Defense Budget 2021 Coverage

Breaking Defense coverage of the President's fiscal year 2021 defense budget.

Enhanced Vision In Adverse Conditions Presented by Collins Aerospace Gain unprecedented situational awareness at night, through smoke and adverse weather. Increase mission effectiveness, lower operational risks, and improve survivability for flight crews. DoD Seeks $2.3B To Bolster US Chip Making "From the DoD's perspective, they're highly dependent on [Asia] for fabrication and packaging [of chips]," Hudson Institute's Bryan Clark tells Breaking Defense. This has led to DoD calls to address a "fragile and threatened" chip supply chain. Destroyer, JADC2 Top Navy Unfunded Requirements The Navy also asks for five additional F-35C fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye and 4 CMV-22s. DoD Budget Appears To Cut Cyber Offense, Beef Up Defenses The single biggest reduction in proposed year-over-year cyber funding appears to be in overseas "hunt-forward" cyber operations, with a $284.4 million cut to $147.2 million in 2022 versus a requested $431.6 million last year. Key Dems Question Biden Defense Budget; Ship Fight Likely "The President's Defense Budget Request is an outline and a starting point," emphasizes Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. 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. 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. The Multi-Domain Battlespace is Here. Dominance Where It Counts. Presented by BAE Systems Turning data into actionable intelligence, multi-mission platforms, advanced electronics, and innovative technologies that detect and deter threats in any operational environment. That's the critical advantage we give our customers. SecDef: 'Largest-Ever' R&D Spending In '22 Budget President Biden's first defense budget "biases the future, slightly," over the present, but Gen. Mark Milley says he doesn't see any one service taking precedence over another in the divvying up of money. China Already Outspends US Military? Discuss Bill Greenwalt worked hand in glove with the late Sen. McCain as he tried — and repeatedly failed — to cleanse the defense budget of huge amounts of what isn't really defense spending — cancer research, health care, grocery stores and the list goes on and on.  Fleet Decentralization Focus For AF Budget Beyond 2023 How the Air Force embodies its 'agile combat employment' concept depends in part on the future fleet composition — with the F-22's fate a central question. 'No More Fruit' In Army's Budget Tree: McConville The Army's prioritized so ruthlessly that the top 11 percent of  programs will get 50 percent of the funding. The other 89 percent can't take any more cuts without it killing them. Marine Commandant Finding A Way To Modernize With Flat Budgets Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger's announcement comes amid the radical changes he is making in how the Corps equips itself, and deploys. Wormuth Defends Army Budget, Missile Programs The nominee for Army Secretary also aims to end "friction" between civilian acquisition officials and Army Futures Command, she told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Army Faces 'Almost Impossible Choices': Gen. Murray Some 22 of the Army's 35 top programs are supposed to field some kind of capability in the next four years, even as budgets drop. Presumptive Comptroller Gets Easy Go At SASC The only real pushback either nominee faced was McCord's previous call for the defense budget to grow by 3-5% annually, a number the 2022 Biden defense budget won't reach.  Biden Must Boost 2022 Budget To Counter China The Army and Air Force are locked in battle over missions and the dollars that go with them. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs — an Army guy — has predicted a "bloodletting" with the Army the likely loser as the country grapples with how to manage the growing rivalries with China and Russia. Software, Missiles, Testing At Top For Budget, Says DepSecDef Hicks "The budget provides the resources to phase out systems and approaches optimized for an earlier era," Kathleen Hicks said, while pumping cash into research and development of new capabilities. Army: We Can't Meet Joint Needs With Smaller Budget Recent gains in readiness and modernization are fragile, Army leaders warned, and budget cuts would undermine the service's ability to help the Joint Force. No 5-Year POM Likely In DoD's 2022 Budget The focus solely on 2022 was hinted at by an internal memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kath Hicks. Navy, Marines Push Plans To Transform How They Fight Putting a variety of unmanned capabilities through their paces "in a Pacific warfighting scenario," Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher, Pacific Fleet's director of maritime headquarters, said in a statement, the exercise "will include maneuvering in contested space across all domains, targeting and fires, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance." HASC Chair Blasts White House For 'Dragging Their Feet' On Budget "The White House itself is not doing the job they should be doing," charged the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith DoD Budget Outline Sharpens, But Rollout Slipping Toward June "We will be lucky to see any serious budget detail prior to Memorial Day" Arnold Punaro, former SASC budget director, says. How Long US Will Fund Afghan Military An 'Open Question' Lawmakers signaled today that the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan may not mean the end of US commitment, particularly in supporting the Afghan special forces. Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe