The INSIDER daily digest -- June 22, 2020

This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has extensive coverage of the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee marks of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill.

Before we get to the subcommittee marks, though, here's some news from a briefing held this morning by Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the defense industrial base:

Lord sees 'enormous' recovery in industrial base, but says need for supplemental funding remains

Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord said today the defense industrial base is making an "enormous recovery" after a three-month slowdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, but she stressed the continued need for supplemental funding in the "lower double-digit" billions to reimburse contractors for pandemic-related disruptions.

As for the subcommittee marks, here's our coverage so far:

House panel declines to back MDA's layered homeland defense proposal, requires AOA

A key House panel has declined to endorse the Pentagon's plans for a a layered homeland ballistic missile defense architecture based on the newest Aegis ballistic missile interceptor and a new variant of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor and instead directed a comprehensive analysis of alternatives for the mission to be conducted.

House panel skeptical of Navy F/A-18 sundown, seeks reports from Joint Staff, DOD IG

A House panel is seeking more information from the Pentagon about the Navy's F/A-18 fleet in response to the service's proposal to sundown the production line in fiscal year 2022, but has stopped short of forcing the Defense Department to continue the program.

House panel moves to evaluate next ICBM system's schedule, workforce challenges

House authorizers are pushing to review how the military is planning for possible delays fielding the next intercontinental ballistic missile system and any challenges the Air Force faces manning the acquisition program.

House lawmakers propose clarified vision, funding plan for Space Development Agency

The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee is proposing legislation it hopes will focus the Space Development Agency's mission on top Defense Department priorities -- like the planned transport and missile warning layers -- and encourage greater use of commercial services.

House authorizers advance legislation to elevate Joint AI Center, create new 'board of directors'

House authorizers are proposing legislation that would have the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center report to the deputy secretary of defense, as well as create a powerful board of directors to guide the Pentagon's AI strategy and investments.

House panel readies new missile defense oversight measures, hypersonic strike directives and more

A House panel is proposing legislation that would direct the Navy to arm DDG-1000 destroyers with an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon, require a sweeping analysis of alternatives before the Missile Defense Agency commits to a new layered homeland defense architecture, require the president to participate in an annual nuclear command and control exercise, and provide an unclassified report on foreign nuclear weapon programs.