This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Air Force refueling tankers, Army aviation funding cuts, the Navy's future fleet and more.

Senior Air Force leaders testified before the House Armed Services Committee this week on the Air Force's bomber, tanker and airlift programs:

Tabor: KC-135 fleet to be fully connected in six years

The entire KC-135 Stratotanker fleet is projected to have full connectivity in six years, according to a top Air Force official, indicating the service is making strides in adding long-needed situational awareness to the 60-year-old tankers.

Document: Air Force testimony on bombers, tankers, cargo aircraft

More than three dozen House lawmakers are seeking a briefing on planned Army aviation cuts in fiscal year 2027:

More than 40 lawmakers want briefing from Hegseth on Army aviation cuts

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and 42 other House lawmakers sent a letter today to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Michael Cadenazzi, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, requesting a briefing within 90 days on planned Army aviation cuts for fiscal year 2027.

Document: Lawmakers' letter to DOD on Army aviation funding

Senior Navy leaders were on Capitol Hill this week discussing the service's fiscal year 2027 budget request:

Navy says foreign construction is needed for future fleet; lawmakers push back

Foreign shipyards will be necessary to build the Navy's future fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle told lawmakers today during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the service's fiscal year 2027 budget request.

Document: Navy, Marine Corps FY-27 posture statements

A recent Defense Department inspector general's report assesses the reliability of data ingested into the Advancing Analytics repository:

DOD watchdog says data reliability gaps in Advana could lead to misinformed decisions

The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office doesn't adequately verify the data going into a key Defense Department analytics system used for operational decision-making, according to a recent inspector general report.

Document: DOD IG report on interface controls over advancing analytics repository

A new Government Accountability Office report finds problems with Air Force depot maintenance:

GAO: Air Force metrics for evaluating depot delays are too broad, inconsistent

Performance targets at the Air Force's three depots are still falling far behind the service's wide-reaching readiness ambitions, according to a new Government Accountability Office report, which called on the service to modify its basic maintenance reporting system.

Document: GAO report on Air Force depot maintenance