Money is appropriated for interceptors and counter-drone systems
What the document says“$500,000,000 for development, production, and integration of counter-unmanned aerial systems programs;”
Twenty-five of the sums go to air and missile defense and counter-drone work: $350,000,000 and $93,000,000 to produce and replace Navy long-range interceptors; $100,000,000 for a second solid rocket motor source; $65,000,000 for Missile Defense Agency long-range anti-ballistic missile capacity; $225,000,000 for Navy air defense and anti-ship missile capacity; $103,300,000 for a depot maintenance facility; $18,000,000 for a domestic guidance section source; $65,000,000 to fit an Army interceptor to Navy ships; $176,100,000 for an Army movable missile defense radar; $167,000,000 for an Army gun-based air defense system; $40,000,000 for low-cost alternatives to interceptors; $50,000,000 and $91,000,000 for an Army shoulder-fired air defense system; $500,000,000, $350,000,000, $250,000,000 and $200,000,000 for counter-unmanned aerial systems programs including non-kinetic, land-based and ship-based ones; $400,000,000 to accelerate hypersonic strike; $167,000,000 for extra launchers; $500,000,000 to expand advanced manufacturing; $1,000,000 to set up the Joint Energetics Transition Office; $200,000,000 to accelerate Army medium-range interceptors; $150,000,000 for additive manufacturing for propellant; $250,000,000 for penetrating munitions; and $50,000,000 for precision extended-range artillery.
What the document actually says“$500,000,000 for development, production, and integration of counter-unmanned aerial systems programs;”
One sum is $500 million. It builds systems to stop enemy drones.
Three more sums cover the same aim in other ways. One works without hitting the drone. One is on land and one is on ships.
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