The INSIDER daily digest

Continued coverage of the National Space Symposium in Colorado plus the U.S.-Israeli Iron Dome program and more highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.

The Pentagon's top space policy official spoke yesterday at the National Space Symposium:

Loverro: DOD needs policy for using commercial, international space assets to strike targets

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- The Pentagon needs to develop a policy surrounding the use of space capabilities owned by industry and foreign governments to "apply lethal force," according to the Defense Department's top space policy official.

More on space:

DARPA plans proposers' day for reusable booster system program

The Pentagon's advanced research arm plans to hold a proposers' day later this month for the second and third phases of a program to build and test a reusable booster system to cut the cost of space launches.

Document: DARPA's XS-1 phase II and III proposers' day notice

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MDA's director was on Capitol Hill this week:

DOD met or exceeded its Iron Dome work-share agreement with Israel

The Pentagon met or exceeded its work-share agreement with Israel in fiscal year 2015 for the Iron Dome air defense system, the head of the Missile Defense Agency told lawmakers Wednesday.

Document: Senate appropriators' hearing on MDA's FY-17 budget request

DOD's CIO recently spoke at a media roundtable:

Pentagon to target most expensive data centers for consolidation

The Pentagon is targeting its most expensive data centers for consolidation, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen.

Keep an eye out for Navy efforts to buy existing ships for towing and other related missions:

Navy contemplates buying existing ships for tow, salvage, rescue missions

The Navy is considering buying existing vessels for towing, salvage and rescue purposes, as the service weighs plans to initiate a program this year to design and construct new ships for such missions.

DOD's inspector general has found that the Army could have gotten lower prices for spare parts related to the Husky Mounted Detection System:

Auditors fault Army contracting on mine-detection vehicle parts

The Army may have overpaid for spare parts of its Husky Mounted Detection System (HMDS) due to poor contracting practices, according to a new report from the Defense Department inspector general.