2025 budget Archives

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) walks down the steps of the House Of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Call for new DOD-led quantum hub builds momentum on the Hill

A House lawmaker is proposing a $20 million increase in Army RDT&E funding for a first-of-its-kind quantum center of excellence.

Jun 21, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA) (L) and full committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) (R) appear at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Department of Defense Comptroller Michael McCord are on Capitol Hill to present the 2025 budget request for the Defense Department. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

House appropriators propose more than $1.3B for DIU, other tech acceleration initiatives

A fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill was released by the House Appropriations Committee.

Jun 4, 2024 By Jon Harper

AI, space, integrated sensing and cyber dominate Pentagon’s S&T funding plans

The department is requesting $17.2 billion for science and technology projects in fiscal 2025, and most of it would be dedicated to three capability areas, according to…

May 1, 2024 By Jon Harper

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) listens as Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) speaks during a news conference on the introduction of their Protection from Abusive Passengers Act at the U.S. Capitol Building on April 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SASC chair anticipates push for ‘significant reforms’ in 2025 NDAA to help Pentagon acquire new tech

A commission on reforming planning, programming, budgeting and execution recently delivered its final report to Congress.

Mar 18, 2024 By Jon Harper

Rendering of Northrop Grumman’s GAS-T design that will leverage an ESPAStar-D satellite platform to add fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. (Northrop Grumman image)

Space Force looks to ramp up space mobility, logistics research in FY ’25

The service wants $20 million to begin work on in-orbit refueling capabilities and the new Point-to-Point Delivery program.

Mar 15, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Fiscal 2025 budget docs reveal how Project Maven is still evolving

“This funding is assigned to support algorithm development, data preparation, and integration experimentation to create joint DOD and [Intelligence Community] capabilities,” officials wrote.

Mar 14, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Space Development Agency would get $4.3B in FY ’25 budget request

The request is less than what SDA asked for in fiscal 2024, reflecting the agency's pivot to launching its first operational tranche of satellites and procurement of…

Mar 13, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Spc. Layne Alfieri, a soldier assigned to 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, dons an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) 1.2 prototype during the IVAS 1.2 Phase One User Assessment held by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier on Fort Drum, August 22, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)

Army seeks $255M to procure more than 3,000 IVAS augmented reality systems in fiscal 2025

The Army wants to buy 3,162 units of Microsoft's Integrated Visual Augmentation System 1.2.

Mar 13, 2024 By Jon Harper

Switchblade 600 rendering (AeroVironment image)

Army requesting more than $120M for LASSO kamikaze drones in fiscal 2025

LASSO is part of what the service envisions as a family of low-altitude UAS that are “semi-autonomous (human-in-the-loop) unmanned aerial systems that improves the Infantry Brigade Combat…

Mar 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

Why the Pentagon didn’t request higher funding for AI in fiscal 2025

Adoption of the technology remains a top priority for the department, officials said.

Mar 11, 2024 By Brandi Vincent