{"id":192118,"date":"2009-05-09T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/05\/09\/defense-budget-finally-out\/"},"modified":"2009-05-09T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T19:59:00","slug":"defense-budget-finally-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/05\/09\/defense-budget-finally-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Budget Finally Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, the details are out, and we have a big, confusing, and sprawling story from a big confusing, and sprawling building, the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

Here are some links, and some things that I find noteworthy.<\/p>\n

Specific programs:<\/p>\n

With $439 million budgeted, the USAF is definitely going full speed on the tanker replacement bidding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Next Generation Bomber and the F-136 alternate JSF engine are on the chopping block<\/a>, and the Gerald Ford<\/span> class aircraft carrier has been delayed a year to work out the bugs on its electric catapults.<\/p>\n

Star Wars takes a hit<\/a>, with both the multiple kill vehicle and the airborne laser being canceled.<\/p>\n

UAV’s did very well<\/a>, with the Raven (shown) getting over 700 orders.<\/p>\n

Aviation:<\/p>\n

The DEW Line<\/a> has a rundown.<\/p>\n

Classified:<\/p>\n

The Pentagon classified budget is now, up above $50 billion<\/a>, which, on its own, makes the black programs something like the 3rd largest military budget in the world.<\/p>\n

US Army:
spending on Helos is up<\/a>, as are both unmanned vehicles and the number of active duty soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Navy:<\/p>\n

We already know the story, cancellation of the DDG-100, restart of the Brukes, and continued procurement of the LCS, more here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Short version, it’s a generally down, but the Navy has done OK.<\/p>\n

USAF<\/p>\n

Basically, talk to the deer.<\/p>\n

The USAF did not fare well<\/a>, with the end of the F-22 and C-17 production lines, underfunding of the Air Force One replacement, the Joint Dual-Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM), and the follow on to the Predator drone, and the cancellation of the TSAT satellite system.<\/p>\n

Cost Guard:<\/p>\n

Not the Pentagon, it’s technically in the Department of Commerce, but its budget is up by about 3%<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, the details are out, and we have a big, confusing, and sprawling story from a big confusing, and sprawling building, the Pentagon. Here are some links, and some things that I find noteworthy. Specific programs: With $439 million budgeted, the USAF is definitely going full speed on the tanker replacement bidding. The Next Generation …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1007,1038,1006,1161,1103,1025,1152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-budget","category-military","category-naval","category-secrecy","category-technology","category-uav"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}