Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. Aiming to save money, prevent duplication and enhance transparency, the White House Office of Management and Budget is instituting a new policy designed to ensure that custom-developed federal source code is shared across the federal government for reuse purposes.

Full story: OMB institutes new custom-developed source code policy, pilot program

2. U.S. Special Operations Command intends to hold a government-industry collaboration event next month that will enable organizations to better comprehend the needs of special operations forces helicopter aircrews and what is needed to help achieve next-generation cockpit and aircraft avionics architecture.

Full story: SOCOM to host government-industry event on aircraft avionics architecture

3. A new report from a Washington think tank highlights current and future challenges facing defense spending, while the GOP-dominated Congress is expected to continue a bitter budget battle with Democrats and the White House when lawmakers return from summer recess next month.

Full story: Defense budget analyst sees tall order for gridlocked Congress