Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. House and Senate negotiators have crafted a final fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill that blows past statutory budget caps by nearly $80 billion and continues the Capitol Hill trend of reforming Pentagon acquisition and bureaucracy.

Full story: New defense policy bill breaks spending caps by nearly $80B

2. The White House has sent Congress a budgetary amendment seeking an additional $6 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2018, with $4 billion requested for missile defense to counter threats from North Korea, $700 million going to repair damage to Navy ships and $1.2 billion to finance the U.S. buildup in Afghanistan.

Full story: White House seeks additional $6B for defense in FY-18

3. The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to use nontraditional contracting methods to prototype and procure some capabilities, following a model established by the Pentagon's commercial technology incubator, according to DISA officials.

Full story: DISA turns to DIUx model in pursuit of innovative tech