying to keep defense authorization bill on track

2. The Pentagon's new weapon system technology chief is poised to shake up the U.S. military's research and development investment portfolio this summer with recommendations for likely increasing funding across 10 priority areas between fiscal years 2020 and 2024 in an effort to produce potentially game-changing capabilities within a decade.

Full story: Griffin's tech 'roadmaps' aim to shape FY-20 POM

3. The Defense Department recently submitted an interim report to Congress on the organization and management of the military space enterprise, and while it doesn't include any evaluation of the proposal to create a separate Space Corps, it does reveal several ongoing efforts to improve space acquisition, budgeting and warfighting.

Full story: DOD's interim 'Space Corps' report highlights ongoing reforms

4. The Pentagon says managing multiple commercial cloud providers would be too complex and slow down cloud migration in a new report justifying the Defense Department's plan to make a single award for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.

Full story: Pentagon justifies single-award approach to JEDI cloud