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Army’s $185.5 Billion FY ‘24 Budget Pushes Modernization Ahead Without ‘Wholesale’ Program Cuts

Army’s $185.5 Billion FY ‘24 Budget Pushes Modernization Ahead Without ‘Wholesale’ Program Cuts
The Honorable Gabe Camarillo , Undersecretary of the Army, receives an orientation to the Transport Erector Launcher of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon by members of the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and Lockheed Martin during a visit to Huntsville, Alabama on April 1, 2022. (Photo: William King, U.S. Army Materiel Command)

The Army’s $185.5 billion budget request for fiscal year 2024 keeps the service’s modernization push “on track,” officials said, as it aims to continue moving new systems from development into production. While the Army’s spending request is essentially flat from its current $185.2 topline for FY ‘23 topline, officials confirmed the service did not require "wholesale" cuts or reductions to current programs in order to fully fund modernization in the new budget. “This budget enables us to maintain significant continuity…

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