National Defense Magazine:

Despite plans to decelerate procurement of some legacy platforms, the Army’s chief of staff believes the fiscal year 2023 budget request will keep its modernization efforts on track.

”I’m pretty pleased with the funding that we have to keep the momentum going on those transformational six modernization priorities,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said March 31 during a Defense Writers Group event.

The service is requesting a total of $177.5 billion in its 2023 budget request, which was released earlier this week. About $2.8 billion more than what was enacted in 2022. The proposal focuses on 35 technology programs the Army deems essential to its transformational efforts. The capabilities fall within the service’s six modernization priorities: long-range fires, ground combat vehicle, future vertical lift, the network, air and missile defense and soldier lethality.

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