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(Bloomberg) The Pentagon is seeking to boost research and development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, microchips, and hypersonic weapons in its proposed budget, shifting toward deterring China and Russia and away from decades-long counterterrorism operations in the Middle East.
The Defense Department is asking for an unprecedented $112 billion for research and development in fiscal year 2022, a 5% increase from this year’s $106.6 billion request.
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But some Republican lawmakers are already denouncing as inadequate the overall $715 billion defense request in the budget proposal that President Joe Biden sent to Congress on Friday. It would be 1.6% more than the $704 billion enacted for this year but would amount to a decrease of about 0.4% in real terms adjusted for inflation.