President’s FY2025 Army Budget Request Briefing
Channel: Defense Now
Date: 2024-03-11

On March 11, 2024 the Pentagon and military services presented their fiscal year 2025 budget requests.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden today unveiled his fiscal 2025 budget request, featuring $895.2 billion in discretionary funds directed towards national defense. Of that, the Pentagon’s portion comes out to $849.8 billion — a number that defense leaders say amounts to an effective cut from its FY24 request.

Given the wave of details coming today, Breaking Defense is collecting all of our budget coverage in one place. Below, you can see links to everything we’ll be publishing as embargoes lift and new information comes to light. Don’t see the topic you’re most interested in listed below? Don’t worry, it’s coming. This list will be updated throughout the day.

Pentagon-wide:

Pentagon emphasizes ‘continuity’ with $849.8 billion ‘25 spending request, amid political deadlock
Shyu: Budget gridlock hamstrings Pentagon’s tech fast-track programs like RDER, AFCIT
Missile Defense Agency takes $500M cut to $10.4B in FY25
Air Force: 

Air Force wants to retire 250 aircraft as part of $188B FY25 budget request
Pentagon scales back F-35, F-15EX fighter buys in FY25 budget request
Navy:

Navy’s new budget request would retire 10 ships early, buy only 6
Navy delaying next-gen F/A-XX fighter spending for near-term investments
Army:

Army’s $186B budget request shuffles artillery, aviation plans
Space Force: 

Space Force takes ‘acceptable’ cut to $29.4B in FY25 budget request

Department of Defense Releases the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget
MARCH 11, 2024
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget

"The President's budget request for the Department of Defense is once again rooted in our 2022 National Defense Strategy, which continues to enable us to match our national resources to our national objectives. This request will bolster our ability to defend our country, paced to the challenge posed by an increasingly aggressive People's Republic of China. It will better posture us to deter aggression against the United States, or our allies and partners, while also preparing us to prevail in conflict if necessary. It will continue to forge a more resilient joint force and a modern defense ecosystem, built for the security challenges of the 21st century. And it will strengthen the unmatched global network of alliances and partnerships that magnifies our power and deepens our security.

This budget request is consistent with the funding levels approved by Congress under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Under these caps, we made difficult but responsible decisions focusing on maintaining our military's readiness and taking care of our personnel. So our budget request reflects targeted reductions to programs delivering key capabilities in later years to support the joint force's ability to fight and win in the near term.

We must continue to invest in cutting-edge defense capabilities and to advance new operational concepts across domains, from advanced cyber systems and enhanced space capabilities to a modernized nuclear triad. This budget request also reflects a deep commitment to our people, who will always be the Department's greatest strategic asset; we hope to raise basic pay, boost quality-of-life initiatives, and promote safety and accountability.


Defending the homeland, paced to the growing, multi-domain challenge posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC);
Deterring strategic attacks against the United States, our allies, and our partners; 
Meeting the acute threat of a newly aggressive Russia;
Tackling the dangers from Iran, North Korea, global terrorist groups, and more;
Building a resilient joint force and defense ecosystem.
The NDS positions the U.S. military to meet our defense challenges through integrated deterrence, campaigning, and actions to build enduring advantages.





Defense Now March -  2024
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