2023 NDAA

The 2023 budget has been released. Under the new budget, defense programs get $857.9B, of which $847.3B is in the NDAA. The NNSA gets $22.3B, and DOE cleanup gets $6.8B. The total is $45B above what the President requested. The House is expected to vote tomorrow, with the Senate possibly next week.

Under the bill the B-21 will be fully funded, two V-22s and two E-2Ds will be bought, in addition to five KC-130Js, two for the Navy and three Marine, requires the Air Force to maintain 271 C-130s and 466 tankers. It will also partially prohibit retiring the E-3 with a requirement for 13 aircraft, and a report on the operational impact of a capability gap and a requirement for an E-7 acquisition strategy. Allows the retirement of 21 A-10s. It also prohibits the retirement of the F-22 and reactivation of the F-22 FTU, but does not require modification of the existing Block 20 aircraft. Additional procurement includes an additional 4 EC-37B, five F-35As, 16 F-35Cs, 15 F-35Bs, 10 HH-60Ws, and prevents the retirement of the EA-18G.

www.armed-services.senate.gov...

a reply to: Zaphod58

NGAD?

a reply to: anzha

Haven't finished the entire document yet, so not sure.

Line item on page 1818:


056 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE ........................................ 1,657,733 1,657,733 [asked for and authorized]

so $1.657B.

a reply to: anzha
They would be close to manufacturing by now..

Whats the F-22 FTU?

a reply to: StratosFear

It's the training unit, that's used to train new pilots on it. Every type has an FTU somewhere.

So they arent training more Raptor drivers? I feel old now, shes the first to be developed, rollout and be retired within my lifespan.

Do you think the Thunderbirds would ever transition to some of the F-22s, maybe those early ones that were mentioned about being on the chopping block awhile back? IIRC here.

a reply to: StratosFear

They were actually going to retire the 33 Block 20 jets over the next couple of years, since they aren't combat coded, and would cost too much to get combat capable.

a reply to: Blackfinger

I'd bet a year or two away from the first full bird. There are almost assuredly multiple demonstrators up and about now though.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Yes those were the ones, I went looking for that thread but you knew already.

I think I read that section wrong and thought the budget prohibits the reactivation of the F-22 training unit. Only the retirement, sorry its been a long day.

a reply to: anzha

What happens to those aircraft once the final design goes into production? Do you think we`ll ever get to see Lockheeds bird for the B-21?

a reply to: anzha
Probably for a while as well.How many manufacturers have something in the pot?

Also contained in next year's NDAA is a provision that would make it so the spouses' of Supreme Court Justices are from protected from having to disclose any payments made to them.

a reply to: Blackfinger

Should be the Big Three. I'm fairly sure Lockheed has flown their demonstrator. Not sure about Boeing.

a reply to: StratosFear

Not for a long time, if ever.