{"id":35055,"date":"2019-03-12T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/12\/pentagon-requests-most-money-for-net-centric-systems-since-2012\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:20:25","slug":"pentagon-requests-most-money-for-net-centric-systems-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/12\/pentagon-requests-most-money-for-net-centric-systems-since-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon requests most money for net-centric systems since 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=23e98bc5-0ef9-4f72-a4f3-b28bd54b8dee\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-23e98bc5-0ef9-4f72-a4f3-b28bd54b8dee.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeff Martin breaks down five things that Defense News learned from the Pentagon&#8217;s fiscal 2020 defense budget request.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon leaders suggested spending just about the same amount of money on net-centric warfare in fiscal year 2020 than they requested this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Department of Defense\u2019s budget request for 2020, leaders laid out a plan to spend $10.2 billion on command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems. 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