The Defense Department is punting on a new statutory requirement to prepare an annual aviation inventory and funding plan aligned with the National Defense Strategy, citing the Biden administration’s deliberate decision to prepare a fiscal year 2022 budget request without the traditional accompanying future year spending plan. Meanwhile, the Pentagon plans to prepare a report to deliver to Congress next year along with the FY-23 budget request that will provide a detailed 15-year plan for aircraft acquisition. “Given the executive...
