Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. The Defense Department is set to formally unveil its new Defense Innovation Unit Experimental office in Boston next week as the organization continues to retool itself, according to statements from the DIUx press office.

Full story: DOD ready to roll out new DIUx Boston office next week as reorg continues

2. Defense Secretary Ash Carter "strongly objects" to House legislation that would require the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to its own unified command.

Full story: Carter 'strongly objects' to House language elevating CYBERCOM

3. The Defense Department has yet to send Congress a plan to pay for President Obama's new policy to keep 2,900 additional troops in Afghanistan through 2017, but Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said DOD is working on a path forward with the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Full story: Pentagon still working budget for planned troop increases