The House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill would authorize $21.4 billion in Army procurement, a slight increase from the $21.3 billion in the service’s budget request. Wheeled and tracked combat vehicles would receive the largest increases compared to the budget request. The mark would authorize $4.2 billion worth of combat vehicle procurement, up from $3.9 billion in the budget request. The M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer would see the largest increase under the...
