This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on U.S. Cyber Command's unfunded priorities list, Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles, missile defense integration testing and more.

We start off with coverage of another unfunded priorities list obtained by Inside Defense:

CYBERCOM seeks $593M in unfunded FY-27 priorities, citing gaps in munitions, AI and network defense

U.S. Cyber Command is asking Congress for nearly $600 million in additional funding in fiscal year 2027, warning that shortfalls in cyber "munitions," artificial intelligence and network defense capabilities are constraining its ability to sustain high-tempo operations, according to a document obtained by Inside Defense.

More coverage of this week's Modern Day Marine conference:

Marine Corps eyeing ACV capability upgrades as procurement draws to a close

As the Amphibious Combat Vehicle program approaches the end of procurement, the Marine Corps is turning its attention to modernization efforts for its fielded ACV fleet and is seeking capability upgrades including overhead protection, situational awareness and drone defense.

PAE Marine Corps establishes 10 portfolio managers in continuing acquisition restructure

The new Marine Corps Portfolio Acquisition Executive office has established 10 portfolio manager positions responsible for the acquisitions of specific capabilities across the service including aviation, maritime expeditionary warfare and remote and autonomous systems.

(Read our full Modern Day Marine coverage.)

The Pentagon has begun submitting its annual legislative proposal packages to Congress regarding the FY-27 defense policy bill:

Pentagon asks Congress to drop annual missile defense integration test mandate

The Pentagon is asking Congress to repeal a law requiring at least one flight test each year to demonstrate that the U.S. military's air and missile defenses can fight together, calling the decade-old mandate duplicative as it pivots to a sweeping new Golden Dome homeland defense architecture.

Document: DOD's FY-27 legislative proposals packages

SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services will now integrate secure advanced AI capabilities into the Pentagon’s highest-classification networks:

DOD strikes deal with 7 firms for classified AI capabilities amid congressional concern

The Defense Department has entered into new agreements with seven frontier artificial intelligence providers to deploy advanced capabilities on the Pentagon's classified networks, even as some lawmakers raise alarms about the operational use of lethal AI.