This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on AUKUS unmanned underwater systems, the Army seeking to make systems and sensors interoperable and more.

We start off with AUKUS news from this weekend's Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore:

AUKUS nations to develop UUV payloads under Pillar II 'signature project'

The three AUKUS nations have launched a new initiative to jointly develop payloads and enabling technologies for uncrewed undersea vehicles, with deliveries expected to begin in 2027, senior defense officials announced over the weekend.

Army and industry engineers are collaborating to hack into current weapon systems and sensors, expose their internal interfaces and make them connect:

Army pilot data ops center to oversee Pentagon's first API marketplace

The Army Data Operations Center (ADOC) will oversee a new marketplace for application programming interfaces (APIs) as the service wraps its first sprint in a series of hackathons designed to make systems and sensors interoperable across its portfolio.

The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee wants the Army secretary to provide a briefing on the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radar program:

Army sustainment plan for LTAMDS under scrutiny; lawmakers want details

Lawmakers are concerned the Army has not adequately defined its sustainment and sparing strategy for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radar, advancing directive report language May 26 requiring the service to brief Congress on the issue -- a challenge that could undermine operational readiness for a program the Army has requested more than $2 billion to fund in fiscal year 2027 alone.

Mine warfare coverage:

Navy, DIU seek mine countermeasures solutions amid Strait of Hormuz standoff

As the standoff over shipping access to the Strait of Hormuz surpasses three months, the Navy and Defense Innovation Unit are launching a $10 million modernization prize challenge in search of rapidly fieldable mine-countermeasures solutions.

Some news from the recent SOF Week conference, in case you missed it:

With new cohort, SOCOM expanding reach of private capital

TAMPA, FL -- Private capital will play a larger role in U.S. Special Operations Command's acquisition landscape, with the command having spent the past year fine-tuning its new Private Capital Investor Cohort (PCIC).