The INSIDER daily digest -- Oct. 26, 2018

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Pentagon's efforts to heed the President's budgetary wishes, a recent SM-3 intercept, Air Mobility Command and more.

The Defense Department is striving to heed the president's budgetary wishes:

Shanahan: DOD is building two budgets and one is $33B less than planned

Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said today the Pentagon is building two budgets: one that accounts for total defense spending of $733 billion and one for $700 billion, the amount President Trump has said the he will "probably" seek in fiscal year 2020.

After four attempts, the SM-3 Block IIA now has two intercept successes:

SM-3 Block IIA, a $1 billion development project, hits target on second attempt

The Navy's newest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense interceptor -- Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IIA -- notched a success during a high-stakes flight test over the Pacific Ocean today, intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target in what was billed as a do-over event for a failed January test that is pivotal to plans for bolstering European defense and crucial for a pending production decision.

The head of Air Mobility Command spoke to the media this morning:

AMC chief: AMC could gain three new C-17s as part of 'Air Force We Need' campaign

The general in charge of the Air Force's mobility forces said today her command could gain three new C-17 squadrons as part of the service's campaign to add 74 new squadrons by 2030.

The Pentagon will use the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to award work under the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions program:

Pentagon partnering with GSA, considering multiple awards for enterprise cloud program

The Pentagon is using a General Services Administration contract to buy cloud services for enterprise collaboration and productivity tools like email and messaging, with the potential for multiple awards to be made as part of the “whole-of-government approach,” according to officials.

Finally today, China is going all in on the Internet of Things:

Report to U.S.-China panel: China's IoT threats increase need for new U.S. data protection law

The Chinese government's involvement in and manipulation of emerging Internet of Things technologies, both through investments and espionage, pose a risk to U.S. national security and economic interests, according to a new report for a congressionally mandated commission, which calls for a federal law on protecting data and privacy to counter these threats.

Document: USCC report on China's internet of things development