The INSIDER daily digest -- Nov. 6, 2017

Manned-unmanned teaming, Army Mission Command, naval mine countermeasures and more highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.

The Air Force Research Laboratory will flight test pairs of manned and unmanned aircraft over 15 months starting in late 2018:

AFRL officials outline efforts to build on next year's manned-unmanned teaming demo

The Air Force Research Laboratory is planning ways to build on next year's manned-unmanned teaming effort that will gradually improve how autonomous systems perform in flight, officials told Inside Defense Nov. 2.

Army Mission Command's top three priorities are software baseline reduction, accelerated fielding of the Joint Battle Command-Platform, and testing and equipping of the Command Post Computing Environment:

Army's PM Mission Command tackles three key efforts over next two years

Over the next 18 to 24 months, the Army will pursue a trio of network initiatives to bolster its mission command capability and standardize systems across the entire service.

The Navy and Marine Corps started writing a mine countermeasures requirements document a few months ago:

Navy, Marine Corps jointly write mine countermeasures requirements doc

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Navy and Marine Corps are jointly writing a mine countermeasures requirements document to make sure efforts are not duplicated, according to a Navy official.

The U.S. military is eyeing a maritime option for Conventional Prompt Strike:

Navy reveals plans to put hypersonic strike weapon on subs if DOD elects to acquire capability

A senior Navy official said last week the service plans to arm its Ohio-class submarines and Virginia-class attack subs with a hypersonic boost-glide weapon, in the event Defense Department leaders elect to acquire such a capability, a significant revelation about U.S. military planning for a Conventional Prompt Strike capability.

A traditional BRAC round may not be in the cards in the near future:

Pentagon developing new base-closure proposal

After failing to get lawmakers' approval for a new round of base closures this year, the Defense Department is now developing a proposal that may not use the traditional Base Realignment and Closure process, according to a top DOD official.