The INSIDER daily digest -- March 29, 2017

In today's INSIDER: Budget news, a problematic Navy Growler aircraft, an upcoming nuclear posture review and more.

It's starting to look like lawmakers are willing to exclude President Trump's FY-17 defense supplemental:

Congress poised to jettison FY-17 defense supplemental to avoid shutdown

Lawmakers, fearing a government shutdown or a yearlong continuing resolution that would freeze spending at previous-year levels, have begun discussing a path forward that would leave the bulk of the Trump administration's proposed $30 billion defense spending increase for fiscal year 2017, according to officials and sources.

The Navy is having problems with one if its Growler aircraft:

Navy sending defective Growler to Boeing for evaluation after pilots report 'physiological episodes'

The Navy is in the process of sending a defective EA-18G Growler back to Boeing for evaluation because of "physiological episodes" being reported by pilots at a base in Washington state.

Keep an eye out for an upcoming nuclear posture review:

Air Force nuclear chief: Mattis wants nuclear review completed within six months

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein said this week Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has instructed the military to complete a nuclear posture review in six months -- a time line that could mean the process wraps up around the time the Air Force awards the next phase of nuclear missile modernization.

The Air Force recently got thousands of hiring freeze exemptions:

Air Force: More than 54,000 hiring freeze exemptions approved

More than 54,000 exemptions to President Trump's Jan. 23 hiring freeze on federal civilian employees were approved for the Air Force as of March 28, a service spokesman told Inside the Air Force.

The Army's Office of Business Transformation could be getting a higher profile:

Cardon projects greater role for OBT in future

The confluence of Defense Department, congressional and White House efforts to increase efficiency could boost the importance of the Army's Office of Business Transformation, according to its director.

Army officials are calling for a new base closure round:

Officials call for new strategy for installations, BRAC round

The Army's commitment of minimal resources to its facilities has had a deleterious effect on their condition, and the service must shed its excess capacity to free up resources for other priorities, two service leaders said during a March 23 event hosted by the Association of the United States Army.