This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Navy acquisition reform, the upcoming national defense cyber strategy and more.

We start off with the latest on Navy acquisition reform:

Navy stands up PAEs Aviation, Munitions, Mission Systems

The Navy has established three new Portfolio Acquisition Executive offices for Aviation, Mission Systems and Munitions and named interim officials to lead procurement and fielding efforts for these capabilities, the service announced this morning.

The latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:

Sutton previews upcoming national defense cyber strategy

Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, offered a look into the Pentagon's upcoming national cyber strategy and how it will be nested in the approach taken by National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, at a recent conference hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project.

Trump counterterrorism strategy brings up questions over coordination to address offensive cyber ops

Coordinating responses between the public and private sectors will be an important part of the Trump administration's rollout of the national counterterrorism strategy, according to Venable's Stacy O'Mara, who reflected on the incorporation of offensive cyber operations in the new policy document.

Two previously divided companies -- Accelint and Vitesse Systems -- both addressed parts of the artificial intelligence connectivity problem, but combined they tackle the whole chain:

Sensing and AI-enabled C2 providers combine to form new company

A pair of defense technology companies focused on sensing and AI-enabled command-and-control are merging to form a new firm aimed at closing gaps in the military's sensor-to-shooter kill chain, the chief executive of newly formed Lyntris told Inside Defense in an interview.

Traditional weapon systems aren't the way of the future, according to a former Google CEO:

Schmidt: Pentagon buying wrong weapons for future war, must abandon major programs

The Pentagon is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the wrong weapons and must fundamentally restructure its acquisition portfolio -- abandoning most major programs -- to prepare for a future of autonomous, AI-driven warfare, said Eric Schmidt, a retired Google executive with deep ties to both Silicon Valley and the national security establishment.