On March 11, 2024 the Pentagon and military services presented their fiscal year 2025 budget requests. (Graphic by Breaking Defense, original images courtesy DVIDS, Getty)
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 week.
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
- Pentagon eyes $1 billion over 2 years for Replicator mass drone fleet concept
- America’s newest nuclear warhead will cost under $100M to produce, budget docs show
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
- Air Force halves MH-139 Grey Wolf helo buy in FY25 budget request
- Boeing’s KC-46 refueler, T7-A trainer face more delays
- Rocket Cargo is go! Air Force’s experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad
- Air Force moves out on hypersonic cruise missile flight testing in FY25
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
- Navy delays carrier procurement, says industrial base investments, maintenance will stem damage
Army:
- Army’s $186B budget request shuffles artillery, aviation plans
- From artillery to IVAS: New starts and program pivots included in Army’s 2025 budget request
Space Force:
- SDA requests nearly $4.3B for FY25, slight drop from last year
- Space Force takes ‘acceptable’ cut to $29.4B in FY25 budget request
- Space Force wants $248M to kickstart new jam-proof SATCOM constellation
