The INSIDER daily digest -- June 19, 2017

An interview with the head of Boeing's new global services business unit, new Navy aircraft carriers and more highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.

We sat down with the head of Boeing's new global services business unit:

Boeing to formally launch new global services business July 1

Boeing's new global services business unit, which will be operational July 1, will be based around four capabilities and four markets, the group's new chief executive told Inside Defense.

The Navy's newest aircraft carriers will each now be undergoing independent cost estimates:

DOD plans independent cost estimates for all follow-on Ford-class ships beginning with CVN-80

The Pentagon, wrestling with ballooning price tags for the first two ships of the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier program, now plans to prepare independent cost estimates for each follow-on Ford-class ship beginning with the Enterprise (CVN-80) -- a move that comes after allowing an 11-year gap between scrutinizing costs of lead ships CVN-78 and CVN-79, according to congressional auditors.

TH-57 Sea Rangers acquired in the 1980s are used to train student helicopter pilots in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard:

Navy looks to replace aging training helicopter fleet

The Navy is looking to replace its training helicopter fleet and anticipates releasing a request for proposals for the effort in late fiscal year 2019 or early FY-20, according to the service.

Murray: The SPAR process "identified about $3.5 billion" in potential offsets in the equipping and modernization Program Evaluation Group:

Army G-8: Funding shortfall remains for SPAR priorities

Even if the Army were to be fully funded at the level of its fiscal year 2018 budget request and receive additional resources to support unfunded requirements, gaps would remain for key service priorities, according to the deputy chief of staff (G-8).

There have been formal discussions on increasing the AAO, according to a Marine Corps official:

Marines will adjust JLTV quantity requirement in 'a couple of years'

It will take the Marine Corps "a couple of years" to adjust its approved acquisition objective for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle -- a 65 percent increase -- from 5,500 to 9,091, according to a service official.