Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of the Pentagon's latest omnibus reprogramming request to Congress, obtained by Inside Defense.
On June 25, acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker submitted a 62-page omnibus reprogramming request to Congress seeking permission to shift funds appropriated in fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019 to higher-priority programs in FY-19:
DOD seeks to reprogram $2.8 billion, boost new 'hit-to-kill' artillery and light-attack aircraft
The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to shift $2.8 billion between budget accounts as part of an annual reallocation of funds the U.S. military has in hand, a move that seeks to launch a new hit-to-kill Army artillery round, kick start the Air Force's O/A-X light-attack aircraft program and inject additional funds into a project to develop a road-mobile hypersonic strike weapon.
Here's what the Army wants to channel money to:
Army seeking to reprogram $34M in FY-19 funding for squad rifle, network
The Army is seeking to reprogram $34.2 million in fiscal year 2019 research, development, testing and evaluation funding for two key modernization projects, the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Automatic Rifle and the integrated tactical network.
Here are the programs the Air Force wants to shift funds to:
DOD seeks $505 million boost to Air Force, transportation working capital funds
The Defense Department is requesting authority from Congress to shift more than $500 million into the Air Force Working Capital Fund and the Transportation Working Capital Fund to handle an increase in readiness needs and a growing demand for airlift support.
DOD looks to cut ICBM development program funding, procure testing assets
The Defense Department is seeking congressional approval to reduce $53 million in funding from the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile development efforts and add $33 million to purchase operational testing equipment for the programs.
And here's the Navy's ship maintenance request:
Navy focuses on $280M in ship maintenance in annual reprogramming request
The Navy is seeking congressional permission to shift $280 million to fund maintenance availabilities for two destroyers and an amphibious ship, according to the Defense Department's annual omnibus reprogramming request.