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>> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> kathleen hicks along with the joint chief of staff briefed on the defense budget request. they called the president's proposal the largest defense budget to date. this is have hour. good, thank you, sabrina. and think you all for joining us today. to brief you on president biden's defense budget request. at 840 $2 billion this is the largest defense budget request in nominal terms that the united states has ever put forward. thanks to relentless focus and senior leader attention over the last year it's also the most strategy aligned jet in history

consistent with the 2022 national defense strategy and the national security strategy. nowhere is it more pronounced than the seriousness of which the budget treats the competition with the people's republic of china this budget delivers forces that are the most lethal, resilient, survivable responsive in the world it is a force to defeat threats today and tomorrow even as the threats themselves advance. our f 124 is it increase. in all president biden is increasing dod's topline by about $100 billion over fy 22 to implement with urgency and the right mix of capabilities.

or confronting the acute threat of russian aggression in europe or ensuring global challenges like climate change and biological threats all of these are challenges dod confronts every day our goal is to deter because it does not mean conflict still we must have the credibility to win if we must fight. first and foremost this is a your kermit budget.

the first is a series of investments to strengthen our military's so-called kyl chain and disrupt adversary kyl chains making it easier for us to see, and make it harder for adversaries to do that to us. these investments include a mix of munitions, platforms, communications, and cyber tools among other capabilities married with novel operational concepts for how we employ them. together, they not only strengthen how we protect our across long distances and hold targets at risk including any highly contested environments. they also afford the feasibility to disrupt at the military systems level ensuring that in

conflict it will be less than the sum of their parts in munitions alone we are investing $30.6 billion in fy 24 a nearly compared to the defense department's budget request from just five years ago we are putting nearly 50% more money into munitions. almost one third of our munitions dollars are specifically for long-range fire to increase procurement and improve the capability of not only hypersonic missiles also our mostly full and survivable subsonic weapons including those at or near maximum capacity for several years this latest budget expands production capacity even more and procures the maximum amount of munitions that are most relevant for the trend and prevailing over aggression in the indo pacific such as the tomahawk cruise missile and its

latest maritime strike variant the extended range air to surface missile. the long-range missile and the antiship capable among others for examples of these we are looking to make unprecedented use of new multiyear procurement flexibility provided by congress. this will help us walk in investments send industry a clear demand signal and be even better prepared to respond quickly in future contingencies. when it comes to munitions no mistake we are buying to the limit of the industrial base even as we are expanding those limits and we are continuing to cut through red tape. to deliver those munitions we are also investing in in vance

top forms in every military department to more guided missile destroyers and guided missiles in the air augmented by other planes we fly that can reach long-range munitions to platforms next-generation air dominance and new collaborative combat aircraft's and on land from distributed farming grant based fire to accelerate ring core force design. fielding the majority of its novel capability and core structure by 2027 and in fact some are already there munitions, platforms and forces are the most invisible parts of any kyl chain less visible but no less important are the capabilities that link them together making the whole greater than the sum of its parts and more investing in

those enablers to with 57 point $4 billion $1.4 billion for joint command control. to maintain our information in decision advantage. it will make us even better than we already are at joint operations prevent enhancements to the war fighter in the next four years at $33.3 billion for resilient space architecture and enhance space command and control to keep space safe from military civilians and commercial operations. this is the largest dod space budget ever while also leveraging world leading commercial space sector even as we are strengthening how we sent

see in contested environments it also invests in disrupting advance adversaries ability to do the same this includes more funding for missile defense and systems kinetic and non-connecticut we are continuing to invest in diversified distributed and harden among many things we are doing to complicate adversary targeting and were investing in additional capabilities which we will only unveil at a time of our choosing. as secretary alston has said we are laser focused on aggression in the indo specific and doing so alongside our friends and allies indeed in the last few months we have seen partner developments there including tokyo's double defense spending the announcement of a new regiment on okinawa major force

with australia and our agreement with the philippines where we cooperate together to build on that momentum this budget request the departments largest determines initiative yet $9.1 billion new missile warning construction for more resilient force, homeland defense for hawaii and guam and more collaboration allies and partners. in the budget reflects power continuing to learn from the war in ukraine and apply those lessons to the end of pacific. -- indo pacific the people who make our military the finest force in the world. taking care of our people begins with ensuring they are range and equipped. with every military service exceeding its goal in 2022.

testing has been outstanding because the secretary, the president, and congress passed recent budgets on raising military improving quality of life for servicemembers in military families and funding training, operations, maintenance, and infrastructure improvements. this budget maintains and builds on those investments with historic pay raises that help us compete for top talent, military and civilian. new funding for universal at the -- and much more. while continuing our efforts to prevent suicide and and sexual harassment and sexual assault. we can never be complacent but this is the world most combat in the investment in our people alongside training and equipment investments are bigger. our third pillar is how the budget helps us through teamwork.

with our network of allies and partners around the world one of america's unbeatable asymmetric and bandages. and with the collective arsenal of democracy and commercial innovations it's been energized by russia's unprovoked war in ukraine. here at home, the budget invests in strengthening the defense and supply chains including long-term investments in microelectronics, batteries, kinetic capabilities. as we prepare for the future we pay attention to the framing. cyber, space, i.t., shipyards, nations plants, munitions components, and housing. all of these areas we are funding expansion and overhauls. none of which dod can do alone. the budget also continues to build bridges with america's dynamic innovation ecosystem

with the traditional defense industry and will beyond it. including funding for key technology areas i k i, quantum sensors, and directed energy. a pathway to experimentation to fielding systems. and wanting dod's new office of strategic capital to attract private capital in the areas of semiconductors, and biotech. beyond our shores the president's budget aligns with the investments by allies and partners. one example, as you know, today president biden and secretary alston are in san diego meeting with the leaders of australia and the united kingdom to announce the pathway for australia's pathway for nuclear powered submarines. our collaborations including on submarines and advanced

capabilities is a generational opportunity to strengthen our combined security. enhance our ability to deter aggression, and promote our shared goal of a free and open indo pacific. closer to home, our partnership with the legislative branch is one of the most important and visible manifestations of how we can succeed for teamwork. we appreciate congress this commitment to providing oversight and checking our work so we deliver maximum value for both fighter and taxpayers. we are as grateful as ever for congress is a partisan support for dod and its people. providing defense for our country, allies, and our interests. we asked congress to support this budget and we hope this support will include on time, full year appropriations for the u.s. government and our servicemembers instead of defaulting resolutions. if you add up the months dod has

been under cr since 2011 it holds four years worth of delays delay training, delayed pcs moves again that's four years lost over the last decade plus. we cannot have one hand tied behind our backs for 3, 4, 5, 6 means of each year and let me assure you warm and cannot buy back this lost time i know members of congress on both sides of the aisle care deeply about america's national security and winning the strategic competition for the 21st century with this budget and with congress's support we are insuring the u.s. military remains formidable and resilient today, tomorrow, and well into the future with that i'll turn to admiral grady before taking questions. >> thank you thank you for your strong leadership and i will be happy to join force welcome

everyone here today it really is an honor and a privilege to represent the soldiers, sailors, greens, and guardians of the joint force as we discussed the dod's fiscal year 24 president's budget request. we are approaching this request with our strategy first and foremost particularly as they call to prioritize the pacing challenge of china the work of implementing the 2022 national defense strategy and the strategic framework that was provided by the 2022 strategy has served as the basis for lester's budget request and certainly for this year's as well. as the mds directs our budget deterring strategic attacks deterring aggression all while positioning the joint force to prevail in conflict if necessary. with this budget the joint force

is truly delivering on the strategic discipline that is the epicenter of the national military strategy over the past several months secretary has led the department through our development producing an outcome that the american people can be confident in. an outcome that ensures the joint force remains the most lethal and capable military on the planet an outcome that takes care of our servicemembers and their families and an outcome that takes action today while also working towards the future we will continue with fy 23's direction to modernize and transform the force to what is needed to deter and prevail in the 20 30's and beyond. we will maintain our advantage by continuing to invest in resolute, ready, and leave warriors who are the best led the best equied