{"id":63710,"date":"2023-03-03T22:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/03\/army-to-seek-multiyear-munitions-buys-in-next-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:50:30","slug":"army-to-seek-multiyear-munitions-buys-in-next-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/03\/03\/army-to-seek-multiyear-munitions-buys-in-next-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Army to seek multiyear munitions buys in next budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. Army\u2019s 2024 budget will request authority to buy more munitions in bulk over multiple years<\/a> as the U.S. and its allies work to refill their inventories and help Ukraine\u2019s forces defend themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush<\/a> on Friday said the Army is harnessing authorities Congress granted last year to begin multiyear munitions buys and to secure new sources for chemicals used to produce munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn these ramp-ups, the reason we\u2019re taking a really maximalist foot on the floor all the way down approach is that we don\u2019t know how long the conflict will last, we don\u2019t know how low our stocks will be, we don\u2019t know the full amount we will have to help replenish,\u201d Bush said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bush noted the Pentagon is expected to raise peacetime munitions stockpile targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe our requirements for stockpiles will be higher after these conflicts, after we\u2019ve done the analysis; I think there will be work to do,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon doesn\u2019t publicize the levels of its munitions stockpiles, but the U.S. is running low on some high-end weapons systems and ammunition, according to multiple reports. Defense officials <\/b>say U.S. donations to Ukraine from its own inventories have not compromised readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The volume of deliveries to Ukraine, which is burning through ammunition faster than the U.S. and NATO can produce it, has upended assumptions about how much ammunition gets used to fight wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Union leaders are considering whether, as a bloc, to buy 155mm artillery shells, and Reuters reported last month NATO is expected to increase its targets for munitions stockpiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\t