DoD Seeks Boost For Defensive Cyber Tech In 2022 Budget

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DoD Seeks Boost For Defensive Cyber Tech In 2022 Budget The budget requests funding for four new teams for the Cyber Mission Force. Those teams will support CYBERCOM operations and provide cyber support for space operations.

Navy Plans To Cut Ships, But Fleet Plan Remains MIA Requesting "eight ships a year is not going to get to 355," the Navy's top budget official, Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, said. "All things being equal, if you have a 300-ship Navy and a 30-year lifespan you have to recapitalize it…so eight is not going to do it."

Air Force Hopes To Retire 201 Planes; Space Force Ask Up $2.2B The service plans to buy 48 F-35As and 12 F-15EXs for $4.5 billion and $1.3 billion, but the F-35 buy is almost certain to increase once it hits Capitol Hill. The Air Force also wants to buy 14 KC-46s for $2.4 billion.

Biden's Budget Cuts Ships, Planes, But Huge Boost in R&D "Critically, we reallocate resources to fund research and development in advanced technologies such as micro-electronics. This will provide the foundation for fielding a full range of capabilities, such as hypersonic missiles, artificial intelligence, and 5G," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said.

Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall "We have a lot of people programs and we tried to protect those. Secondly, we tried to protect readiness. Third, we tried to protect modernization," acting secretary John Whitley says.

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