Bold Move: U.S. Defense Asks for $1 Billion by 2025 Budget Request
Channel: Defense Now
Date: 2024-03-11

Hicks: DOD plans to invest about $1B into Replicator initiative in 2024-2025 time frame
The Pentagon aims to spend about $1 billion total in fiscal 2024-2025 on its Replicator initiative, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks revealed Monday.

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

The stated goal of Replicator is to deliver thousands of relatively low-cost, “attritable” autonomous systems across multiple domains in 18 to 24 months to help the Pentagon counter China’s military buildup.

The stated goal of Replicator, which Hicks announced last year, is to deliver thousands of relatively low-cost, “attritable” autonomous systems across multiple domains in 18 to 24 months to help the Pentagon counter China’s military buildup.

“The initiative focuses on creating on-ramps for new capabilities, systems and commercial partners that fill both operational and scaling gaps with available resources,” according to fiscal 2025 budget documents released Monday. “The Components [of the Department of Defense] have been asked to prioritize Replicator capabilities and systems given the relevant operational need.”

Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord and Joint Staff Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment Navy Vice Adm. Sara A. Joyner brief the news media on the 2025 fiscal year budget at the Pentagon.

Defense Now March -  2024
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Defense Officials Brief 2025 Budget
UNITED STATES
03.11.2024

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