The INSIDER daily digest -- May 1, 2017

Coverage of congressional appropriators' FY-17 defense spending legislation leads off this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Coverage of the defense portion of the FY-17 omnibus spending bill released early this morning:

FY-17 omnibus lifts Pentagon spending by $15 billion, funds some Trump priorities

Key congressional committees have reached agreement on a fiscal year 2017 Pentagon appropriations bill that includes an eleventh-hour, nearly $15 billion boost to war spending accounts that allows for $6.5 billion more for weapon system investments and hands a win to proponents of increased defense spending in the protracted fight over FY-17 spending but is half of what President Trump sought.

Spending agreement would boost shipbuilding account by $3 billion

The new fiscal year 2017 spending agreement provides funding for many of the shipbuilding priorities under the Navy's accelerated fleet plan, but falls short on the service's request for additional aircraft.

Appropriators concerned about F-35 contracting strategy

House and Senate appropriators are concerned the F-35 joint program office is not awarding contracts for the jets they fund each year "in a timely manner" and are pointing to the program executive officer's contracting strategy as the problem.

Keep an eye out for an upcoming congressional hearing on the Navy's future frigate plans:

House authorizers seek answers on Navy's frigate plans

Lawmakers are set to question Navy officials this week about their ever evolving plans for transitioning from the Littoral Combat Ship to the future frigate.

Resetting the Marine Corps' CH-53E helo will take longer than expected:

Marine Corps CH-53E reset slow, but turning out 'good product'

The Marine Corps reset of its CH-53E heavy-lift helicopter effort will take longer than anticipated, but cost projections are holding and the initial aircraft returned to the fleet are performing better than expected, according to service officials.

The head of Army Contracting Command recently spoke about the service's Rapid Capabilities Office:

ACC 'fully integrated' with Rapid Capabilities Office

As the Army's Rapid Capabilities Office continues to focus on delivering capabilities to the warfighter quickly, Army Contracting Command is "totally integrated" with the office, ACC Commanding General Maj. Gen. James Simpson said April 26.

The Missile Defense Agency wants a transportable Ground-based Interceptor:

MDA soliciting industry ideas for a 'transportable' Ground-based Interceptor

The Missile Defense Agency is soliciting ideas for a new variant of the Ground-based Interceptor -- one that would not be emplaced in a silo as currently utilized by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, but moved around, presumably on the back of a heavy truck, in an effort to give commanders more flexible options to defend the nation.

Document: MDA RFI for a 'transportable GBI'

News from our colleagues at Inside U.S. Trade that has implications for the defense industrial base:

Trump orders establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy

President Trump, on his 100th day in office Saturday, signed an executive order establishing "the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy" -- an entity to be run by Peter Navarro, who was originally named to head the White House National Trade Council.