Military sends Congress $17B wish list following flat budget request

摘要

The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have sent Congress unfunded priorities lists worth $17 billion, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense. The wish lists follow the Pentagon's submission of a flat, $715 billion budget request for fiscal year 2022 and are likely to be featured in Congress' upcoming debate over defense spending. The Navy has identified $5.5 billion in unfunded priorities, the Air Force $4.2 billion, the Army $4.4 billion and the Marine Corps nearly $3 billion. Abig-ticket item on the Navy's list is $1.6 billion to buy a second destroyer in FY-22. The service's budget requested only one destroyer. The Navy's UPL says the additional money "supports completing a multiship buy in the last year of the current MYP contract," adding that the additional destroyer "provides increased multimission capability and capacity in the most demanding warfight."