The Pentagon has proposed a $670.6 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2012, which is more than $38 billion less than it asked Congress for last year, according to federal spending documents released this morning.
The request includes a $553 billion base budget and a $117.6 billion overseas contingency operations portion that would go directly toward fighting in Afghanistan, according to an overview of the proposal posted Feb. 14 on the White House Office of Management and Budget website.
As Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced in January, the budget proposal shifts $100 billion of expected savings over the next five years to "high-priority areas such as the development or purchase of unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets; more ships; a new ground combat vehicle; the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite; and the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter," the document said.
The budget proposal includes $113 billion for procurement; $75.3 billion for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); $204.4 billion for operations and maintenance' $13.1 billion for military construction' $142.8 billion for personnel; $1.7 billion for family housing; and $2.7 billion in revolving management funds.
DoD's 2010 budget, which included two war supplemental spending bills, totaled about $693 billion. For 2011, the Pentagon proposed a $708 billion budget, including war funding, but Congress has yet to pass an appropriations measure. Instead, DoD has been operating on a continuing resolution, which is set to expire the first week of March.
The Pentagon's 2012 RDT&E request is about $800 million less than the still-looming 2011 request. Procurements accounts rose slightly over 2011.
This documents released by the White House this morning did not include a service-by-service breakdown.
As previously announced in January, the 2012 request recommends terminating several programs that are "experiencing significant development problems, unsustainable cost growth, or are not suited for today's security challenges," according to the documents. The list includes the Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, the procurement of the Army Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile air defense system and the Navy's SM-2 Block IIIB surface-to-air missile.
"The capabilities that were to be provided by these niche systems will be largely met through the modernization and upgrade of existing systems at a fraction of the cost," the document said. "The total cost savings that will be realized from these terminations will exceed $13 billion."
The DoD request includes a $553 billion base budget and a $117.6 billion overseas contingency operations portion that would go directly toward the war in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force)
As Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced in January, the budget proposal shifts $100 billion of expected savings over the next five years to "high-priority areas such as the development or purchase of unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets; more ships; a new ground combat vehicle; the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite; and the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter," the document said.
The budget proposal includes $113 billion for procurement; $75.3 billion for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); $204.4 billion for operations and maintenance' $13.1 billion for military construction' $142.8 billion for personnel; $1.7 billion for family housing; and $2.7 billion in revolving management funds.
DoD's 2010 budget, which included two war supplemental spending bills, totaled about $693 billion. For 2011, the Pentagon proposed a $708 billion budget, including war funding, but Congress has yet to pass an appropriations measure. Instead, DoD has been operating on a continuing resolution, which is set to expire the first week of March.
The Pentagon's 2012 RDT&E request is about $800 million less than the still-looming 2011 request. Procurements accounts rose slightly over 2011.
This documents released by the White House this morning did not include a service-by-service breakdown.
As previously announced in January, the 2012 request recommends terminating several programs that are "experiencing significant development problems, unsustainable cost growth, or are not suited for today's security challenges," according to the documents. The list includes the Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, the procurement of the Army Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile air defense system and the Navy's SM-2 Block IIIB surface-to-air missile.
"The capabilities that were to be provided by these niche systems will be largely met through the modernization and upgrade of existing systems at a fraction of the cost," the document said. "The total cost savings that will be realized from these terminations will exceed $13 billion."
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