WEBVTT 00:08.229 --> 00:09.229 Update . 00:18.750 --> 00:20.972 Good afternoon . Ladies and gentlemen . 00:20.972 --> 00:23.139 I'm Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Elder . 00:23.139 --> 00:25.361 And thank you for joining us here today 00:25.361 --> 00:27.528 to discuss these armies fiscal year 25 00:27.528 --> 00:29.528 budget request . The honorable Dave 00:29.528 --> 00:31.639 Camarillo under Secretary of the Army 00:31.639 --> 00:33.694 and Major General Mark Bennett , the 00:33.694 --> 00:35.528 director of the army budget will 00:35.528 --> 00:37.750 provide you an in depth overview . Then 00:37.750 --> 00:39.861 take a few questions . Attribution is 00:39.861 --> 00:41.639 on the record . Please hold all 00:41.639 --> 00:43.861 questions until the end and once called 00:43.861 --> 00:45.972 upon for transcription , please state 00:45.972 --> 00:48.139 your name and your news organization . 00:48.139 --> 00:50.306 Please limit your questions to one and 00:50.306 --> 00:52.306 one follow one and tomorrow we will 00:52.306 --> 00:54.639 also hold a telephonic media roundtable , 00:54.639 --> 00:56.694 March 12th where you'll have another 00:56.694 --> 00:59.028 opportunity to ask additional questions . 00:59.028 --> 01:01.194 We have 40 minutes for today's event . 01:01.194 --> 01:03.417 Gentlemen , the floor is yours . Well , 01:03.417 --> 01:05.583 good afternoon , everyone . Uh It's so 01:05.583 --> 01:07.639 great to be here with you to discuss 01:07.639 --> 01:09.806 the army's fy 25 budget submission for 01:09.806 --> 01:11.917 the third year in a row . I am joined 01:11.917 --> 01:14.139 by maj Major General Mark Bennett uh by 01:14.139 --> 01:16.194 my side and we look forward to going 01:16.194 --> 01:18.083 through a few points . Uh I think 01:18.083 --> 01:20.028 Deputy Secretary Hicks pointed out 01:20.028 --> 01:21.972 earlier today that budgets reflect 01:21.972 --> 01:24.139 priorities . So we look forward to the 01:24.139 --> 01:26.083 opportunity to discuss some of the 01:26.083 --> 01:27.861 army's priorities for the fy 25 01:27.861 --> 01:29.861 submission . Next slide , I'm gonna 01:29.861 --> 01:32.028 start by just pointing out that uh our 01:32.028 --> 01:34.849 budget overall is 100 and $85.9 billion 01:34.860 --> 01:38.739 for Fy 25 . Uh And it's consistent with 01:38.750 --> 01:40.870 uh Secretary Austin's priorities . Uh 01:40.879 --> 01:42.849 It is uh first about defending the 01:42.860 --> 01:44.916 nation , make , making sure that the 01:44.916 --> 01:46.971 army has a combat credible and fully 01:46.971 --> 01:49.669 ready force . It uh fully funds all of 01:49.680 --> 01:52.349 our readiness , uh CTC rotations flying 01:52.360 --> 01:54.550 hours and it also makes significant 01:54.559 --> 01:56.559 investments in exercises that build 01:56.559 --> 01:58.670 readiness . Uh His second priority of 01:58.670 --> 02:00.781 course , is taking care of people and 02:00.781 --> 02:03.489 it funds $70.7 billion in military 02:03.500 --> 02:05.449 personnel funding to account for 02:05.459 --> 02:08.119 increases in basic pay , housing and 02:08.130 --> 02:10.539 subsistence uh investments in positive 02:10.550 --> 02:12.550 command climate which we'll discuss 02:12.550 --> 02:14.559 later childcare and a significant 02:14.570 --> 02:16.514 investment in housing which I look 02:16.514 --> 02:19.029 forward to discussing today . Also , it 02:19.039 --> 02:21.261 continues to fund the transformation of 02:21.261 --> 02:23.150 our recruiting enterprise . Third 02:23.150 --> 02:25.150 priority for Secretary Austin is of 02:25.150 --> 02:27.206 course succeeding through teamwork . 02:27.206 --> 02:29.206 And I would just note here that the 02:29.206 --> 02:31.372 army uh is indispensable to the United 02:31.372 --> 02:33.483 states' ability to uh build ties with 02:33.483 --> 02:35.706 allies and partners . Uh And you'll see 02:35.706 --> 02:37.817 reflected in the 25 submission , uh a 02:37.817 --> 02:39.428 significant uh investment in 02:39.428 --> 02:41.650 campaigning exercises particularly with 02:41.650 --> 02:43.761 foreign partners and allies as well . 02:43.761 --> 02:45.960 Next life , I'll turn over to General 02:45.970 --> 02:48.137 Bennett . Thank you , sir . Again , my 02:48.137 --> 02:50.303 name is Major General Mark Bennett and 02:50.303 --> 02:52.526 I'm honored to serve as a 32nd director 02:52.526 --> 02:54.748 of the army budget . This slide shows a 02:54.748 --> 02:56.803 comparison between the fy 23 enacted 02:56.803 --> 02:58.637 appropriations last year's fy 24 02:58.637 --> 03:00.748 president's budget request . And this 03:00.748 --> 03:02.692 year the current fy 25 president's 03:02.692 --> 03:04.526 budget request . I will note the 03:04.526 --> 03:06.748 information presented on this chart and 03:06.748 --> 03:08.303 throughout does not include 03:08.303 --> 03:10.637 supplemental funding unless we annotate . 03:10.637 --> 03:12.803 Otherwise , in the aggregate , you can 03:12.803 --> 03:14.914 see our total budget request again is 03:14.914 --> 03:17.026 100 and 85.9 roughly 429 million more 03:17.026 --> 03:20.050 than the fy 24 request . A roughly 0.2% 03:20.300 --> 03:22.356 increase . You'll also note that for 03:22.356 --> 03:24.356 the third year in a row . All those 03:24.356 --> 03:26.189 that are shown there all in base 03:26.189 --> 03:28.022 funding . Our military personnel 03:28.022 --> 03:30.570 accounts grew $821 million from the 24 03:30.580 --> 03:33.990 request level . Roughly 1.2% . This was 03:34.000 --> 03:36.056 due to primarily rate adjustments to 03:36.056 --> 03:38.119 include 4.5% for the basic pay raise 03:38.229 --> 03:40.380 3.9% for the basic allowance for 03:40.389 --> 03:43.610 housing and 3.4% for subsistence . The 03:43.619 --> 03:45.619 army's 25 military construction and 03:45.619 --> 03:47.563 army family housing request of 3.9 03:47.563 --> 03:49.675 billion is an increase of roughly 1.1 03:49.675 --> 03:52.679 billion and supports a total of 45 03:52.690 --> 03:54.412 projects across the total army 03:54.529 --> 03:56.473 including nine barracks projects , 03:56.473 --> 03:58.696 three child development centers and one 03:58.696 --> 04:00.362 youth center . These facility 04:00.362 --> 04:02.529 investments are focused on the quality 04:02.529 --> 04:02.429 of life for our soldiers and their 04:02.440 --> 04:04.369 families . Our operation and 04:04.380 --> 04:06.491 maintenance funding request decreased 04:06.491 --> 04:08.436 640 million from the fy 24 request 04:08.436 --> 04:11.690 levels . Roughly 0.9% . Our onm counts 04:11.699 --> 04:13.755 fund required unit readiness to meet 04:13.755 --> 04:15.699 directed readiness levels and base 04:15.699 --> 04:17.940 global force management allocation plan 04:17.950 --> 04:20.006 requirements . The onm appropriation 04:20.006 --> 04:22.117 does account for planning assumptions 04:22.117 --> 04:24.228 of recently announced force structure 04:24.228 --> 04:25.950 changes . It also funds our uh 04:25.950 --> 04:27.672 recruiting initiatives and our 04:27.672 --> 04:29.506 transformation of our recruiting 04:29.506 --> 04:29.040 enterprise which we'll talk about 04:29.049 --> 04:31.899 shortly as well . The Rdtne decreased 04:31.910 --> 04:34.230 about roughly 1.7 billion reflects 04:34.239 --> 04:36.440 moving into production from RDT and E 04:36.470 --> 04:38.692 as well as reshaping and optimizing our 04:38.692 --> 04:41.019 R and D efforts . And lastly , the 04:41.029 --> 04:43.339 procurement request is up 4.5% or 04:43.350 --> 04:45.517 roughly 1 billion . More than an fy 24 04:45.517 --> 04:47.628 request . As the army pursues key and 04:47.628 --> 04:49.739 essential equipment that supports the 04:49.739 --> 04:51.683 army modernization strategy that's 04:51.683 --> 04:53.572 aligned with the national defense 04:53.572 --> 04:55.239 strategy . The army continues 04:55.239 --> 04:55.089 investments in long range fires , air 04:55.100 --> 04:57.359 defense and deep sensing capabilities 04:57.390 --> 04:59.334 along with organic industrial base 04:59.334 --> 05:00.723 investments that include 05:00.723 --> 05:02.390 recapitalization projects and 05:02.390 --> 05:04.557 production based support efforts . And 05:04.557 --> 05:06.723 I'll turn it back over to Mr Camarillo 05:06.723 --> 05:06.220 who will discuss with you our 05:06.230 --> 05:08.397 recruiting enterprise transformation . 05:08.397 --> 05:10.508 Before we get off this slide , I just 05:10.508 --> 05:12.619 want to point out on the the decrease 05:12.619 --> 05:14.880 in Rdtne from FY 24 to 25 reflects a 05:14.890 --> 05:16.510 number of our large programs 05:16.519 --> 05:18.463 transitioning from the development 05:18.463 --> 05:20.297 phase into production . Two such 05:20.297 --> 05:22.463 examples in this budget are V and then 05:22.463 --> 05:25.160 of course , ch 47 block two is part of 05:25.170 --> 05:27.170 our aviation rebalance , which I'll 05:27.170 --> 05:29.226 discuss in a little bit next slide , 05:29.226 --> 05:31.630 please . So I want to talk a little bit 05:31.640 --> 05:33.820 about end strength and uh recruiting , 05:33.829 --> 05:35.829 uh which has been a topic that I've 05:35.829 --> 05:37.940 been reporting on in these briefs for 05:37.940 --> 05:40.019 the last two years . Uh in our fy 25 05:40.029 --> 05:42.429 submission , uh , we do have an active 05:42.440 --> 05:44.559 duty guard and reserve end strength 05:44.570 --> 05:46.681 that's reflected on this slide . I'll 05:46.681 --> 05:48.681 just read the numbers uh for uh the 05:48.681 --> 05:50.848 regular army active component . The 25 05:50.848 --> 05:54.489 request funds 442.3000 05:54.500 --> 05:57.079 soldiers for the Army National Guard . 05:57.089 --> 05:59.709 It's 325 soldiers and for the Army 05:59.720 --> 06:03.079 Reserve , 100 and 75 800 soldiers 06:03.089 --> 06:05.369 across the board . Uh It obviously 06:05.380 --> 06:07.491 reflects that we continue to work our 06:07.491 --> 06:09.713 way through the current challenges with 06:09.713 --> 06:11.713 recruiting . I do want to highlight 06:11.713 --> 06:13.936 that this budget submission will aid us 06:13.936 --> 06:16.158 significantly in our ongoing efforts to 06:16.158 --> 06:18.158 transform our recruiting enterprise 06:18.158 --> 06:20.158 from one that was really set in the 06:20.158 --> 06:22.380 20th century that will to one that will 06:22.380 --> 06:24.213 actually help us to uh recruit , 06:24.213 --> 06:26.436 identify and attract the workforce that 06:26.436 --> 06:28.436 we're gonna need . Uh well into the 06:28.436 --> 06:30.213 future . There's a couple of uh 06:30.213 --> 06:32.380 recruiting reforms that Secretary Waru 06:32.380 --> 06:34.213 and General George had announced 06:34.213 --> 06:36.436 previously uh earlier this year uh that 06:36.436 --> 06:38.491 are reflected in the 25 budget . The 06:38.491 --> 06:40.269 first of which of course is the 06:40.269 --> 06:42.491 including uh the , the development of a 06:42.491 --> 06:44.658 professionalized recruiting and talent 06:44.658 --> 06:46.547 acquisition workforce where we're 06:46.547 --> 06:48.380 creating uh an M OS and military 06:48.380 --> 06:50.491 occupational specialty for recruiters 06:50.491 --> 06:52.660 for the first time , an expanded focus 06:52.690 --> 06:54.801 uh on the recruiting market beyond uh 06:54.801 --> 06:56.940 recent or immediate high school grads 06:56.950 --> 06:59.172 to those who have graduated in the last 06:59.172 --> 07:01.228 few years , reflecting the fact that 07:01.228 --> 07:03.394 it's very hard for an 18 year old high 07:03.394 --> 07:05.506 school graduate to think about a long 07:05.506 --> 07:07.489 term 20 or 30 year career at that 07:07.500 --> 07:09.829 juncture in his or her life . Uh often 07:09.839 --> 07:11.980 it's best to expand our focus to more 07:11.989 --> 07:14.211 students who have recently graduated or 07:14.211 --> 07:16.267 come out of high school , maybe even 07:16.267 --> 07:18.489 had some college as they begin thinking 07:18.489 --> 07:20.489 about a long term career . There is 07:20.489 --> 07:22.600 ongoing efforts to improve the way we 07:22.600 --> 07:24.711 select military recruiters and how we 07:24.711 --> 07:26.878 train them . You'll see that reflected 07:26.878 --> 07:28.989 in the budget and then of course , uh 07:28.989 --> 07:31.250 ta taking army recruiting command and 07:31.260 --> 07:33.482 elevating it to a three star to command 07:33.482 --> 07:35.260 to that directly reports to the 07:35.260 --> 07:37.570 Secretary of the Army . Uh in an effort 07:37.579 --> 07:39.920 to uh definitely reflect the importance 07:39.929 --> 07:42.390 of this particular mission . There are 07:42.399 --> 07:44.510 ongoing efforts that are reflected in 07:44.510 --> 07:46.232 the 25 submission as well . Uh 07:46.232 --> 07:48.121 continued expansion of the future 07:48.121 --> 07:50.177 soldier prep course . Uh One that we 07:50.177 --> 07:52.399 continue to see with a lot of success , 07:52.399 --> 07:54.621 95% graduation rate over the history of 07:54.621 --> 07:56.566 this program . And again , this is 07:56.566 --> 07:58.566 helping us uh work with high school 07:58.566 --> 08:01.549 graduates to meet the academic skills 08:01.559 --> 08:03.392 and the physical skills that are 08:03.392 --> 08:05.615 required to meet our current recruiting 08:05.615 --> 08:07.726 standards . Uh And we're having a lot 08:07.726 --> 08:09.670 of success uh with this particular 08:09.670 --> 08:11.281 program . Uh There is also a 08:11.281 --> 08:13.226 significant boost in uh recruiting 08:13.226 --> 08:15.470 marketing and advertising in the 25 08:15.519 --> 08:18.540 budget submission , $1.1 billion across 08:18.549 --> 08:20.605 all three components , active Garden 08:20.609 --> 08:22.498 reserve . Uh and then of course , 08:22.498 --> 08:25.089 continued investment to the tune of 675 08:25.190 --> 08:27.510 $5 million for all of our recruiting 08:27.519 --> 08:29.741 incentives uh in this particular budget 08:29.741 --> 08:31.797 submission . And that's again across 08:31.797 --> 08:33.852 all three components for things like 08:33.852 --> 08:36.210 critical skills , uh bonuses , quick 08:36.219 --> 08:39.169 ship bonuses and other incentives to 08:39.179 --> 08:41.179 ensure that we can enlist the force 08:41.179 --> 08:45.039 that we need . Next slide . I do want 08:45.049 --> 08:47.105 to shift and talk a little bit about 08:47.105 --> 08:49.271 what it takes to ensure that we remain 08:49.271 --> 08:51.382 an employer of choice and that we can 08:51.382 --> 08:53.493 uh retain the talented workforce that 08:53.493 --> 08:55.605 we need . And Secretary Waru and army 08:55.605 --> 08:57.716 leaders have for the last two years , 08:57.716 --> 08:59.660 really emphasized the need to have 08:59.660 --> 09:01.549 sustained investment in housing , 09:01.549 --> 09:03.880 quality housing for our soldiers , both 09:03.890 --> 09:05.668 for families and for individual 09:05.668 --> 09:07.779 soldiers in barracks . And so I think 09:07.779 --> 09:10.001 what you'll see here , uh you know , in 09:10.001 --> 09:12.001 this particular budget submission , 09:12.001 --> 09:14.168 despite uh the challenges that we face 09:14.168 --> 09:16.223 with the fr A caps , we were able to 09:16.223 --> 09:18.223 make a significant investment uh in 09:18.223 --> 09:20.446 soldier housing to the tune that you'll 09:20.446 --> 09:22.779 see that reflected in the 25 submission . 09:22.779 --> 09:24.890 Uh If you look at what we've invested 09:24.890 --> 09:27.001 in this budget and that's not just in 09:27.001 --> 09:29.112 military construction , but that's in 09:29.112 --> 09:30.946 sustainment , uh restoration and 09:30.946 --> 09:33.112 modernization overall . Over the fight 09:33.112 --> 09:35.890 up the five years , it is $2.1 billion . 09:35.900 --> 09:38.122 On average that we are investing across 09:38.122 --> 09:40.178 all three components , active garden 09:40.178 --> 09:41.956 reserve to make sure that we're 09:41.956 --> 09:43.900 addressing barracks of all types , 09:43.900 --> 09:45.799 permanent party , institutional 09:45.809 --> 09:48.130 training and collective training . Uh 09:48.140 --> 09:50.362 As General Bennett has said , there are 09:50.362 --> 09:52.700 nine barracks projects uh in fy 25 09:52.710 --> 09:54.821 which is higher than we had last year 09:54.821 --> 09:57.640 to the tune of $935 million . Uh Those 09:57.650 --> 09:59.919 are seven active and two army reserve . 10:00.140 --> 10:02.260 And then we have s uh funded army 10:02.270 --> 10:05.500 sustainment funding uh to 100% of the 10:05.510 --> 10:07.732 requirement , which is the first time I 10:07.732 --> 10:10.066 think we've done that in recent history . 10:10.066 --> 10:12.288 And that was with an investment of $680 10:12.288 --> 10:14.232 million . And again , the value of 10:14.232 --> 10:16.232 investing in sustainment dollars is 10:16.232 --> 10:18.840 that it uh avoids more of our current 10:18.849 --> 10:20.950 barracks inventory to degrading and 10:20.960 --> 10:23.049 quality over time . We think we can 10:23.059 --> 10:25.270 avoid more mil on in the future by 10:25.280 --> 10:27.280 investing in the higher sustainment 10:27.280 --> 10:29.502 dollars today . And overall , I'll just 10:29.502 --> 10:31.558 say that this is part of our ongoing 10:31.558 --> 10:33.336 effort to help address the army 10:33.336 --> 10:35.336 barracks deficit and to ensure that 10:35.336 --> 10:38.289 soldiers have quality housing anywhere 10:38.299 --> 10:40.700 that they live . And as part of that , 10:40.890 --> 10:43.001 uh I will just say that uh one of the 10:43.001 --> 10:45.223 investments I want to point out in this 10:45.223 --> 10:47.279 budget is uh the investment in , you 10:47.279 --> 10:49.390 know , personnel to serve as barracks 10:49.390 --> 10:51.612 managers . It's something we saw in the 10:51.612 --> 10:53.834 recent NDA A . These are personnel that 10:53.834 --> 10:55.612 are going to be responsible for 10:55.612 --> 10:57.668 ensuring that maintenance is done on 10:57.668 --> 10:59.557 time that we can address critical 10:59.557 --> 11:01.890 deficiencies in the quality of barracks . 11:01.890 --> 11:04.057 Uh And we are putting money in in this 11:04.057 --> 11:06.168 25 submission to be able to get after 11:06.168 --> 11:08.223 that requirement . Uh And I also say 11:08.223 --> 11:10.446 that in the NDA A , we're very grateful 11:10.446 --> 11:12.668 to Congress for passing new authorities 11:12.668 --> 11:14.723 uh that will allow us to use R and M 11:14.723 --> 11:16.834 funding restoration and modernization 11:16.834 --> 11:18.834 dollars to be able to fully replace 11:18.834 --> 11:21.001 failing barracks . And we fully intend 11:21.001 --> 11:22.890 in the out years to utilize those 11:22.890 --> 11:24.834 authorities to maximum effect , to 11:24.834 --> 11:27.001 address the need for soldier housing . 11:27.001 --> 11:29.279 Mark . I'll turn to you . Thanks , sir . 11:29.279 --> 11:31.446 Uh I'll just highlight the , the seven 11:31.446 --> 11:31.070 projects on the two that are in the 11:31.080 --> 11:33.191 Reserves on the active component side 11:33.191 --> 11:35.191 barracks projects at Fort Johnson , 11:35.191 --> 11:37.302 Fort Leonard Wood , Joint Base , Myer 11:37.302 --> 11:39.413 Henderson Hall , uh one at joint base 11:39.413 --> 11:41.191 Lewis mccord and , and three at 11:41.191 --> 11:43.358 Barton's Barracks in Germany . The two 11:43.358 --> 11:45.413 reserve component projects . There's 11:45.413 --> 11:45.349 one at Parks Reserve Forces Training 11:45.359 --> 11:47.526 Center out in California and then Fort 11:47.526 --> 11:49.692 Buchanan , Puerto Rico , you just list 11:49.692 --> 11:51.859 those nine projects . And again , it's 11:51.859 --> 11:54.580 a 325% increase from our fy 24 barracks 11:54.590 --> 11:56.757 request of five barracks projects . Uh 11:56.757 --> 11:58.979 Up to nine , this year . Thanks , sir . 11:58.979 --> 12:01.340 All right . Next slide , please . So I 12:01.349 --> 12:03.516 wanna next pivot to the army's role uh 12:03.520 --> 12:06.080 in the Indo Pacific region uh as the 12:06.090 --> 12:08.257 national defense strategy states , the 12:08.257 --> 12:10.312 PR C is our pacing challenge . It is 12:10.312 --> 12:12.201 the focus of our national defense 12:12.201 --> 12:14.368 strategy and the army is laser focused 12:14.368 --> 12:16.368 on developing both capabilities and 12:16.368 --> 12:18.534 also capacity to be a critical part of 12:18.534 --> 12:20.534 the joint force in that region . As 12:20.534 --> 12:22.646 I've said before , the army has three 12:22.646 --> 12:24.701 major roles to play in the Pacific . 12:24.701 --> 12:26.757 The first is in helping to establish 12:26.757 --> 12:28.812 integrated deterrence as part of the 12:28.812 --> 12:31.034 joint force . So we fund in this budget 12:31.034 --> 12:34.809 $461.4 million in fy 25 for Pacific 12:34.820 --> 12:36.876 pathways , which is an increase from 12:36.876 --> 12:38.931 the prior year and also reflects our 12:38.931 --> 12:40.929 steady commitment to building 12:40.940 --> 12:43.107 relationships with partners and allies 12:43.107 --> 12:44.940 in the region . It also includes 12:44.940 --> 12:47.051 rotational deployments to the Pacific 12:47.051 --> 12:49.559 uh utilization of our fifth uh Security 12:49.570 --> 12:51.737 Force Assistance Brigade and increased 12:51.737 --> 12:54.440 use of the J PM RC , which is the first 12:54.450 --> 12:56.561 uh rotational training center that is 12:56.561 --> 12:59.020 located in the Pacific . The second 12:59.030 --> 13:01.141 role we play of course is development 13:01.141 --> 13:03.609 of air and missile defense capabilities 13:03.619 --> 13:05.730 and providing long range fires to the 13:05.730 --> 13:07.719 joint fight . Uh We support , for 13:07.729 --> 13:09.785 example , the Air Force in its agile 13:09.785 --> 13:11.840 combat employment model and we're of 13:11.840 --> 13:14.062 course critically involved in defending 13:14.062 --> 13:16.285 the homeland in Guam . So investment in 13:16.285 --> 13:18.285 continued capabilities that will be 13:18.285 --> 13:20.340 relevant in that a or to include 100 13:20.340 --> 13:22.007 and $72 million for continued 13:22.007 --> 13:24.007 development of patriot . As well as 13:24.007 --> 13:26.173 more funding with general benefit will 13:26.173 --> 13:28.173 General Bennett will go over uh for 13:28.173 --> 13:30.909 procurement of PAC three MS C if I our 13:30.919 --> 13:32.808 continued development of that air 13:32.808 --> 13:34.808 missile defense system with 100 and 13:34.808 --> 13:37.869 $67.9 million in RDT and in fy 13:37.880 --> 13:41.609 25 and $657.6 13:41.619 --> 13:44.409 million in procurement . On the long 13:44.419 --> 13:46.530 range fire side , I will note that uh 13:46.530 --> 13:48.640 we are remain committed to the joint 13:48.650 --> 13:50.729 program with the Navy for long range 13:50.739 --> 13:53.000 hypersonic weapon with investment of 13:53.010 --> 13:56.719 $1.2 billion in the fy 25 submission 13:56.729 --> 13:58.840 for continued development and testing 13:59.409 --> 14:02.229 as well as $416 million for the 14:02.239 --> 14:05.520 midrange capability and 233 million of 14:05.530 --> 14:07.710 which is for procurement for both sm 14:07.719 --> 14:10.429 six and Tomahawk missiles that enable 14:10.440 --> 14:12.590 the joint force to engage maritime 14:12.599 --> 14:15.400 targets from land . And our third 14:15.409 --> 14:17.576 responsibility of course is uh helping 14:17.576 --> 14:19.353 to lead the charge on contested 14:19.353 --> 14:21.409 logistics where you'll see in the 25 14:21.409 --> 14:24.359 submission , $86.6 million investment 14:24.369 --> 14:26.147 in army watercraft for both the 14:26.147 --> 14:28.147 maneuver support vessel , light and 14:28.147 --> 14:30.929 heavy as well as other enablers as we 14:30.940 --> 14:33.107 continue to work through our contested 14:33.107 --> 14:35.162 logistics . CFT through army futures 14:35.162 --> 14:37.273 command to develop options to address 14:37.273 --> 14:40.239 and close critical gaps . General 14:40.250 --> 14:42.417 Bennett . Yes sir . In addition to the 14:42.417 --> 14:44.417 to the uh the Patreon investment he 14:44.417 --> 14:46.417 mentioned the uh Patriot missiles , 14:46.417 --> 14:48.583 another 963 million for 230 missiles . 14:48.583 --> 14:50.694 And I'd also like to highlight of the 14:50.694 --> 14:52.583 11 exercises uh that comprise the 14:52.583 --> 14:54.806 pathways exercise this year for a total 14:54.806 --> 14:56.650 of $377 million . That's a 200% 14:56.659 --> 14:58.603 increase from this year's level of 14:58.603 --> 15:00.492 effort for just the nine pathways 15:00.492 --> 15:02.492 exercises . So obviously a lot more 15:02.492 --> 15:04.603 soldiers and a lot more participation 15:04.603 --> 15:04.419 in those campaigning efforts . That's 15:04.429 --> 15:06.485 gonna go on in the Pacific in fiscal 15:06.485 --> 15:10.080 year 25 . Sure . Next slide please . Of 15:10.090 --> 15:12.201 course , the army is a global force . 15:12.201 --> 15:14.312 And so in addition to the Pacific , I 15:14.312 --> 15:16.534 did want to point out a couple of areas 15:16.534 --> 15:18.757 that we continue to place a significant 15:18.757 --> 15:20.701 amount of emphasis . Uh First , we 15:20.701 --> 15:22.701 continue to focus on addressing the 15:22.701 --> 15:24.919 threat in Europe presented by Russia 15:24.929 --> 15:27.349 after its invasion of Ukraine . Uh We 15:27.359 --> 15:29.526 do have in this particular base budget 15:29.526 --> 15:33.280 of fy 25 about 625.6 million 15:33.289 --> 15:35.849 for continued deployments and support 15:35.859 --> 15:37.748 to reassure our NATO partners and 15:37.748 --> 15:41.619 allies $2.1 billion in the European 15:41.630 --> 15:44.150 deterrent initiative and a whole host 15:44.159 --> 15:46.659 of other investments in capabilities as 15:46.669 --> 15:48.613 well as campaigning activities and 15:48.613 --> 15:50.391 exercises that are part of that 15:50.391 --> 15:52.750 European theater . I also want to point 15:52.760 --> 15:54.927 out that we remain active in Centcom . 15:55.250 --> 15:57.083 And here I want to point out the 15:57.083 --> 15:59.083 critical investments in counter UAs 15:59.083 --> 16:00.750 capabilities where uh in this 16:00.750 --> 16:02.840 particular budget . We have enough 16:02.849 --> 16:05.830 funding for a grand total of 690 16:06.090 --> 16:07.868 interceptors from , from Coyote 16:07.868 --> 16:10.010 interceptors to include uh also 16:10.020 --> 16:12.440 procurement of M lids and FS lids 16:12.450 --> 16:14.339 programs of record to address the 16:14.339 --> 16:16.559 counter UAs threat . And I would also 16:16.570 --> 16:19.000 point out investment in directed energy 16:19.010 --> 16:21.239 uh to address the small UAs threat . 16:21.500 --> 16:24.859 31.6 million in Rdtne for high energy 16:24.869 --> 16:27.036 lasers through our I PE health program 16:27.039 --> 16:29.419 and a little bit of $4 million of Rdtne 16:29.429 --> 16:31.207 to continue maturing prototypes 16:31.207 --> 16:33.590 recently received on the IP high 16:33.599 --> 16:35.766 powered microwave , which of course is 16:35.766 --> 16:37.932 a capability that's designed to defeat 16:37.932 --> 16:41.380 swarm threats . Jo Bennett . Yes , sir . 16:41.390 --> 16:43.168 I'll add that the uh the ground 16:43.168 --> 16:45.223 readiness line that you see there on 16:45.223 --> 16:47.390 the bottom of that uh UAs capabilities 16:47.390 --> 16:49.334 list is to procure and field seven 16:49.334 --> 16:51.446 family of counter UAs systems are our 16:51.446 --> 16:53.612 focus systems . Additionally , the 395 16:53.612 --> 16:55.834 million provides 100 and three of those 16:55.834 --> 16:58.057 230 missiles that I mentioned earlier . 16:58.057 --> 17:00.390 So that's inclusive of that grant total , 17:00.390 --> 17:02.334 but that is specifically resourced 17:02.334 --> 17:04.668 through the ED I initiative . All right , 17:04.668 --> 17:06.828 next slide please . Of course , as I 17:06.838 --> 17:09.005 mentioned earlier , readiness has been 17:09.005 --> 17:11.208 our priority . And uh this is a budget 17:11.218 --> 17:12.940 that fully funds our readiness 17:12.940 --> 17:15.529 requirements . I mentioned 22 CTC 17:15.538 --> 17:17.769 rotations fully funding our flying 17:17.779 --> 17:20.348 hours for aviation . And I would just 17:20.359 --> 17:22.989 also note four rotations uh in the J PM 17:22.999 --> 17:25.838 RC in Pacific . Uh I would also say 17:25.848 --> 17:28.239 that as we have recently revised army 17:28.249 --> 17:30.416 force structure , we have accommodated 17:30.416 --> 17:32.609 that and reflected that in the fy 25 17:32.639 --> 17:35.060 budget submission . So the growth 17:35.069 --> 17:37.291 you'll see in the out years include the 17:37.291 --> 17:39.513 full build out of the five multi domain 17:39.513 --> 17:42.500 task forces . Uh four if PIC battalions , 17:42.510 --> 17:45.359 nine counter UAs batteries and four M . 17:45.479 --> 17:47.590 Sure . A battalions General Bennett , 17:48.020 --> 17:50.187 the investments that he just described 17:50.187 --> 17:52.298 represent only a sample of the army's 17:52.298 --> 17:54.187 full capability growth that we've 17:54.187 --> 17:56.409 recently announced . But our continuous 17:56.409 --> 17:55.640 transformation efforts in fiscal year 17:55.650 --> 17:57.910 25 as well seek to internally fund unit 17:57.920 --> 17:59.809 level experimentation to test new 17:59.809 --> 18:02.031 equipment , organizational formations , 18:02.031 --> 18:04.031 as well as tactics , techniques and 18:04.031 --> 18:06.253 procedures . We will seek to experiment 18:06.253 --> 18:08.476 with autonomous systems such as counter 18:08.476 --> 18:10.531 UAs as well as including some of the 18:10.531 --> 18:12.420 human machine integration systems 18:12.420 --> 18:14.309 managed through our army's future 18:14.309 --> 18:16.364 command efforts . Sir . Next slide , 18:16.364 --> 18:18.459 please . So this slide uh I want to 18:18.469 --> 18:20.358 focus a little bit about critical 18:20.358 --> 18:22.599 munitions and what we've been doing um 18:22.609 --> 18:25.260 to address this in the fy 25 base 18:25.270 --> 18:27.437 budget . But I do want to point out at 18:27.437 --> 18:29.548 the outset that to understand how the 18:29.548 --> 18:31.510 army gets healthy , how the United 18:31.520 --> 18:33.298 States gets healthy on critical 18:33.298 --> 18:35.464 munitions . It is utterly dependent on 18:35.464 --> 18:37.739 not only the base appropriation but 18:37.750 --> 18:40.390 also the supplemental . So you'll see 18:40.400 --> 18:42.622 uh first and foremost that , you know , 18:42.622 --> 18:44.289 we've been able to leverage a 18:44.289 --> 18:46.511 significant amount of investment thanks 18:46.511 --> 18:48.511 to the prior support of Congress on 18:48.511 --> 18:50.456 supplementals to expand production 18:50.456 --> 18:52.622 capacity in critical munitions . These 18:52.622 --> 18:52.069 have been investments both in the 18:52.079 --> 18:54.030 organic industrial base and in the 18:54.040 --> 18:55.819 defense industrial base to meet 18:55.829 --> 18:57.989 expanded demand . We need that 18:58.000 --> 19:00.222 investment in order to be able to build 19:00.222 --> 19:02.333 back and buy back our inventories and 19:02.333 --> 19:04.069 to accommodate what we see is 19:04.079 --> 19:06.190 heightened global demand that's going 19:06.190 --> 19:08.246 to be sustained for a long period of 19:08.246 --> 19:10.770 time . This based budget enables us to 19:10.780 --> 19:12.780 buy production quantities of things 19:12.780 --> 19:14.947 that are required to include PAC three 19:14.947 --> 19:16.900 MS C Gimler uh on a multiyear 19:16.910 --> 19:19.021 appropriation , both of those systems 19:19.021 --> 19:21.160 continue to buy javelins and the next 19:21.170 --> 19:23.392 generation version of the stingers that 19:23.392 --> 19:25.614 we heard so much about two years ago uh 19:25.614 --> 19:27.781 in this base budget . But I do want to 19:27.781 --> 19:30.003 point out the point of the graph that I 19:30.003 --> 19:32.170 illustrated . I know it's a little bit 19:32.170 --> 19:31.489 hard to read from the screen for those 19:31.500 --> 19:33.556 of you that are in the room . Uh But 19:33.556 --> 19:35.722 what's intended to show is on the , in 19:35.722 --> 19:37.778 one particular example , and this is 19:37.778 --> 19:40.920 155 artillery in order for us to reach 19:40.930 --> 19:42.874 the top line of that graph , which 19:42.874 --> 19:44.708 shows how uh production capacity 19:44.708 --> 19:47.459 increases over time . The X axis goes 19:47.469 --> 19:50.660 from fy 23 to fy 26 . You'll see our 19:50.670 --> 19:52.892 ability to produce the number of rounds 19:52.892 --> 19:55.670 per month of 155 artillery goes up over 19:55.680 --> 19:58.000 time . But the ability to buy the 19:58.010 --> 20:00.177 quantities that are needed in order to 20:00.177 --> 20:02.343 effectuate that production capacity is 20:02.343 --> 20:04.677 from a combination of different sources . 20:04.729 --> 20:06.840 First of which you'll see in the blue 20:06.840 --> 20:08.930 bar , it is our base appropriations 20:08.939 --> 20:11.890 which are funded quantities uh for 155 20:11.900 --> 20:14.979 in the fy 24 appropriate or budget 20:14.989 --> 20:17.550 submission as well as Fy 25 . And 20:17.560 --> 20:19.893 you'll also see in the pink shaded area , 20:19.893 --> 20:22.116 those quantities that are funded in the 20:22.116 --> 20:24.338 supplemental . And the reason that this 20:24.338 --> 20:26.504 slide is so important is that we can't 20:26.504 --> 20:28.727 get to where we wanna go without both . 20:28.727 --> 20:30.838 And you'll see in that red uh portion 20:30.838 --> 20:32.782 of the top line where the expanded 20:32.782 --> 20:34.560 production capacity is not made 20:34.560 --> 20:36.727 possible unless we get this current fy 20:36.727 --> 20:38.810 24 supplemental that is currently 20:38.819 --> 20:40.989 pending pending in Congress . So that 20:41.000 --> 20:42.889 top line , you see the production 20:42.889 --> 20:44.944 capacity starts to go up and then it 20:44.944 --> 20:47.056 kind of , you know , turns into a red 20:47.056 --> 20:49.420 line in fy 25 . That is because we need 20:49.430 --> 20:51.670 to have critical um investments in the 20:51.680 --> 20:54.410 supplemental to I think there's a total 20:54.420 --> 20:57.390 of $1.5 billion in the pending sub that 20:57.400 --> 20:59.456 are absolutely needed for us to make 20:59.456 --> 21:01.511 our goal to achieve that top line in 21:01.511 --> 21:03.567 terms of capacity . That top line is 21:03.567 --> 21:05.511 where we get to 100,000 rounds per 21:05.511 --> 21:08.030 month of 155 artillery . And as I've 21:08.040 --> 21:10.151 said in the past , we can't get there 21:10.151 --> 21:11.984 without the supplemental and the 21:11.984 --> 21:14.207 combination of investment that comes in 21:14.207 --> 21:16.660 our base budget at the top right of the 21:16.670 --> 21:18.392 chart , you'll see some of the 21:18.392 --> 21:20.614 supplemental investments . The top part 21:20.614 --> 21:22.781 is actually the request that's sitting 21:22.781 --> 21:22.319 over that honorable Camarillo just 21:22.329 --> 21:24.385 mentioned . And the 2.6 billion that 21:24.385 --> 21:26.440 you see listed there is funding that 21:26.440 --> 21:28.607 we've already received and some of the 21:28.607 --> 21:30.718 locations of where those efforts went 21:30.718 --> 21:30.479 to that are currently underway and some 21:30.770 --> 21:32.992 uh uh some of the um uh systems that we 21:32.992 --> 21:34.992 have . I'd also like to highlight a 21:34.992 --> 21:37.159 little on the organic industrial based 21:37.159 --> 21:39.326 investments that we've got in our base 21:39.326 --> 21:39.229 budget request totaling over 1.9 21:39.239 --> 21:41.295 billion . I'll just talk to you real 21:41.295 --> 21:43.517 quickly . One is in , in our ammunition 21:43.517 --> 21:46.219 account um aimed at $643 million to 21:46.229 --> 21:47.896 work to improve the in at the 21:47.896 --> 21:50.062 facilities at Holston , Iowa , Radford 21:50.062 --> 21:51.896 Scranton and others , as well as 21:51.896 --> 21:53.285 another Abrams upgrade , 21:53.285 --> 21:55.396 recapitalization effort for about 100 21:55.396 --> 21:57.507 and $12.8 million . That'll be at the 21:57.507 --> 21:59.840 Lima Joint Systems Manufacturing Center . 21:59.840 --> 22:02.007 So two ways we're taking uh actions in 22:02.007 --> 22:04.173 our base budget to get after improving 22:04.173 --> 22:06.507 the organic industrial base . All right . 22:06.507 --> 22:08.618 Next slide , please continuing on the 22:08.618 --> 22:10.840 theme of army modernization . I do want 22:10.840 --> 22:13.062 to take just a moment and highlight our 22:13.062 --> 22:15.285 continued momentum that I continue to , 22:15.285 --> 22:17.319 to uh emphasize in our ability to 22:17.329 --> 22:19.551 deliver on the modernization priorities 22:19.551 --> 22:21.551 that we've had a few years ago . Uh 22:21.551 --> 22:23.662 There are some significant milestones 22:23.662 --> 22:25.790 of note in the Fy 25 submission that 22:25.800 --> 22:27.969 include uh significant achievements in 22:27.979 --> 22:30.550 Fy 25 . Uh I know that one of the 22:30.560 --> 22:32.449 questions that was asked of under 22:32.449 --> 22:34.616 Secretary mccord just a minute ago was 22:34.616 --> 22:36.449 prison uh Inc one missiles which 22:36.449 --> 22:38.671 continue to field in the fourth quarter 22:38.671 --> 22:41.089 of fy 25 . And of course , that's our 22:41.099 --> 22:43.321 next generation , a Tums replacement uh 22:43.321 --> 22:45.630 which will be continually upgraded as 22:45.640 --> 22:48.089 we continue investment beyond that to 22:48.099 --> 22:50.321 uh Prism , Inc two and ultimately Prism 22:50.321 --> 22:52.099 Inc four , which gives us a 900 22:52.099 --> 22:55.239 kilometers of range . We also see that 22:55.250 --> 22:57.306 uh the midrange capability has first 22:57.306 --> 22:59.417 unit equipped in fourth quarter of fy 22:59.417 --> 23:02.040 25 . And that's as we deliver the 23:02.050 --> 23:04.272 procurement quantities of missiles that 23:04.272 --> 23:06.383 we need to be able to fully feel that 23:06.383 --> 23:08.217 system . And then integrated air 23:08.217 --> 23:10.272 missile defense , which is our IB CS 23:10.272 --> 23:12.161 command and control system begins 23:12.161 --> 23:14.383 fielding in the fourth quarter of Fy 25 23:14.383 --> 23:16.606 following testing and these are efforts 23:16.606 --> 23:18.661 that have been underway uh in recent 23:18.661 --> 23:20.272 years and are gonna be fully 23:20.272 --> 23:22.439 functioning capabilities that soldiers 23:22.439 --> 23:24.606 will have uh in this particular budget 23:24.606 --> 23:26.717 submission , John Bennet , some other 23:26.717 --> 23:28.828 investments you see on the right hand 23:28.828 --> 23:28.550 side um in terms of the HM SS radios 23:28.560 --> 23:32.160 that represents 12,604 radios as well 23:32.170 --> 23:35.849 as 33,800 radio . The long the LCTR 23:35.859 --> 23:37.748 radios that replace our sin guard 23:37.748 --> 23:39.915 system on the ground vehicles . Uh The 23:39.915 --> 23:42.137 505 million there you you see listed is 23:42.137 --> 23:44.589 for the is for Retne uh for our XM 30 23:44.599 --> 23:46.766 effort Additionally , we planned it by 23:46.766 --> 23:50.089 33 M 10 Bookers uh as well as 30 SE PV 23:50.099 --> 23:52.349 three Abrams tanks . Additionally , we 23:52.359 --> 23:54.359 do look forward to the multiyear uh 23:54.359 --> 23:56.359 procurement programs and Gimler and 23:56.359 --> 23:58.581 pack three that you see listed there on 23:58.581 --> 24:00.415 the right to get . After uh 6408 24:00.415 --> 24:02.581 missiles you previously saw as well as 24:02.581 --> 24:04.859 the 230 missiles for pack three . Sure . 24:04.859 --> 24:06.970 Next slide please . Of course , there 24:06.970 --> 24:09.026 are some shifts in our modernization 24:09.026 --> 24:08.760 portfolio and I did want to take just a 24:08.770 --> 24:10.826 minute to discuss the rebalancing of 24:10.826 --> 24:12.992 aviation and how it's reflected in the 24:12.992 --> 24:14.992 25 submission . As many of you have 24:14.992 --> 24:17.103 already heard the context for this is 24:17.103 --> 24:19.103 twofold . First , we recognize that 24:19.103 --> 24:21.270 there are changes in the battlefield , 24:21.270 --> 24:23.437 the development and availability of uh 24:23.437 --> 24:25.548 you know , lower cost sensors on UAVS 24:25.548 --> 24:27.437 and other platforms like launched 24:27.437 --> 24:29.603 effects and its ability to give uh the 24:29.603 --> 24:31.560 army more options to achieve its 24:31.569 --> 24:33.920 reconnaissance mission . And secondly , 24:33.930 --> 24:36.020 uh industrial based concerns uh we 24:36.030 --> 24:38.560 faced last year looking forward uh the 24:38.569 --> 24:40.736 very real possibility of a decline and 24:40.736 --> 24:42.800 an ended production of two important 24:42.810 --> 24:45.310 lines . Uh One is the uh 60 Black Hawk 24:45.319 --> 24:47.750 platform and the second of course is CH 24:47.760 --> 24:50.140 47 which had not yet entered into 24:50.150 --> 24:52.430 production on block two . So we made 24:52.439 --> 24:54.106 some changes and the shift is 24:54.106 --> 24:56.939 approximately $4.5 billion over the 24:56.949 --> 24:59.130 fight up uh within the aviation 24:59.140 --> 25:02.089 portfolio . And what we did in terms of 25:02.099 --> 25:03.988 critical decisions is of course , 25:03.989 --> 25:06.430 starting in , in Fy 25 there will not 25:06.439 --> 25:08.989 be any further foreign development , it 25:09.000 --> 25:11.540 will not enter into a program of record . 25:11.770 --> 25:13.548 Uh We certainly look forward to 25:13.548 --> 25:15.492 continuing the Fy 24 activities to 25:15.492 --> 25:17.659 provide an orderly , close out of that 25:17.659 --> 25:19.810 effort . We have delayed the ie 25:19.930 --> 25:22.130 improved turbine engine program uh to 25:22.140 --> 25:24.140 help uh you know , help it achieve 25:24.150 --> 25:26.150 integration with the Apache and the 25:26.150 --> 25:27.989 Black Hawk uh platforms . We're 25:28.000 --> 25:30.609 divesting the Shadow and Raven UAs 25:30.619 --> 25:33.530 systems in favor of developing new and 25:33.540 --> 25:35.762 we are ending the development of the uh 25:35.762 --> 25:37.920 60 Victor uh model which was a , a 25:37.930 --> 25:40.260 digital cockpit upgrade uh that was 25:40.270 --> 25:43.020 done within the army . So the funds uh 25:43.030 --> 25:45.819 are overwhelmingly reinvested in Army 25:45.829 --> 25:48.369 aviation . Uh First , we are funding a 25:48.380 --> 25:52.010 new multiyear uh for uh 60 mic model uh 25:52.020 --> 25:54.939 production that starts in fy 27 when 25:54.949 --> 25:56.949 the current contract for Black Hawk 25:56.949 --> 25:59.060 production ends . So there will be no 25:59.060 --> 26:02.949 gap . There is $25 million in fy 25 for 26:02.959 --> 26:05.800 upgrades in R and Rdtne for the Black 26:05.810 --> 26:08.040 Hawk platform itself to help address 26:08.050 --> 26:10.217 emerging needs . And uh as we're going 26:10.217 --> 26:12.217 to continue to operate and man that 26:12.217 --> 26:14.494 platform for many , many years to come , 26:14.494 --> 26:16.494 we will go into production on CH 47 26:16.494 --> 26:19.020 block two at approximately six aircraft 26:19.030 --> 26:20.919 per year with a path to full rate 26:20.919 --> 26:23.869 production . We are accelerating the 26:23.880 --> 26:27.030 Ftuas program for future tactical uh 26:27.040 --> 26:30.160 UAs systems uh we're investing 100 and 26:30.170 --> 26:33.199 $28 million in Rdtne and 100 and $49 26:33.209 --> 26:35.320 million in procurement . Some of that 26:35.320 --> 26:37.540 is to design and deliver prototypes , 26:37.550 --> 26:39.979 but it ranges a whole family of systems 26:40.160 --> 26:43.599 to include um uh air launch effects as 26:43.609 --> 26:46.270 well as uh you know , larger UAV 26:46.280 --> 26:48.420 systems . And of course , even the 26:48.430 --> 26:51.400 tactical more cos based uh UAs systems 26:51.489 --> 26:53.545 that we want to provide to units for 26:53.545 --> 26:56.109 soldiers to experiment with and buy as 26:56.119 --> 26:57.952 at , at the rate that technology 26:57.952 --> 27:00.175 changes , I will also point out on this 27:00.175 --> 27:02.175 slide as well that we will continue 27:02.175 --> 27:04.230 flora development over this fight up 27:04.230 --> 27:06.286 and it's fully funded uh within this 27:06.286 --> 27:10.089 program . Next slide , please . I 27:10.099 --> 27:12.266 want to talk a little bit about what I 27:12.266 --> 27:14.377 call accelerating innovation adoption 27:14.377 --> 27:16.599 within the army . Uh There are a number 27:16.599 --> 27:18.766 of investments that I continue to keep 27:18.766 --> 27:20.821 track of that are significant for us 27:20.821 --> 27:22.710 for a variety of reasons . Uh for 27:22.710 --> 27:25.180 example , $755 million in this budget 27:25.189 --> 27:27.300 submission to accelerate zero trust , 27:27.300 --> 27:29.550 which not only improves our ability to 27:29.560 --> 27:31.650 have security but also enables audit 27:31.660 --> 27:34.150 readiness , cloud migration and secure 27:34.160 --> 27:36.930 cloud services to the tune of $244 27:36.939 --> 27:39.209 million . Uh And as well , we are 27:39.219 --> 27:41.330 funding a number of efforts to change 27:41.330 --> 27:43.719 the way that we buy uh technology that 27:43.729 --> 27:46.390 shifts very rapidly over time . Uh I 27:46.400 --> 27:48.400 would note that Secretary warm this 27:48.400 --> 27:50.622 last weekend announced the release of a 27:50.622 --> 27:52.400 new software development policy 27:52.400 --> 27:54.511 comprehensively within the army . And 27:54.511 --> 27:56.678 what this policy now does is it aligns 27:56.678 --> 27:59.109 the army to best practices and supports 27:59.119 --> 28:01.900 new buying models on how we deliver and 28:01.949 --> 28:04.859 develop software . For example , it 28:04.869 --> 28:06.869 changes our requirements process to 28:06.869 --> 28:09.091 focus on iterative development with the 28:09.091 --> 28:11.329 user uh and uh working very closely and 28:11.339 --> 28:13.283 uh in , you know , tightly aligned 28:13.283 --> 28:15.660 teams . Uh It does common sense things 28:15.670 --> 28:17.892 that you do in the private sector . For 28:17.892 --> 28:19.948 example , uh there are things called 28:19.948 --> 28:22.114 authorities to operate your ability to 28:22.114 --> 28:24.170 use software on one network is often 28:24.170 --> 28:26.392 hampered by where it's employed . We're 28:26.392 --> 28:28.614 going to do more reciprocity on that as 28:28.614 --> 28:30.503 well as uh uh recognizing testing 28:30.503 --> 28:32.781 that's done on the private sector side . 28:32.781 --> 28:34.837 And we're creating a new contracting 28:34.837 --> 28:37.003 center of excellence at Aberdeen uh in 28:37.003 --> 28:38.837 Maryland to leverage expertise , 28:38.837 --> 28:40.948 experiment with new buying models and 28:40.948 --> 28:40.750 different alternate contracting 28:40.760 --> 28:43.119 approaches . And I'll lastly point out 28:43.130 --> 28:45.250 on this slide , we're never losing 28:45.260 --> 28:47.427 sight of the needs of small business . 28:47.427 --> 28:49.316 They are the catalyst of a lot of 28:49.316 --> 28:51.427 innovation that the department relies 28:51.427 --> 28:53.427 on . Uh We have talked before about 28:53.427 --> 28:55.649 specific pilot programs to try to get a 28:55.649 --> 28:57.593 small businesses who have received 28:57.593 --> 28:59.649 Cyber funded grants or other OTAs to 28:59.649 --> 29:01.816 have more partnership with established 29:01.816 --> 29:03.871 integrators . We called that project 29:03.871 --> 29:05.871 vista where we would give in source 29:05.871 --> 29:07.816 selection on programs of record uh 29:07.816 --> 29:09.982 source selection credit to integrators 29:09.982 --> 29:12.149 that teamed with these Cyber funded or 29:12.149 --> 29:14.371 ot a funded small businesses you'll see 29:14.371 --> 29:16.538 that there's a number of programs that 29:16.538 --> 29:18.704 are going to take advantage of that in 29:18.704 --> 29:20.871 fy 25 . Uh to include Smet to the tune 29:20.871 --> 29:22.927 of 24 million and a couple of others 29:22.927 --> 29:25.093 that are listed on the slide . I'll go 29:25.093 --> 29:27.479 to the next slide . Building positive 29:27.489 --> 29:29.711 command climates at scale is absolutely 29:29.711 --> 29:31.822 critical for us . Um I would just say 29:31.822 --> 29:33.878 that it is one of our top priorities 29:33.878 --> 29:35.711 and people obviously are our top 29:35.711 --> 29:37.600 priority . And in this particular 29:37.600 --> 29:39.933 budget , there's a couple of highlights . 29:39.933 --> 29:42.100 The Office of Special Trial Council is 29:42.100 --> 29:44.156 fully operational . We fund uh pilot 29:44.156 --> 29:46.100 programs that are showing a lot of 29:46.100 --> 29:48.156 promise at some of our installations 29:48.156 --> 29:50.211 like vignette based uh training with 29:50.211 --> 29:52.378 regard to uh uh particular issues like 29:52.378 --> 29:54.600 sexual assault and suicide prevention . 29:54.600 --> 29:56.489 Uh And those examples are at Fort 29:56.489 --> 29:58.600 Cavazos and Fort Drum and we continue 29:58.600 --> 30:00.822 to place a lot of emphasis on the right 30:00.822 --> 30:02.933 type of suicide prevention training , 30:02.933 --> 30:04.711 access to behavioral health and 30:04.711 --> 30:06.656 counseling when soldiers need it . 30:06.656 --> 30:08.489 General Bennett additionally , I 30:08.489 --> 30:10.156 mentioned the three childcare 30:10.156 --> 30:12.267 development centers and youth centers 30:12.267 --> 30:14.211 there . Um subsidies for childcare 30:14.211 --> 30:16.211 continue as well uh with uh focused 30:16.211 --> 30:18.211 efforts for our actual uh childcare 30:18.211 --> 30:20.322 development staff um to allow them to 30:20.322 --> 30:22.433 also to entice them to , to come work 30:22.433 --> 30:24.656 with us , to support our , our families 30:24.656 --> 30:26.711 and our soldiers . Additionally , we 30:26.711 --> 30:26.349 are expanding our holistic health and 30:26.359 --> 30:28.192 fitness program by adding the 15 30:28.192 --> 30:30.303 additional brigades for a total of 71 30:30.303 --> 30:32.192 across the army . And lastly , uh 30:32.192 --> 30:34.303 financial counselor is also important 30:34.303 --> 30:36.470 um $24.4 million to support in 100 and 30:36.470 --> 30:39.780 87 uh individuals FTEs um to educate 30:39.790 --> 30:41.901 and to educate and train our soldiers 30:41.901 --> 30:43.900 on individual financial counseling 30:43.910 --> 30:45.966 techniques to help them manage their 30:45.966 --> 30:48.579 own budgets . Next and last slide , I I 30:48.589 --> 30:50.922 won't really brief this slide in detail . 30:50.922 --> 30:53.089 Uh A number of you have heard me say a 30:53.089 --> 30:53.060 lot about this and I think this is 30:53.069 --> 30:55.125 where Deputy Secretary Hicks started 30:55.125 --> 30:57.180 her press conference , which is it's 30:57.180 --> 30:59.069 very difficult uh to , you know , 30:59.069 --> 31:01.236 project where we need to be or achieve 31:01.236 --> 31:03.400 uh what we want to accomplish when we 31:03.410 --> 31:05.354 do not have stable and predictable 31:05.354 --> 31:07.354 funding . Uh We're doing this press 31:07.354 --> 31:09.243 conference today without an fy 24 31:09.243 --> 31:11.466 appropriation and the army is very much 31:11.466 --> 31:13.577 dependent on the current supplemental 31:13.577 --> 31:15.632 that is pending before Congress . Uh 31:15.632 --> 31:17.869 There are operations costs uh that are 31:17.880 --> 31:19.824 funded in the supplemental that we 31:19.824 --> 31:22.047 really need in order to relieve some of 31:22.047 --> 31:24.102 the pressures that we currently face 31:24.102 --> 31:26.269 under the cr and we need the certainty 31:26.269 --> 31:27.936 of uh the ability to fund the 31:27.936 --> 31:30.158 procurement , uh the funding for people 31:30.158 --> 31:32.324 uh and other uh other expenses that we 31:32.324 --> 31:34.380 need to cover that we cannot address 31:34.380 --> 31:36.436 until we have both the appropriation 31:36.436 --> 31:38.658 for 24 and the supplemental . So I look 31:38.658 --> 31:40.880 forward to your questions . Thank you . 31:40.880 --> 31:43.047 And again , please state your name and 31:43.047 --> 31:45.380 your uh organization for the transcript , 31:45.380 --> 31:47.436 ma'am . Thank you . Um Tara with the 31:47.436 --> 31:49.436 associated press . Thanks for doing 31:49.436 --> 31:51.324 this . I wanted to ask go back to 31:51.324 --> 31:53.380 Ukraine . Uh particularly because so 31:53.380 --> 31:55.491 much of this is army systems that are 31:55.491 --> 31:57.491 sent forward army presence dod as a 31:57.491 --> 31:59.602 whole is about 10 billion in the hole 31:59.602 --> 32:01.824 on Ukraine funding right now . How much 32:01.824 --> 32:03.713 of that is impacting the army and 32:03.713 --> 32:05.713 impacting your suppliers ? You work 32:05.713 --> 32:07.824 with like the , the patriot producers 32:07.824 --> 32:10.047 and the GRS producers ? Yeah , I mean , 32:10.047 --> 32:12.047 that's why we submitted the current 32:12.047 --> 32:11.969 supplemental that's currently pending 32:11.979 --> 32:14.035 before the Congress . Uh We need the 32:14.035 --> 32:16.201 additional funding for replenishment . 32:16.201 --> 32:18.312 That's in that submission in order to 32:18.312 --> 32:20.423 get where we want to go . I just gave 32:20.423 --> 32:22.646 you one example with 155 artillery . We 32:22.646 --> 32:24.868 set a very public goal for ourselves by 32:24.868 --> 32:26.979 the end of 2025 to be able to produce 32:26.979 --> 32:29.090 100 1000 rounds of 155 artillery , we 32:29.090 --> 32:31.146 can't get there unless I get some of 32:31.146 --> 32:33.201 the uh capacity investments like the 32:33.201 --> 32:35.368 TNT factory that are , that are funded 32:35.368 --> 32:37.368 through that supplemental . So it's 32:37.368 --> 32:39.535 absolutely critical to us . The army , 32:39.535 --> 32:41.757 I guess is the 10 billion coming out of 32:41.757 --> 32:43.868 the army's budget right now . Are you 32:43.868 --> 32:43.420 guys in the whole because of Ukraine ? 32:43.790 --> 32:45.790 Well , right now , we are very much 32:45.790 --> 32:47.957 dependent on uh you know , kind of the 32:47.957 --> 32:50.012 need of that supplemental . So , you 32:50.012 --> 32:49.819 know , if we do not get the 32:49.829 --> 32:51.885 supplemental , I think as the deputy 32:51.885 --> 32:53.996 said earlier today , we would have to 32:53.996 --> 32:56.218 address that in some way in future year 32:56.218 --> 32:59.680 based budgets . Hi . Um , 33:00.400 --> 33:03.920 a lot of new , um , missiles and 33:03.930 --> 33:06.550 weapons coming on . Prism , midrange 33:06.560 --> 33:08.838 capability , maybe a hypersonic weapon . 33:08.839 --> 33:11.030 Do you have agreements in place with 33:11.040 --> 33:13.869 any foreign countries of that you could 33:13.880 --> 33:15.824 deploy these weapons to and then a 33:15.824 --> 33:17.824 follow up ? Yeah , I mean , I'm not 33:17.824 --> 33:19.991 prepared to speak to , um , you know , 33:19.991 --> 33:22.400 specific agreements to host the weapons . 33:22.410 --> 33:24.577 I will just say that for many of these 33:24.577 --> 33:26.632 capabilities that they come online , 33:26.632 --> 33:28.354 they are subject to rotational 33:28.354 --> 33:30.466 deployments around the world . Uh You 33:30.466 --> 33:32.521 know , some of which is decided , of 33:32.521 --> 33:34.410 course by the joint staff and the 33:34.410 --> 33:36.632 Secretary of Defense . Uh So we'll work 33:36.632 --> 33:36.400 through that as these , as these 33:36.410 --> 33:39.510 systems come online and then um the 33:39.520 --> 33:41.959 midrange capability , uh you had two in 33:41.969 --> 33:44.080 fy 25 that you were hoping to get and 33:44.080 --> 33:47.540 then one is one already deployed yet . 33:47.550 --> 33:49.717 And is it in the Indo Pacific region ? 33:50.020 --> 33:52.239 So we have one that the equipment and 33:52.250 --> 33:54.361 the initial quantities of uh missiles 33:54.361 --> 33:56.472 are already available . Uh But we are 33:56.472 --> 33:58.694 in order to be fully ready , we need to 33:58.694 --> 34:00.861 be able to get the munitions depth and 34:00.861 --> 34:02.639 that's where we need to buy the 34:02.639 --> 34:04.806 additional uh quantities of both uh sm 34:04.806 --> 34:06.917 six and Tomahawk . They were actually 34:06.917 --> 34:09.083 funded going back to the 24 submission 34:09.083 --> 34:11.306 and I'll ask uh General Bennett to , to 34:11.306 --> 34:13.361 chime in . Yeah , the , the , the 32 34:13.361 --> 34:13.360 missiles that I mentioned , there's a , 34:13.370 --> 34:16.409 the Tomahawk block five V five A 19 of 34:16.419 --> 34:18.969 those , as well as uh the block 513 of 34:18.979 --> 34:20.646 those . Additionally , in the 34:20.646 --> 34:22.868 procurement dollars fabrication for the 34:22.868 --> 34:24.923 uh for a battery five ground support 34:24.923 --> 34:27.146 equipment and it's all in there in that 34:27.146 --> 34:29.330 request , you need to have fy $24 to 34:29.340 --> 34:31.396 get the magazine depth . In order to 34:31.396 --> 34:33.618 field it's in order to be where we want 34:33.618 --> 34:37.159 to be and call it fully fielded long 34:37.189 --> 34:39.411 range chair for Sonic Weapon question . 34:39.411 --> 34:41.467 Last year , you had a couple of test 34:41.467 --> 34:43.578 failures that delayed the fou on it . 34:43.578 --> 34:45.709 What uh investments have you made in 34:45.719 --> 34:47.729 this budget to address the , the 34:47.739 --> 34:50.939 testing and potential to , to get it 34:50.949 --> 34:53.149 just beef up testing . And on the Ira 34:53.159 --> 34:55.350 program , could you talk , talk about 34:55.360 --> 34:57.582 the way forward ? Given that apparently 34:57.582 --> 35:00.250 the prototypes have not uh met . Muster ? 35:00.889 --> 35:03.399 Sure , I'll deal with Lrhw first . Um 35:03.409 --> 35:05.576 So it's a joint program , as we always 35:05.576 --> 35:07.409 say with the Navy and we've been 35:07.409 --> 35:09.465 working very closely with them to uh 35:09.465 --> 35:11.298 deal with some of the root cause 35:11.298 --> 35:13.298 analysis and to develop a test plan 35:13.298 --> 35:15.409 that will hopefully get us back to uh 35:15.409 --> 35:17.409 you know , a test launch this later 35:17.409 --> 35:19.631 this summer . Uh We remain uh guardedly 35:19.631 --> 35:21.853 optimistic . We'll be able to do that . 35:21.853 --> 35:24.020 And you know , the rest of the funding 35:24.020 --> 35:23.830 that's in the 25 submission is for 35:23.840 --> 35:25.896 continued development and ultimately 35:25.896 --> 35:27.896 procurement of that system . So you 35:27.896 --> 35:29.896 slowed it down a little bit and put 35:29.896 --> 35:32.229 more money into and test and evaluation . 35:32.229 --> 35:34.229 There was , there was some , uh you 35:34.229 --> 35:33.810 know , kind of additional testing that 35:33.820 --> 35:35.487 we needed to do that was more 35:35.487 --> 35:37.653 sequential leading up to this summer . 35:37.653 --> 35:39.487 So , uh obviously , it backs the 35:39.487 --> 35:41.709 program up a little bit . And so you'll 35:41.709 --> 35:41.110 see that the funding that's reflected 35:41.120 --> 35:43.219 in the 24th of May is just a line to 35:43.229 --> 35:45.451 where the program is going to execute , 35:45.451 --> 35:47.729 moving forward . And on Ira , you know , 35:47.729 --> 35:49.840 obviously , when we set , we placed a 35:49.840 --> 35:51.785 lot of bets when we started all of 35:51.785 --> 35:53.951 these modernization priorities and the 35:53.951 --> 35:56.007 vast preponderance of them have have 35:56.007 --> 35:58.173 gone very , very well and exceeded our 35:58.173 --> 36:00.340 expectations , but some have not . And 36:00.340 --> 36:02.396 so the development of the prototypes 36:02.396 --> 36:04.285 for the Ira capability uh was one 36:04.285 --> 36:06.173 example where we face a number of 36:06.173 --> 36:08.229 different technical challenges uh in 36:08.229 --> 36:10.173 engineering issues . So we are now 36:10.173 --> 36:12.118 going to pivot and you'll see that 36:12.118 --> 36:14.451 reflected in the fy 25 submission to do . 36:14.451 --> 36:16.673 Uh really , uh it's gonna start with an 36:16.673 --> 36:18.729 April 3rd industry day . We're gonna 36:18.729 --> 36:18.679 assess what non developmental 36:18.689 --> 36:20.885 capabilities out there that might 36:20.895 --> 36:23.094 achieve similar amounts of range in 36:23.104 --> 36:25.284 terms of our long range fires . Uh And 36:25.294 --> 36:27.405 then we'll conduct uh you know , some 36:27.405 --> 36:29.675 more formal assessments of capabilities 36:29.685 --> 36:32.364 and uh ultimately hope to do uh a down 36:32.375 --> 36:33.986 select of something more non 36:33.986 --> 36:36.208 developmental in the near term . What's 36:36.554 --> 36:38.776 the palate and how it's your program is 36:38.776 --> 36:41.054 that they're independent of each other . 36:42.669 --> 36:44.899 Uh Can you say , if you are 36:44.909 --> 36:47.020 accelerating prism , when I looked at 36:47.020 --> 36:48.965 the fy 24 justification books , it 36:48.965 --> 36:51.076 shows that their plan was for 100 and 36:51.076 --> 36:53.679 90 . Uh Now you're looking at 230 . Uh 36:53.689 --> 36:56.949 so what precipitated that what seems to 36:56.959 --> 36:58.959 be a ramp up ? And uh how does that 36:58.959 --> 37:01.070 affect the procurement numbers across 37:01.070 --> 37:03.479 the fed is due to any replenishment for 37:03.489 --> 37:06.080 Ukraine or other factors ? Yeah , I 37:06.090 --> 37:08.423 mean , I think um the main factor there , 37:08.423 --> 37:10.600 it's the availability of the system . 37:10.610 --> 37:12.777 Um The need to obviously send a strong 37:12.777 --> 37:14.943 signal to the industrial base in terms 37:14.943 --> 37:17.110 of a demand signal uh for production . 37:17.110 --> 37:19.332 And I think we do want to accelerate uh 37:19.332 --> 37:21.166 ongoing development of the prism 37:21.166 --> 37:23.388 capability . Again , I'm focused on INC 37:23.388 --> 37:25.443 four which is where , where I get to 37:25.443 --> 37:27.277 900 kilometer range . Uh General 37:27.277 --> 37:27.129 Bennett , do you want to add any more 37:27.139 --> 37:29.306 on the quantities ? Yes , sir . So the 37:29.306 --> 37:32.040 230 at a cost of $493 million . 37:32.050 --> 37:34.106 Additionally , we've got 100 and $84 37:34.106 --> 37:36.328 million allocated for RDT and E efforts 37:36.328 --> 37:38.217 for engineering and manufacturing 37:38.217 --> 37:40.383 development and the INC two seeker and 37:40.850 --> 37:42.906 the F do you have any information on 37:42.906 --> 37:45.790 whether you're just buying more to 37:45.800 --> 37:47.911 begin with and then not doing as many 37:47.911 --> 37:50.169 later or you know , does that the 37:50.300 --> 37:53.219 objective remain the same objective 37:53.229 --> 37:55.540 remains the same for now ? Um But we 37:55.550 --> 37:57.661 are , we are accelerating our buy . I 37:57.661 --> 37:59.717 think what we're also doing , you'll 37:59.717 --> 38:01.606 see a healthy level of investment 38:01.606 --> 38:03.772 across the portfolio in this space and 38:03.772 --> 38:05.939 it was designed to address what we see 38:05.939 --> 38:08.106 as a , as an urgent need . And then on 38:08.106 --> 38:10.272 Ira , uh with the cancellation of , of 38:10.272 --> 38:12.494 the prototypes , um what does that mean 38:12.494 --> 38:14.717 for plans for the there was supposed to 38:14.717 --> 38:17.239 be like a long range um fires uh like 38:17.250 --> 38:20.889 gun tube facility at Waterville that um 38:20.899 --> 38:23.330 I think Fy 25 had , had some potential 38:23.340 --> 38:27.070 for uh the funding to uh pay for that 38:27.080 --> 38:29.830 building for that facility . Uh So just 38:29.840 --> 38:32.169 curious if there's any other plans for 38:32.179 --> 38:34.750 that facility or if that would be 38:34.760 --> 38:37.229 scrapped because the prototype is no 38:37.239 --> 38:39.409 more . No . So water reite is a 38:39.419 --> 38:41.586 national treasure for those of you who 38:41.586 --> 38:43.808 aren't familiar with it . It is the one 38:43.808 --> 38:45.975 source of manufacturing gun tubes that 38:45.975 --> 38:48.308 exists in the continental United States . 38:48.308 --> 38:50.419 Uh And so , one of the things that we 38:50.419 --> 38:50.179 were able to develop as part of the Ira 38:50.250 --> 38:52.439 prototyping effort was capability to 38:52.449 --> 38:54.419 develop these long gun tubes uh at 38:54.429 --> 38:56.800 water vite regardless of what we end up 38:56.810 --> 38:58.921 buying as a non developmental or kind 38:58.921 --> 39:01.260 of off the off the shelf solution . Uh 39:01.270 --> 39:03.040 There will always be a need to 39:03.050 --> 39:05.350 refurbish sustain uh and help 39:05.360 --> 39:07.527 manufacture some of these gun tubes at 39:07.527 --> 39:10.250 water Vallie to cheer from inside 39:10.260 --> 39:12.482 defense . Um I wanted to go back to the 39:12.482 --> 39:15.090 155 production chart you showed you've 39:15.100 --> 39:17.044 talked about how much you need the 39:17.044 --> 39:18.989 supplemental to get to the goal of 39:18.989 --> 39:21.360 100,000 a month by uh Fy 25 . But 39:21.370 --> 39:23.449 you're also dependent on the base 39:23.459 --> 39:25.459 budget . We currently don't have an 39:25.459 --> 39:27.770 appropriation for Fy 24 and we've had 39:28.044 --> 39:30.824 CRS for many years . You could be in 39:30.834 --> 39:32.945 the situation where you have AC R and 39:32.945 --> 39:34.945 Fy 25 . So how does that , how does 39:34.945 --> 39:37.185 that affect the timeline of , of that 39:37.195 --> 39:39.139 production ? How does that sort of 39:39.139 --> 39:41.362 shift things ? And can you just sort of 39:41.362 --> 39:43.306 talk about your thinking about the 39:43.306 --> 39:45.528 schedule wise ? Yeah , I mean , I think 39:45.528 --> 39:44.955 you , you've made the point perfectly . 39:44.965 --> 39:47.187 This is why we are all saying over here 39:47.187 --> 39:49.915 that uh it , it significantly hampers 39:49.925 --> 39:51.981 our national security when we do not 39:51.981 --> 39:54.036 have a timely appropriation . Uh You 39:54.036 --> 39:56.203 know , we count on the availability of 39:56.209 --> 39:58.098 critical munitions to arrive , we 39:58.098 --> 40:00.265 contract for it . Uh but we cannot get 40:00.265 --> 40:02.376 those production quantities unless we 40:02.376 --> 40:04.653 have the funding where we need it . So , 40:04.653 --> 40:06.765 uh the fact that we are still waiting 40:06.765 --> 40:08.931 on 24 appropriations and if we were to 40:08.931 --> 40:10.987 be in the same situation a year from 40:10.987 --> 40:13.098 now , it would affect critical delays 40:13.098 --> 40:15.320 in our ability to receive uh those like 40:15.320 --> 40:17.000 155 on time . Do you have an 40:17.010 --> 40:19.232 approximation for like , are we talking 40:19.232 --> 40:21.399 months that it would be delayed as far 40:21.399 --> 40:23.454 as that 100,000 goal if we're in the 40:23.454 --> 40:25.621 same city or just maybe in a project ? 40:25.621 --> 40:27.732 It's really not a very simple formula 40:27.732 --> 40:27.540 because it , as I've shown you on the 40:27.550 --> 40:29.717 slide , it depends on a combination of 40:29.717 --> 40:31.939 factors . So if I get uh you know , the 40:31.939 --> 40:33.883 ability in the base budget to fund 40:33.883 --> 40:36.106 production quantities , but I don't get 40:36.106 --> 40:38.272 the ability to fully fund the capacity 40:38.272 --> 40:40.328 increases through the supplemental , 40:40.328 --> 40:42.383 then I may have money for production 40:42.383 --> 40:44.383 that I can't uh you know , actually 40:44.383 --> 40:46.606 utilize because the production capacity 40:46.606 --> 40:48.661 hasn't increased on time . So that's 40:48.661 --> 40:50.439 why I keep saying there are two 40:50.439 --> 40:52.439 parallel efforts that need to go in 40:52.439 --> 40:54.719 tandem with each other . And uh ideally 40:54.729 --> 40:56.618 for us uh would have already been 40:56.618 --> 40:58.451 enacted . And sir , for our last 40:58.451 --> 41:00.600 question , Aviation Week , as part of 41:00.610 --> 41:02.554 the aviation rebalance , we talked 41:02.554 --> 41:04.610 about delaying it . Can you quantify 41:04.610 --> 41:06.777 that ? What is the new schedule you're 41:06.777 --> 41:06.669 looking at for Black Hawk and Apache ? 41:06.679 --> 41:08.901 What does the funding picture look like 41:08.901 --> 41:11.068 for that ? I'll let General Bennett um 41:11.068 --> 41:13.123 give you the numbers and the dates , 41:13.123 --> 41:15.346 but I will just say that uh as we , you 41:15.346 --> 41:17.235 know , we're committed to the IAP 41:17.235 --> 41:19.401 program , it's just a question of it . 41:19.401 --> 41:18.659 Uh you know , being able to be 41:18.669 --> 41:21.000 integrated uh in a timely way with the 41:21.010 --> 41:22.820 Apache and the , the Black Hawk 41:22.830 --> 41:25.139 platforms . Um And so I think we can 41:25.149 --> 41:27.316 show you where the , where the funding 41:27.316 --> 41:29.371 shifts and the schedule shifts are . 41:29.371 --> 41:31.427 Yeah , funding in , in fy 25 roughly 41:31.427 --> 41:35.370 $67 million in Rdtne . Um And we're 41:35.379 --> 41:39.179 focused . Um So the , the 41:39.189 --> 41:41.189 what we really did . We delayed the 41:41.189 --> 41:43.411 procurement by a couple of years in the 41:43.411 --> 41:45.467 fight up and we can get you back the 41:45.467 --> 41:47.522 actual numbers . But we kept the RDT 41:47.522 --> 41:47.070 and E line going because there's still 41:47.080 --> 41:49.302 continued testing that needs to be done 41:49.302 --> 41:51.413 on those engines . All right , ladies 41:51.413 --> 41:53.580 and gentlemen , thank you . That's all 41:53.580 --> 41:53.270 the time that we have for today . But 41:53.280 --> 41:55.224 as a reminder , we do have another 41:55.224 --> 41:57.391 media roundtable uh tomorrow morning , 41:57.391 --> 41:59.336 that information and invite should 41:59.336 --> 42:01.336 already be in your inbox . Um , and 42:01.336 --> 42:03.280 we'll , we'll send out the dial in 42:03.280 --> 42:03.080 information this evening . So thank you 42:03.090 --> 42:04.370 for your time . Thanks .