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Army

Army’s $7 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Includes $985 Million For Modernization

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, February 21st, 2020

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Army’s $7 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Includes $985 Million For Modernization

Soldier using a virtual vehicle trainer during a recent Synthetic Training Environment assessment at Ft. Riley in Kansas. Photo: STE CFT

The Army has provided Congress with its list of $7 billion in unfunded priorities for fiscal year 2021, including $985 million in modernization efforts. The $7 billion in programs the Army is hoping Congress will include in the eventual FY ‘21 budget is split between $3.2 billion in base budget appropriations and $3.8 billion for contingency operations. Sitting atop the list as the Army’s number one unfunded priority is an additional $151.4 million for the service’s new Multi-Domain Task Forces…

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