Inside the Pentagon highlights

Here are some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:

1. With the goal of testing a system designed to strike worldwide targets in under an hour using non-nuclear weapons, the Pentagon has more than doubled spending for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike capability development program.

Full story: DOD seeks $181M for CPGS program, with flight test planned for FY-17

2. Defense Secretary Ash Carter's Silicon Valley outreach team -- the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), is slated to be funded at $210 million over the next five years, according to Pentagon budget documents released last week.

Full story: Carter's Silicon Valley outreach team funded at $210M over FYDP

3. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office recently revealed analysis showing the Defense Department's projected spending plan for 2016-2020 could exceed spending caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act by as much as $162 billion because of a variety of rosy assumptions based on congressional cooperation and weapon system costs.

Full story: CBO: Pentagon's 2016-2020 spending plan could exceed BCA by $162B