Pentagon 'Fourth Estate' review finds $5.7B to reinvest in new technologies

摘要

An internal review has found $5.7 billion in fiscal year 2021 budget cuts the Pentagon wants to reinvest in emerging technologies like hypersonics, space, missile defense and artificial intelligence, according to a report slated to be delivered to Congress. The review, which Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered last August, targeted the $99 billion "defense-wide" account, which includes civilian management agencies commonly called the "Fourth Estate," as well as the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Special Operations Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The review did not include the military services or the U.S. Combatant Commands, though Esper wants similar reviews done by the end of 2020.