{"id":38192,"date":"2019-09-20T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/20\/these-three-weapon-systems-will-face-delays-under-a-short-cr\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:58:55","slug":"these-three-weapon-systems-will-face-delays-under-a-short-cr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2019\/09\/20\/these-three-weapon-systems-will-face-delays-under-a-short-cr\/","title":{"rendered":"These three weapon systems will face delays under a short CR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 As Congress heads toward the start of fiscal 2020, potentially under a continuing resolution, the Pentagon has identified three key modernization programs that will suffer under the restrictions of such an approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a press briefing Thursday, Jonathan Hoffman, the department\u2019s top spokesman, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with congressional leaders this week to urge them to avoid a CR. However, that path appears unlikely, with the House passing legislation to keep the government open under a CR through Nov. 21<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a CR, budgets will be locked at FY19 levels. More importantly for a department which made modernization a key focus of its FY20 request, no new programs can be launched under the budget mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hope is that if it\u2019s kept within, you know, a few weeks to a little bit more than that, that it\u2019s something we can manage and work through, but once we start getting into months and quarters, the impact grows exponentially, and [it] becomes more difficult to recover from those impacts,\u201d Hoffman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, the department stated that a one to three month CR would \u201cdisrupt major exercises and training events, affect readiness and maintenance, curtail hiring and recruitment actions, and adversely impact contracting negotiations.\u201d But more specifically, it called out three modernization priorities that would be hurt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n