Monday, May 13, 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on fiscal year 2021 funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Space Development Agency and more.
The Defense Department's fiscal year 2021 Joint Strike Fighter modernization funding request is about $100 million higher than the program originally projected:
FY-21 budget request includes $2 billion for F-35 C2D2
The Pentagon is requesting about $2 billion in fiscal year 2021 for F-35 continuous modernization efforts -- an increase from the FY-20 budget projection as a result of the unforeseen complexity of a major technology refresh effort as well as the planned ramp-up of Block 4 upgrades.
The Pentagon's fiscal year 2021 spending request for the Space Development Agency calls for about $290 million in FY-21, $869 million in FY-22, $1.3 billion in FY-23 and about $2 billion in FY-24 and FY-25:
Space Development Agency budget calls for $7.5 billion over five years
The Space Development Agency is projecting its research and development budget will increase to nearly $7.5 billion by fiscal year 2025 -- major near-term growth that offers a glimpse at how the Pentagon plans to inject new funding across its space portfolio.
The Air Force's fiscal year 2021 budget requests about $1 billion for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program in FY-21 and about $7.4 billion through FY-25:
Air Force's FY-21 NGAD funding profile steady after years of fluctuation
After several years of a shifting funding profile, the Air Force's Next-Generation Air Dominance program's outyear projection is relatively stable in the service’s fiscal year 2021 budget request.
The Air Force will release a request for proposals this month and prospective contractors will have until March to submit bids on an effort to develop capabilities to counter small umanned aircraft:
Air Force to spend up to $490 million on R&D to counter small commercial drones
The Air Force is moving forward with a contracting solution worth up to $490 million for research and development of capabilities that can combat commercial off-the-shelf small unmanned aerial systems.
Document: Air Force C-sUAS industry day briefing slides
The Army wants a total of $111.2 million for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program in fiscal year 2021:
Army requesting $111 million for Next Generation Squad Weapon
The Army in its fiscal year 2021 budget request wants more than double the amount it received last year for the Next Generation Squad Weapon as it gets ready to field the system.
Air Tractor has lost its protest of the Air Force's light-attack aircraft prototyping award decision:
GAO dismisses light-attack aircraft protest as USAF opts not to proceed with the program
The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday ruled in favor of the Air Force's light-attack aircraft prototyping award decision, which Air Tractor had protested, claiming the service had improperly used its procurement authority.