Inside the Pentagon highlights

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

1. The students at Stanford University were tackling one of the Pentagon's most perplexing problems: How do you constantly monitor important regions of the world for emerging developments, such as preparations for a ballistic missile launch in North Korea?

Full story: DOD innovation insurgents gain footing in Pentagon bureaucracy

2. The Pentagon's acquisition chief and military service secretaries are heading to Capitol Hill Dec. 7 to update the Senate Armed Services Committee on the ongoing restructuring of the Defense Department's procurement system.

Full story: DOD acquisition chief and military secretaries heading to Capitol Hill

3. The U.S. government posted a $41.9 billion tally of potential sales of military equipment and services to foreign nations in fiscal year 2017 -- up 25 percent from the FY-16 total -- including $32 billion in proposed purchases of weapon systems, according to the Defense Department.

Full story: DOD tallies $41.9B in potential FY-17 arms sales, up 25 percent from last year