{"id":10672,"date":"2020-02-10T23:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T23:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/10\/new-pentagon-budget-request-invests-in-4-advanced-technologies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:39:07","slug":"new-pentagon-budget-request-invests-in-4-advanced-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2020\/02\/10\/new-pentagon-budget-request-invests-in-4-advanced-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pentagon budget request invests in 4 advanced technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pentagon wants to focus its 2021 investments on four critical emerging technology areas that will increase the United States\u2019 comparative advantage against near peer adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With $106.6 billion set aside for research, development, test and engineering, the Department of Defense claims its fiscal year 2021 budget request, which was released Feb. 10, includes the largest research funding request in more than 70 years. This is spearheaded by $7 billion in investments in four areas that leaders are calling the \u201cadvanced capability enablers.” These include hypersonics, artificial intelligence, 5G\/microelectroncs, and autonomous platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo put this in perspective, last year\u2019s budget was the largest RDT&E request in 70 years, and this year\u2019s research request is even larger,\u201d said David Norquist, the deputy secretary of defense. \u201cWe have been investing in these emerging technologies and many are now being prototyped and tested, and as they are ready we are poised to move them into production. In short, this budget invests in bringing the capabilities of tomorrow to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t