Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on a multibillion-dollar omnibus reprogramming request, modernization of Army depots, a White House statement of administration policy on the Senate's fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill and more.
The Pentagon has released a multibillion-dollar, congressionally approved omnibus reprogramming request:
Congress backs $2.3B funding shift at DOD
Congress has given the Defense Department the authority to realign $2.3 billion in various unspent appropriations toward priority weapons programs like systems to counter small, unmanned drones as well as toward "must-pay bills" brought on by "inflationary pressure," according to a Pentagon "omnibus" budgetary reprogramming document.
Document: DOD's FY-22 omnibus reprogramming
Meanwhile, in a separate Air Force-related reprogramming:
Congress approves Air Force reprogramming request for E-7 Wedgetail
Congressional defense authorizers and appropriators approved the Air Force's request to reprogram about $16 million for the E-7 Wedgetail program to keep the new- start effort on track amid the continuing resolution.
The Army will invest $16 billion over 15 years to upgrade outdated depot facilities and prepare them to work on the 34 modernization programs the service says it will deliver:
Army depots supporting Ukraine will also need to support modernization push
The Army's 2019 Army Modernization Strategy pre-dates the supply chain snarls, COVID-19-caused factory shutdowns and computer chip shortages that have beset manufacturing facilities around the world. But those issues have brought into stark focus the importance of the back-end processes critical to maintaining readiness and delivering the Army's modernization priorities.
In a new statement of administration policy, the White House "strongly opposes" funding for the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile as well as modifications to Ballistic Missile Defense System plans and more:
White House objects to weapons provisions in Senate defense bill
The White House is not threatening to veto the Senate's version of the fiscal year 2023 defense bill, but it does oppose several provisions related to procurement of major defense weapon systems, according to a new statement of administration policy released by the Office of Management and Budget.
Document: Statement of administration policy on Senate's FY-23 defense authorization bill
Adm. Christopher Grady, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke this week at the National Defense Transportation Association and U.S. Transportation Command Fall Meeting 2022 in St. Louis, MO:
Upcoming release of new Joint Warfighting Concept touted as a 'watershed moment'
The third iteration of the Joint Warfighting Concept, due at the end of the year, will be a turning point for the U.S. military and how it is resourced, according to a top Defense Department official.
Navy Vice Admiral Karl Thomas affirmed this week that 7th Fleet is prepared to provide defensive capability to Taiwan, although a peaceful resolution to the conflict is desired:
Thomas: 'Integrated deterrence' essential to maintaining rule-based order in the Pacific
The Biden administration doctrine of "integrated deterrence" is the key to preventing Chinese aggression in the Pacific and maintaining rule-based international order, according to the commander of U.S. 7th Fleet.