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WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army\u2019s $182 billion fiscal 2019 budget request is a major funding boost over recent years and seeks to continue readiness recovery and fill capability gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s top line is a $13 billion increase over the yet-to-be-passed FY18 defense budget of $169 billion<\/a>. The service wants $148 billion in its base budget and $34 billion in overseas contingency operations in order to make continued readiness improvements and to meet its requirements laid out in the new National Defense Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s base budget is seeing a $9 billion increase over last year\u2019s funding and the OCO account has risen by $4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Defense News first reported, the Army will increase its active force end-strength <\/a>by 4,000 in FY19 to 487,500 troops. The service will continue to increase its force by 4,000 troops each year to reach a force of 495,500 by 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the active Army will grow, the reserve forces will not. Yet, the reserves will grow in full-time support, meaning more \u201ccitizen soldiers\u201d will be full-time. The Army National Guard and Reserves requested to have more full-time support within its forces because they believe it will help them with their readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the military personnel budget request increased by $2.6 billion from $58 billion in the FY18 request to $60.6 in FY19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operations and maintenance<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operations and maintenance (O&M) account would grow by $3 billion in FY19 from $39 billion in FY18 to $42 billion in the new request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding would cover the standing up and resourcing of three additional Security Force Assistance Brigades. The SFABs were a new creation in FY18. The brigades will serve a dual-purpose as day-to-day experts to COCOM commanders to train, advise and assist partner nations and will also serve as the framework of a brigade combat team that can rapidly expand should the need arise. Last year\u2019s budget funded two SFABS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The O&M request also covers the funding required to convert an Infantry Brigade Combat Team into an Armored Brigade Combat Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The account will also prioritize prepositioning and rotations in the Pacific and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding will cover 20 Combat Training Center rotations, 16 for the active Army and four for the Army National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procurement<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FY19 $30 billion procurement account saw a rise over last year\u2019s request by $3.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prioritization of funding within the account show the Army\u2019s shift to a focus on armored combat against a near-peer adversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weapons and tracked combat vehicles essentially doubled from last year\u2019s request to $4.5 billion from $2.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Stryker Combat Vehicle will all receive increases in modernization funding to improve mobility and lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Deadly force: The Army’s new plan to make its vehicle fleet more lethal<\/a><\/i>]
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Paladin Integrated Management howitzer procurement will be sustained as well as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle low-rate initial production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oshkosh Defense brought its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to AUSA 2017 with some added lethality – a 30mm cannon and a compact laser weapon system. (Photo courtesy of Oshkosh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The missiles procurement line fell from last year\u2019s request from $3.6 billion in FY18 to $3.4 billion in FY19. Ammunition funding rose from $1.9 billion to $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army plans to buy critical missile rockets and 155mm artillery projectiles. The service plans to buy 148,287 155mm projectiles in FY19 compared to just 16,573 in FY18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other munitions are seeing a plus-up as well from Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) through a service life extension program and the man-portable Javelin missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is drastically increasing its ammunition production, investing $22 billion from FY19 through FY22. Previously in the FY18 through FY22 five-year plan, the Army was planning to spend $13.3 billion. Years of budget cuts have led to a growing shortage of munition production to restore what the Army has expended in various contingencies.
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The $4.9 billion FY19 request for aircraft sustains AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinook helicopter remanufacture and new build procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request also contains a funding increase for the Joint Battle Command-Platform to improve mounted mission command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research and development<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s research and development account rose from $9.4 billion in the FY18 request to $10.2 billion in FY19 mainly to address the Army\u2019s top six modernization priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request boosts combat vehicle prototyping, Long-Range Precision Fires<\/a>, synthetic training environment and short-range air defense funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LRPF is being developed to replace the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) capability with a maximum range greater than 400 kilometers. The budget requests provides $186 million to develop competitive prototyping and flight demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is scrambling to field short-range air defense capability<\/a>, particularly in the European theater, and is seeking an interim solution ahead of developing a next-generation system. The FY19 request of $95 million will cover the fabrication of production representative articles and begins testing for an urgent materiel release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the service is laying the groundwork to field a Next-Generation Combat Vehicle<\/a> (NGCV) and is beginning prototyping efforts. The Army is requesting $119 million for concept development, trade studies, testing and prototyping and demonstration of both manned and unmanned vehicles to contribute to future designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[FY18 budget request: The Army’s top 10 modernization priorities<\/a><\/i>]
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There is increase in investment to develop a Mobile Protected Firepower<\/a> capability in the FY19 request. The Army is asking for $394 million to build prototypes, ballistic hulls and test assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the service will devote more funding toward the development of a Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS). The request for $12 million would support experimentation that will inform requirements and analysis of alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Army to hold flight demo to develop next-gen unmanned aircraft<\/a><\/i>]
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The Army also realigned $234 million within its science and technology accounts to address the Army\u2019s modernization priorities. The service will shift roughly $1 billion and $2 billion across the future years defense plan (FYDP) \u2014 or five-year budget plan \u2014 from near-term counterinsurgency (COIN) S&T efforts to longer-term projects aligned with the priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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