The INSIDER daily digest

Coverage of the report accompanying the House Appropriations defense subcommittee's FY-17 military spending bill -- which we obtained this morning -- forms a good chunk of the highlights in this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Our coverage from the draft report accompanying the FY-17 defense appropriations bill:

New details emerge on Senate bill's major impact on defense contractors

Contractors can expect to see some significant changes to the way they do business with the Pentagon on everything from bid protests to accounting compliance should the Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill become law.

House appropriators seek details on life-cycle costs of DOD's nuke modernization plans

In light of the looming fiscal bow wave in the nuclear modernization budget, House appropriators want the defense secretary to provide details on the estimated life-cycle costs associated with the Pentagon's plan to replace and sustain the nuclear triad.

House appropriators seek more information about background investigations reform

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is seeking more details about planned changes to the federal background investigations process, according to its report accompanying the fiscal year 2017 spending bill.

House appropriators 'adamant' Navy will not continue with proposed cruiser mod plan

House appropriators are "disappointed" the Navy is attempting to renegotiate its cruiser modernization plan and remain "adamant" the service will not lay up half of the cruiser fleet.

The Army recently shot down a small drone with a laser:

Army hails high-energy laser integration test

Army Space and Missile Defense Command recently completed an "extremely successful" experiment to test the integration of its high-energy laser prototype into a command-and-control environment, according to a service scientist leading the effort.

The JLTV will serve as the Army's Light Reconnaissance Vehicle:

Officials: JLTV to fill role of light recon vehicle 'for the foreseeable future'

The Army plans to use the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, slated to begin deliveries late this year, to serve as its Light Reconnaissance Vehicle on an interim basis, according to two generals with knowledge of the situation.

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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works will soon be delivering the first DDG-1000 destroyer:

Navy to accept Zumwalt ahead of lengthy combat systems activation period

The Navy is preparing to accept the first-in-class guided missile destroyer Zumwalt from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works this month, but the next-generation ship still has years of combat systems installations and testing before it's ready to deploy.

The Air Force wants ideas from industry on how commercially hosted payloads might make its future satellite architectures more resilient:

Air Force predicts application for hosted payloads despite lack of momentum

As the Air Force considers how, and whether, commercially hosted payloads might make its future satellite architectures more resilient, the service is looking to industry to develop a key enabling technology meant to help protect sensitive information contained in some military payloads.