The INSIDER daily digest

The Marine Corps' FY-17 unfunded priorities list, Navy mine warfare and Army Manpack radios lead off this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.

The Marine Corps has submitted its fiscal year 2017 unfunded priorities list to Congress:

Marines outline $2.7 billion worth of unfunded priorities to Congress

The Marine Corps has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2017 totaling $2.7 billion, the bulk of which would go toward aviation procurement including more Joint Strike Fighters, according to a document obtained by Inside the Navy.

Document: Marine Corps' FY-17 unfunded priorities list

The Navy is looking at alternatives to Lockheed Martin's Remote Multimission Vehicle:

Navy resetting approach to mine warfare, looking at alternatives to RMMV

The Navy is canceling the next production round on Lockheed Martin's Remote Multimission Vehicle and instead adopting recommendations to explore alternative systems for the Littoral Combat Ship's mine countermeasures mission package.

The Army has awarded three JTRS Manpack radio contracts:

Army taps three vendors for Manpack radio testing phase

The Army on Feb. 26 awarded contracts to General Dynamics, Harris Corp. and Rockwell Collins for the delivery of Manpack radios, as the service moves toward narrowing the field of vendors for a full-rate production decision in fiscal year 2018.

The National Commission on the Future of the Army's recommendations could be met with a warmer reception than originally expected:

Milley signals cordial reception of panel's force-structure proposals

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley last week signaled that recommendations by the National Commission on the Future of the Army may receive a warmer reception than expected by many military watchers.

If JLENS is to go aloft once again, more money will be needed:

Pentagon plan for JLENS says money needed soon to send blimp airborne

As defense officials are moving to continue a controversial demonstration with a pair of giant, sensor-packed blimps after one aerostat blew away and crashed during bad weather, money fresh from Congress is needed soon to implement the plan, according to officials and documents.

Keep an eye out for an East Coast version of DIUx:

Pentagon to stand up East Coast version of Silicon Valley outreach unit in June

The Pentagon intends to establish an East Coast version of Defense Secretary Ash Carter's new Silicon Valley outreach team in June.

The top uniformed Marine wants to see an expeditionary mobile base in the Mediterranean Sea:

Neller: New Expeditionary Mobile Base should go to the Mediterranean

The commandant of the Marine Corps wants the newest expeditionary mobile base to be deployed to the Mediterranean Sea to help support operations in West Africa and the European theater.