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FY2024 Department of Defense

Latest update APR 02, 2024

This page contains interactive tables and charts with budget details for R&D programs of the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2024. It also links to key budget documents, FYI’s analyses of appropriations proposals and outcomes, and major actions in this budget cycle.

Note: The topline figure for DOD research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) includes funding from Title IV of the legislation as well as RDT&E funds from the Defense Health Program and the Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction Program.

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FYI Analysis
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Most science agencies received budget cuts for fiscal year 2024 and are bracing for another tight budget year.
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Early-stage defense R&D programs are facing significant budget cuts in fiscal year 2024, though Senate appropriators are seeking to boost basic research funding. Meanwhile, House appropriators are pushing a major initiative in commercial technology acquisition built around a vastly expanded Defense Innovation Unit.
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House appropriators are proposing to multiply the Defense Innovation Unit’s budget tenfold to over $1 billion as part of a multifaceted strategy to expand and accelerate the military’s use of commercial technology. However, Senate appropriators are expressing reluctance to undertake major new innovation initiatives.