The U.S. armed forces revealed their proposed fiscal 2021 budgets today at the Pentagon. Much of what the Department of the Air Force wants to do with $63 billion sought for new weapons and warfighting technology is secret
Share to twitterWhen the U.S. armed forces revealed their proposed fiscal 2021 budgets on Monday at the Pentagon, it became clear that the Department of the Air Force has a problem the other military departments do not. Much of what it wants to do with $63 billion sought for new weapons and warfighting technology is secret.
Secrecy is not generally a problem in terms of program execution. Classified programs sometimes unfold more smoothly because they are subject to less oversight or outside criticism. The problem is how to explain to lawmakers why you want to retire a cherished legacy system when you can’t disclose what is taking its place.... [+]Consider, for example, the challenge of replacing aging radar planes and surveillance drones that may no longer be survivable in future conflicts.
Within the framework provided by that strategy, the Air Force has identified four overarching priorities that it must pursue in its modernization plan: seamlessly connecting the force, dominating in space, generating combat power sufficient to precisely destroy thousands of aimpoints quickly, and fielding logistic networks suitable for sustaining high-tempo operations under fire.
One indication of the technological ferment hidden within the Air Force’s proposed budget is that it requests more money for research, development and testing of new warfighting technology than it does for the serial production of combat systems. R&D gets $37.3 billion, while procurement gets $25.4 billion. Within those totals, the Space Force receives $10.3 billion for R&D and a mere $2.
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