The INSIDER daily digest -- Feb. 22, 2019

Today's INSIDER Daily Digest begins with the latest news on the battle to build a border wall.

White House officials have said they plan to seek $2.5 billion in funding from existing DOD projects to move into a counternarcotics account, a move that could be blocked by Democrats in Congress:

Trump's plan to reprogram $2.5B for wall is unlikely to get by Congress

Part of President Trump's plan to use Defense Department funds to construct a wall on the southwestern border is likely to require congressional approval, meaning Democrats would have the power to block it at the committee level.

Meanwhile, Raytheon said it's “ready” to produce a clean-sheet radar design as a candidate for the multibillion-dollar replacement contract for the Patriot radar:

First out of the gate, Raytheon says Army picked its radar for LTAMDS 'sense off'

Raytheon says it has been picked by the Army to participate in the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition, the first public word on the planned "sense-off" event at White Sands Missile Range, NM, this spring from either the government or industry in months.

Finally, we have the latest on the Space-based Kill Assessment, meant to help determine whether an interceptor hit or missed an enemy ballistic missile:

Complete Space-based Kill Assessment constellation set to be in place, online next month

The Defense Department next month expects to bring online the final sensors in the Space-based Kill Assessment experiment, a project that could chart a new course to using commercially hosted satellites to develop a range of new space-based missile defense capabilities.