Saturday, April 20, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
This Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on upcoming reviews that will influence future defense budgets and more.
The Pentagon's No. 2 civilian spoke this morning about next year's defense budget:
Hicks says upcoming budget will highlight rapid experimentation push
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Pentagon officials expect to complete several key reviews this fall poised to impact next year's defense budget, especially in terms of where modernization dollars are spent.
Full-rate production for the Minuteman III Mk21 reentry vehicle fuze has been pushed back and is currently "on track" for the second quarter of FY-24:
ICBM fuze program now expected to enter full-rate production in FY-24
While the Air Force's timeline for entering low-rate initial production tied to a new arming and fuzing assembly for intercontinental ballistic missiles is still slated to begin in fiscal year 2022, a service spokeswoman said full-rate production is now not expected to start until FY-24.
The Navy is in the midst of a 20-year, $21 billion Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program to improve the infrastructure in its four public shipyards:
Lawmakers see opportunities for shipyard funding outside of infrastructure bill
Despite unsuccessful efforts to include $25 billion in shipyard infrastructure funding in the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill, lawmakers who are pushing for shipyard improvements still see an opportunity to fund that effort this year.
Fights will begin with intelligence, including targeting information, with fires providing the decisive element, according to an Army general:
Rainey: Fires to be decisive in future battles
Fires will be the decisive element of future large-scale warfare, the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training (G-3/5/7) said Sept. 1 during the service's Fires Conference at Ft. Sill, OK.
The White House needs billions to pay for resettling Afghan refugees:
White House wants $6.4B continuing resolution for Afghan refugees, other 'anomalies'
The White House is asking Congress to pass a short-term continuing resolution by Oct. 1 that includes $6.4 billion to pay for the processing and resettlement of tens of thousands of people evacuated from Afghanistan, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
The multibillion-dollar plus-up agreed to by House authorizers includes millions for missile defense:
House panel adds $780M for missile defense, including new Guam project, THAAD and Aegis
The $24 billion topline increase proposed as part of the House Armed Services Committee's mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill boosts missile defense spending by $780 million, adding significant funds for a new Guam defense system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system interceptors and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system.