This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with news about an upcoming Army experiment, the Army is making progress in giving ground commanders better control of the electromagnetic spectrum, the Navy may be looking at overseas shipbuilders, and we have a copy of U.S. European Command’s unfunded priorities list.
An Army experiment in Texas will look at how to defeat unmanned aircraft:
FY-26 Army experiment in Austin will test cUAS solutions in urban environment
The Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center, in partnership with several other governmental organizations, will hold a weeklong exercise in Austin, TX early in fiscal year 2026, which will involve testing out industry counter-drone technologies in a dense urban environment.
The Army is making changes to one of its Brigade Combat Teams:
Manpack variant to take lead on TLS BCT, program office says
The Army is rearranging its Terrestrial Layer System Brigade Combat Team (TLS BCT) effort after finishing rapid prototyping by funneling the requirements and lessons learned into its man-packable version of the system, marking a slight shift in the Army’s effort at providing commanders better access, awareness and control of the electromagnetic spectrum from the ground.
The Navy may include foreign shipyards in its shipbuilding program:
International allies must be part of shipbuilding capacity solution, CNO nominee says
Chief of Naval Operations nominee Adm. Daryl Caudle today told lawmakers he will consider tapping foreign shipyards to bolster the U.S. Navy’s fleet via maintenance contracts and potentially new construction work, saying international allies must be part of the solution to domestic shipbuilding challenges.
Here’s a look at what U.S. European Command could not fit in its base budget:
EUCOM’s unfunded list surges by more than $1B, highlighting needs of European allies
U.S. European Command has sent Congress a $1.6 billion unfunded priorities list, a major increase from the $141 million UPL it submitted last year, reflecting a significant surge in unmet requirements, including those intended to bolster U.S. allies, according to a previously unreported document obtained by Inside Defense.
The Pentagon has once again scheduled an industry event for the Golden Dome effort:
Golden Dome Summit back on; Aug. 7 event part of push to engage nontraditional
The Pentagon is reviving a key industry summit for its Golden Dome for America missile defense initiative, renewing its push to attract nontraditional companies into the national security orbit as it races to draft an operational architecture by late September for a next-generation shield to defend the U.S. homeland.
Originally published Inside Defense
