2024 U.S. BUDGET-DEFENSE

The reported freeze in Pentagon funding to 2022 appropriated levels was reported in January.

The U.S. Air Force plans to increase spending on its future Survivable Airborne Operations Center to replace the aging E-4B Nightwatch.

The Air Force is planning to buy 10 Wedgetails over the next five years to recapitalize its air-moving target indicator mission.

The U.S. Air Force and Navy are using new congressional authorities to buy Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).

Delivery of the first GE Aerospace T901 engines to Bell and Sikorsky for integration into their FARA prototypes has been delayed until early 2024.

The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.

The U.S. Army wants $1.5 billion for its Future Vertical Lift programs.

The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.

History suggests the military aviation program outlined by defense officials on March 13 is unlikely to survive the appropriations process intact.

NASA has presented a detailed version of the Biden administration’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request for the agency.

The Army eventually plans to buy its own jets to carry HADES, but will first deploy the payload on contractor-owned and operated business jet-class aircraft.

No procurement funding for the single-engine jet trainer appears in the fiscal 2024 budget request rolled out by the U.S. Defense Department.

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps want to maintain production of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C at a steady rate over the next five years.

The U.S. Navy wants an increase in critical, long-range munitions.

The U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.9 billion in RDT&E for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, an increase from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2023.

The U.S. Air Force is focusing heavily on maritime strike as it looks toward the Pacific with a need for munitions.

The U.S. Space Force is investing in new offensive capabilities in space.

The U.S. Air Force is again asking for permission from Congress to retire hundreds of aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force wants to increase its buy of Boeing F-15EXs above what was previously planned.

The U.S. Air Force will not go ahead with a full engine replacement for its Lockheed Martin F-35A.

President Joe Biden is proposing a 3.2% jump in Pentagon spending, allocating $842 billion for fiscal 2024.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall spoke to Aerospace DAILY March 8 in an interview at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium.

The U.S. Air Force has laid out an operating plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the uncrewed loyal wingman systems it plans to fly alongside fighters.

The U.S. Air Force wants to formally kill its KC-Y “Bridge Tanker” program as it accelerates its future Next Generation Air Refueling System.

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has pushed back the planned demonstration of an amphibious MC-130J.