Inside the Pentagon highlights

Here's a few must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:

1. The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to move the developmental test and evaluation shop under the purview of the director of operational test and evaluation, according to its fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill.

Full story: Senate authorizers want to enlarge influence of DOT&E office

2. The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to continue having the chief of U.S. Cyber Command also serve as director of the National Security Agency, and seeks to prohibit that relationship from being severed until the Pentagon certifies that doing so would pose no risk to national security.

Full story: Senate panel seeks to prevent separation of CYBERCOM, NSA chief duties

3. The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking to re-energize efforts to develop advanced airlift airship technology and is calling for the defense secretary to establish a strategy for future efforts.

Full story: Senate panel aims to reenergize efforts to develop advanced airlift technology