Austin, Milley Defend 'Tough Choices' In FY ‘22 Budget Request

摘要

Lawmakers on Thursday pressed Pentagon leadership on program cuts and delays in the department’s recently released $715 billion fiscal year 2022 budget request, specifically citing concerns with plans to reduce the number of A-10 aircraft and Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk drones and push back procurement of a second new Navy destroyer. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the joint chiefs chairman, defended the “tough choices” before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as the department plans to cut billions in legacy systems to fund future weapons system development better suited for potential competition with countries such as China.