The INSIDER daily digest -- May 23, 2017

By John Liang / May 23, 2017 at 2:32 PM

DOD's FY-18 budget request is the main focus of today's INSIDER Daily Digest.

Overall DOD budget news:

In budget request sent to Congress, Pentagon seeks $208B in modernization

The Defense Department is requesting $574.5 billion in base spending for fiscal year 2018 and $64.5 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding, which in total include $208.6 billion in acquisition spending on major weapon systems, according to documents released by the Pentagon.

Document: DOD's FY-18 budget overview

 

Document: DOD's FY-18 program acquisition cost by weapon system budget book

Army budget:

Trump administration seeks $166.1B for Army in FY-18

President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2018 would sustain the Army’s force structure and fund production increases on some of the service’s major programs.

Document: Army's FY-18 budget overview

Air Force budget:

Air Force's FY-18 request would boost weapon production, add two F-35s

The Air Force's $132 billion fiscal year 2018 base budget seeks a slight boost to F-35 procurement, funding for studies and planning for new fighter and unmanned platforms and "maximizes" production capacity for key munitions.

Document: Air Force's FY-18 budget overview

Navy budget:

Navy fully funds maintenance, puts shipbuilding on backburner

The Navy seeks to fully fund aviation and ship operations and maintenance, but put President Trump's campaign promise to grow the fleet on the backburner in its fiscal year 2018 budget request.

Missile defense budget:

MDA proposes space-based sensor, new hypersonic defense program in FY-18

The Defense Department is seeking funding for two significant missile defense initiatives in fiscal year 2018: a project to develop a defense against hypersonic weapons and field a warning capability by 2019 as well as an effort develop new a space-based sensor.

Document: MDA's FY-18 budget overview

Additional budget documents:

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