Defense Budget and Acquisition

In August, the Defense Department kicked off a broad zero-based review of all defense-wide functions and activities. CSIS’s Seamus Daniels assesses the defense-wide organizations that are subject to the review as well as previous reforms to the “Fourth Estate.”

Adaptable systems deliver a wide variety of capabilities and grow capability over time to meet DOD’s future needs. Unfortunately, they are hindered by acquisition barriers, but these barriers can be offset by enablers that could ease use of the systems.

Is there going to be a new military service for space? This CSIS Brief provides a side-by-side comparison of legislative proposals for the Space Force from the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and the Department of Defense.

Congress will likely pursue a budget agreement that raises the Budget Control Act spending limits from their original levels for FY 2020. This new CSIS brief explains how If Congress fails, the Department of Defense will face sequestration for the first time since 2013.

The entire budget submission is centered around the assumption that the U.S. needs more defense spending – rather than to spend more wisely on the right forces and missions.

CSIS’s Thomas Karako and Wes Rumbaugh break down the 2020 missile defense budget submission, what it means for adapting to great power competition, and the delay of a space-based sensor layer.