DepSecDef Hicks writes that “due to the limited amount of time available before the Department must submit its FY 2022 President's Budget request, the process to re-evaluate existing decisions will focus on a very small number of issues with direct impact on FY 2022 and of critical importance to the President and the Secretary.”
The full budget, set to be released on May 3, should spark heated debate in Congress between an emboldened progressive wing of the Democratic party looking to cut defense budgets, and Republicans and conservative Democrats who say spending must increase to stay ahead of the Chinese military buildup.
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The Pentagon is at an "inflection point" in terms of how to split the military budget between the services, Rep. Joe Courtney said, a growing recognition that the budget calculus is about to change.
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"The whole reason we’re doing this is because the National Defense Strategy talks about the need to do cost effective [counter-terrorism] operations, cost effective irregular warfare,” AFSOC commander Gen. Slife said.
On the eve of a major meeting with NATO defense ministers, US officials say SecDef Lloyd Austin will bring a public change in the US attitude about NATO.
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
"It's no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. "But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an administration in the United States."
"What is clear is that this issue of technology competition is of increasing importance in the US / China relationship" SecDef advisor Ely Ratner said, and it is "a huge priority for the administration."
President Biden said at the Pentagon today that the review will “chart a strong path forward on China-related matters."
The effort falls in line with Pentagon efforts to deploy more punch at longer ranges, a clear recognition of the growing ability of China and Russia to keep American and forces at a stand-off distance
Lithium-metal batteries are one way to break the weight and endurance limits of today’s unmanned systems.
The Navy is "in a good place," CNO Adm. Mike Gilday says, "as we present that analysis to senior decision makers, and we really re-litigate, if you will, the ‘22 budget submit -- which was very heavily in the Navy’s favor with respect to shipbuilding.”
"What I was looking at when I first came into the job was a number of unmanned efforts that were on the way and not being necessarily coordinated," CNO Adm. Mike Gilday says.
"We have a responsibility to educate those that are leaving the service that they are going to be recruited by these people, and they need to be aware that they're going to have people reach out via email or social media" Adm. Mike Gilday says.
“I don't think there's going to be any increases in the budget, but maintaining budget levels in order to do the things necessary” to fund the Pentagon’s modernization is critical, Rep. Rob Wittman said