The INSIDER daily digest -- Aug. 28, 2018

By John Liang / August 28, 2018 at 2:13 PM

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest features news on Army tank recovery vehicles, the Navy's version of the Joint Strike Fighter and more.

The Army intends to buy and test nine prototype tank recovery vehicles, built from the current version, that can accommodate the total weight of the Abrams main battle tank:

Army seeks prototype vehicles to lift heavier Abrams tanks

The Army needs to upgrade a total of 933 M88A2 Hercules tank recovery vehicles to adjust to increasingly hefty Abrams tanks, according to a recent notice.

The Navy recently invited reporters onto an aircraft carrier to view live testing of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter:

First F-35C operational tests at sea underway on CVN-72

ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) -- The Navy this month is conducting the first operational tests at sea of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35C aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.

The Senate, in its mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense spending bill, would take back $1.4 billion from the Air Force's modernization accounts:

Senate bill would rescind $2 billion from DOD investment accounts, mostly from Air Force

The Senate is seeking to rescind more than $2 billion previously appropriated to Pentagon investment accounts, with Air Force research and development as well as procurement accounts slated to absorb more than half of the proposed cuts.

Inside Defense recently chatted with the CEO of government facilities maintainer PAE:

PAE, now with $2.5 billion in annual sales, pursues 'long-term, sticky business'

PAE, long known for maintaining facilities overseas for the State Department, has significantly expanded its reach, adding business process outsourcing and national security work, among other areas, to become a $2.5 billion contractor.

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