Pentagon proposes 10-percent cut in spending for electronics and communications in 2012 budget
The DOD's CET&I budget request for next year consists of $10.36 billion in CET&I procurement -- down 10.62 percent from current-year levels of $11.59 billion -- and $5.45 billion in CET&I research and development -- down 10.07 percent from current-year levels of $6.06 billion.
The U.S. Army in 2012 is asking for $6.17 billion in CET&I procurement -- down 19 percent from current-year levels of $7.62 billion. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 2012 are asking for $2.07 billion CET&I procurement -- up 28.41 percent from current-year levels of $1.62 billion. The U.S. Air Force in 2012 is asking for $2.02 billion for CET&I procurement -- down 11.9 percent from current-year levels of $2.29 billion. Service-independent Pentagon agencies are asking for $89.81 million in CET&I procurement in 2012 -- up 44.26 percent from current-year levels of $62.26 million.
In total for 2012, which begins next Oct. 1, DOD leaders are asking Congress for $670.9 billion -- $553.1 billion in discretionary spending, and $117.8 billion to support the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- which the Obama Administration calls "overseas contingency operations."
The Pentagon for next year is asking for $113.01 billion for procurement -- up from the 2011 request of $104.79 billion; $75.33 billion for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) -- a drop from the 2011 request of $80.39 billion; and $204.42 billion for operations and maintenance -- up sharply from the 2011 request of $184.49 billion.