Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. U.S. Special Operations Command is primed for a "significant" increase in its research and development funding in fiscal year 2017, according to the command's acquisition executive.

Full story: SOCOM acquisition chief talks innovation amid planned R&D budget boost

2. The Pentagon is concerned about the domestic solid rocket motor industrial base as budgets continue to be strained, the workforce ages and competitive opportunities are limited, according to a recent report sent to lawmakers by Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall.

Full story: DOD: Domestic solid rocket motor industrial base fragile, 'atrophying'

3. The Defense Information Systems Agency hopes to create a center of excellence to help mission partners with their enterprise resource planning systems, according to an agency official.

Full story: DISA eyes center of excellence for enterprise resource planning systems