A new McAleese & Associates report indicates that the Senate Armed Services Committee’s $875 billion annual defense policy bill reflects a 3 percent increase, or $25 billion, from the White House’s proposed $850 billion budget for the Department of Defense.
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that SASC’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 includes $176.4 billion for DOD’s procurement efforts, $305.2 billion for operations and maintenance, $182.3 billion for military personnel and $146 billion for research, development, test and evaluation initiatives.
The proposed NDAA budget for defense procurement programs reflects a 6 percent rise, or about $10 billion, from the Biden administration’s proposed FY 2025 budget request for DOD procurement efforts, according to McAleese.
Among the military services, the GovCon Expert noted that the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps and the Air Force would receive a combined $17.8 billion of the overall $25 billion plus-up in the proposed NDAA.
McAleese added that the FY 2025 NDAA includes $82.4 billion for Navy and USMC procurement efforts, with shipbuilding accounting for 13 percent of the total $25 billion plus-up.
The defense policy bill would authorize $54.5 billion and $4.3 billion for Air Force and Space Force procurement efforts, respectively.
According to the McAleese report, the Army RDT&E account in the proposed NDAA includes plus-ups for long-range fires, counter-unmanned aircraft systems, JADC2 training center and classified programs.
