2021-2025 FYDP

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.

Huge Deficit = Defense Budget Cuts? Maybe Not

The congressional calendar and strategic inertia may come together to keep the defense budget relatively high. The calendar helps because the fiscal 2021 defense budget will likely be passed while Congress is in a free-spending mood.

Don’t Classify The FYDP; Budget Transparency Helps Allies, Taxpayers

Unclassified information about DoD’s current plans will help the country weigh options such as sustaining the current defense budget, shifting priorities within it or significantly shrinking it by rethinking the U.S. approach to the world.

Army Boosts Big Six 26%, But Trims Bradley Replacement

The Army’s 2021 budget request trims the troubled Next Generation Combat Vehicle program 11 percent while raising spending on its other modernization priorities – more than doubling investments in new high-tech infantry kit.

SecDef Eyeing Moving Billions By Eliminating Offices, Legacy Systems

The Pentagon is about to pitch Congress on a plan to move $5.7 billion from legacy programs to new modernization efforts. Some offices are going to feel some pain.

355 Ships? Acting Navy Secretary Readies To Defend Tight Budget

With the expected nomination of the next Navy Secretary lost at sea, Thomas Modly has taken the wheel, and prepares to meet Congress next month and defend the 2021 Navy budget.

Army To Navy: Hey, We Already Get Less $$ Than You

The Navy’s top admiral says he needs a larger share of the Pentagon budget. The Army Secretary retorts his service already gets less than either the Navy or the Air Force.

SecArmy’s Multi-Domain Kill Chain: Space-Cloud-AI

Top Army leaders want Low Earth Orbit satellites, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to find targets for future long-range weapons.

SDA’s $11B Five-Year Budget Draft Not Likely To Fly

"This is not going to be helpful over on the Hill," one former congressional staffer said of SDA's $11 billion, five-year draft budget. "In fact, it could put the final nails in SDA's coffin."

Can Army Control Costs Of Its New Weapons?

With 10 major programs ramping up from prototypes to mass production by 2026, the Army can’t just count on “Night Court” cuts to free up sufficient funds, warned the service’s three-star chief of budget planning.

Army Big 6 Gets $10B More Over 2021-2025

Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy says the service's new five-year budget plan will be finished within weeks.