The INSIDER daily digest

Contractors for the ATACMS follow-on effort, the MQ-25A unmanned aircraft and more stories are highlighted in this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon will be working on the ATACMs follow-on early development:

Army taps Raytheon, Lockheed for early phase of new, long-range guided missile

The Army has selected two contractors to participate in initial development of its follow-on to the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).

A senior uniformed Navy officer says the MQ-25A unmanned aircraft program needs better survivability:

Admiral: MQ-25A lacks stealth requirement, survivability not a key performance parameter

The Navy's future unmanned tanker does not have a stealth requirement and survivability for the platform is not a key performance parameter, according to a top service official.

The DOD IG is calling for revisions to the Pentagon's FOIA process:

Inspector general says Pentagon's FOIA process is 'outdated'; needs improvement

The Defense Department inspector general has found that the Pentagon's Freedom of Information Act policies are "outdated" and should be revised, according to a report released Aug. 18.

Document: DOD IG report on the Pentagon's FOIA process

DOD is disagreeing with a GAO report on O&M funding:

Pentagon clashes with GAO over O&M spending transparency

The Defense Department is pushing back against a Government Accountability Office recommendation that would provide Congress more detailed information on how the Pentagon spends its operations and maintenance money.

Document: GAO report on O&M base obligations

More news from this week's Inside the Pentagon:

Gilmore calls on T&E community to help improve cybersecurity testing

The director of the Pentagon's operational test and evaluation shop is calling on the T&E community to help improve cybersecurity testing.

Bipartisan letter seeks to keep moratorium on A-76 privatization studies

Lawmakers are calling on the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to remove language in the upper chamber's version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that would repeal a moratorium on certain public-private competitions.

Army official says single-profile medical system provides more information

The Army's new single-profile medical system is expected to give commanders a sharper view of their soldiers' overall readiness, a top Army medical official told reporters during an Aug. 18 breakfast.

Lawmakers defer $166M in request to transfer funds for CT partnership efforts

The House and Senate Armed Services committees have opted to defer $166 million from a Pentagon request to transfer $376 million in funds to counterterrorism partnership efforts.