Money is appropriated for innovation, networks and new capabilities
What the document says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
The section appropriates thirty-three sums to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029. Nineteen go to innovation, networks and new capabilities: $25,000,000 for the Office of Strategic Capital Global Technology Scout program and $20,000,000 for that office's workforce; $1,400,000,000 to expand the small unmanned aerial system industrial base; $400,000,000 for the Joint Fires Network and joint battle management; $400,000,000 to spread advanced command and control tools; $100,000,000 for shared secure facilities; $50,000,000 for more Defense Innovation Unit OnRamp Hubs; $600,000,000 for Strategic Capabilities Office programs; $650,000,000 for Mission Capabilities office prototyping; $500,000,000 for 5G and 6G technologies; $25,000,000 for simultaneous transmit and receive testing; $50,000,000 for high-altitude stratospheric balloons; $120,000,000 for long-endurance surveillance drones; $40,000,000 for alternative positioning and navigation; $750,000,000 for military logistics and energy capability; $125,000,000 for small portable modular nuclear reactors; $1,000,000,000 to speed procurement and fielding of innovative technologies; $90,000,000 for reusable hypersonic technology; and $500,000,000 to prevent delays in attritable autonomous capabilities.
What the document actually says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
Money is set aside for the defense department. It is on top of what it already has. It is for fiscal year 2025 and can be spent through September 30, 2029.
Thirty-three sums are named in all. They cover drones, networks and new gear. One even covers small nuclear reactors that can be moved.
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