The INSIDER daily digest -- April 6, 2017

Some big shipbuilding news, plus congressional hearings on DOD contract auditing and the effects of an ongoing CR highlight this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Inside Defense obtained a previously unreported copy of a Navy shipbuilding plan:

Proposed Navy shipbuilding plan adds 23 ships in five years

The Navy recently sent Defense Secretary Jim Mattis an accelerated shipbuilding plan that would build an additional 23 ships, at a cost of $61.8 billion, over the future years defense plan beginning in fiscal year 2017, according to a white paper obtained by Inside Defense.

Document: Navy white paper on accelerated shipbuilding plan

DOD contract auditing:

DCAA says it's made progress on backlog, but industry groups call for change

The director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency on April 6 contended the organization has made significant progress on its incurred cost backlog, but said the agency is suffering under the government hiring freeze.

Document: House hearing on the defense contract auditing process

Coverage of this week's Space Symposium in Colorado Springs:

ULA optimistic Air Force will move away from price-driven EELV competition

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Despite concerns that the Air Force's competitive launch strategy has emphasized price over reliability, longtime national security space launch provider United Launch Alliance is optimistic that approach will change as the service matures its source-selection process in a newly competitive environment.

News from this week's hearing on the potential damage to the military from a CR:

Goldfein: Full-year CR would delay JSTARS recap five months, among other woes

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Wednesday a continuing resolution that lasts until October would delay the service's $6.9 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization, due in 2018, for at least five months.

Navy's Columbia-class submarine program safe from 2017 budget impasse

A full-year continuing resolution would not hinder work on the Navy's top acquisition priority: the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, according to service officials.

Milley stresses training impacts of potential yearlong continuing resolution

A yearlong continuing resolution would result in "significant cuts to training across the board" for the Army, according to the service's chief of staff.

News from this week's issue of Inside the Pentagon:

Schmidt: Defense Innovation Board could examine AT&L disestablishment

Defense Innovation Board Chairman Eric Schmidt believes the board will examine the aftermath of new legislation that disestablishes the Pentagon's acquisition chief.

DARPA seeks proposals for program seeking to enhance event analysis

The Pentagon's advanced research arm is seeking industry's input for a program designed to better interpret and analyze events in the face of "noisy, conflicting and potentially deceptive" data, according to a new notice.

Document: DARPA notice on active interpretation of disparate alternatives