The INSIDER daily digest -- Feb. 16, 2018

Sea-launched cruise missiles, Littoral Combat Ship funding, Army missile money, Air Force multidomain operations and more highlight this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Sea-launched cruise missiles with nuclear warheads could be deployed on Navy vessels:

Sea-launched cruise missile could be deployed on surface ships, potentially DDG-1000s

The Pentagon is considering deploying a new nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile on surface ships such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers as well as submarines, according to the head of U.S. Strategic Command.

There's a disconnect between the Navy and Office of the Secretary of Defense regarding Littoral Combat Ship funding:

Navy, OSD set aside different amounts for LCS in FY-19 budget request

The Navy has budgeted for one Littoral Combat Ship in the fiscal year 2019 budget, generating consternation that the construction plan may be detrimental to the shipbuilding industrial base.

The Army wants more missile funding:

Army eyes $3 billion boost for missile procurement in effort to bolster decisive-action training

Army leaders are asking Congress to plow $3 billion more than previously forecast into the service's missiles account in fiscal year 2019 -- an increase of nearly 140 percent compared to the FY-19 forecast the Pentagon published last year -- with major increases for the Guided Missile Launch Rocket System, Patriot MSE missile, and modifications of Army Tactical Missile System programs.

The Air Force has a new way to approach multidomain operations:

Data-to-Decision pieces together technology to create new ops picture

A key experimentation campaign spurred by the Air Superiority 2030 flight plan is helping the Air Force move toward multidomain operations, its lead scientist tells Inside the Air Force.

The Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System is getting more money:

Air Force pledges to speed DCGS open architecture move in FY-19 request

The Distributed Common Ground System will reap the benefits of the Air Force's decision to double down on ISR capabilities with $450.3 million in the fiscal year 2019 budget request to speed its transition to an open architecture.

What role will U.S. Special Operations Command play under a new National Defense Strategy? That was one of the questions addressed at a recent congressional hearing:

SOCOM wrestles with role under new National Defense Strategy

The Defense Department is struggling to define the role U.S. Special Operations Command will play under a new National Defense Strategy that focuses on "great power competition" with China and Russia, while the department continues to rely on SOCOM to execute global counterterrorism operations.

Document: House hearing on SOF, SOCOM