This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on U.S. Special Operations Command's fiscal year 2027 budget request, the solid-rocket motor industrial base and more.

The annual Special Operations Forces Week conference is taking place this week in Tampa, FL. Here's our preliminary coverage:

SOCOM poised for bigger slice of Pentagon's historic budget

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and lawmakers think U.S. Special Operations Command deserves a larger share of the fiscal year 2027 Pentagon budget, particularly as the command is forced to quickly adapt military technologies according to changing conditions on the battlefield.

AeroVironment adding two capabilities to AV_Halo mission software platform

AeroVironment is adding two new capabilities to its unified mission software platform, AV_Halo, in the areas of autonomy for uncrewed systems and radio frequency for contested and denied environments, the company announced this morning ahead of the annual Special Operations Forces Week conference in Tampa, FL.

The Pentagon has now committed more than $190 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding since December 2024 to shore up weak points across the solid-rocket motor supply chain:

DOD makes new solid-rocket motor supply chain investment

The Defense Department announced Friday a new $27.3 million investment in Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co. to expand production of universal Arm Fire Devices, a critical safety component used in solid-rocket motors.

The Missile Defense Agency's piece of the Guam Defense System architecture is moving into a critical convergence phase across two parallel baselines:

Lockheed wins $407 million Aegis Guam contract to support new missile defense system

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $407 million sole-source contract to continue developing the Aegis Guam System, pushing the company's underlying Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system contract above $1.9 billion as work accelerates toward a 2027 early operational capability.

The Army's top uniformed officer is telling lawmakers that reports stating the service faces a multibillion-dollar shortfall due to the costs associated with the Iran war and securing the southern U.S. border are false:

DHS could reimburse Army for border support missions within weeks, Driscoll says

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers today he expects "meaningful movement" within weeks on the Department of Homeland Security reimbursing the service for border security missions amid a multibillion-dollar shortfall.