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You are here: Home / Nuclear Weapons / Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book

June 1, 2021

Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book

Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) 

Allocation  FY 21 Enacted  FY 22 Request 
Department of Defense  $703.7 billion  $715 billion 
Department of Energy & Other Agencies  $37 billion  $37.9 billion 
Total, National Defense Spending Request  $740.7 billion  $753 billion (+1.7%) 

 [Source: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Briefing] 

 

Total Nuclear Weapons Spending 

Agency  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
Department of Defense  $28.9 billion  $27.7 billion 
Department of Energy  $15.3 billion  $15.5 billion 
Total, Nuclear Weapons Spending  $44.2 billion  $43.2 billion (-2.3%) 

 [Sources: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Briefing; Department of Energy, FY 2022 Congressional Budget Request, Volume 1] 

 

 

Total Department of Defense (DOD) Spending by Function 

Function  FY 21 Enacted  FY 22 Request 
Military Personnel  $162 billion  $167 billion 
Operation & Maintenance  $283 billion  $290 billion 
Procurement  $142 billion  $134 billion 
Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation  $106 billion  $112 billion 
Revolving & Management Funds  $1.4 billion  $1.9 billion 
Other DOD Programs  $8.5 billion  $9.8 billion 
Total, Department of Defense  $704 billion  $715 billion (+1.6%) 

 [Source: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Overview, Table A-1] 

 

 

DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs  

Program  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)  $1.45 billion  $2.6 billion 
Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine  $4.5 billion  $5.0 billion 
Trident II Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile  $1.5 billion  $1.6 billion 
Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N)  n/a  $5.2 million 
W93 Mk7 Aeroshell  $31.5 million  $62 million 
B-21 Strategic Bomber  $2.8 billion  $2.9 billion  
F-35 Dual Capable Aircraft Nuclear Certification  $88.5 million  $44.8 million 
B-52 Upgrades  $483 million  $716 million 
B61-12 Gravity Tail Bomb Assembly Kit  $45.3 million  $2.7 million 
Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO)  $385 million  $609 million 
Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)  $2.7 billion  $2.9 billion 

 [Sources: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Overview; Department of Defense, FY 2022 Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System; United States Air Force, FY 2022 Justification Books; United States Navy, FY 2022 Justification Books]  

 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Request 

Program  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
Federal Salaries and Expenses  $443 million  $464 million 
Weapons Activities  $15.3 billion  $15.5 billion 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation  $2.3 billion  $2.3 billion 
Naval Reactors  $1.7 billion  $1.9 billion 
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration  $19.7 billion  $19.7 billion 

 [Source: Department of Energy, FY 2022 Congressional Budget Request, Volume 1] 

 

DOE Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs 

Program  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
B61-12 Gravity Bomb  $816 million  $772 million 
W80-4 Nuclear Warhead  $1 billion  $1 billion 
W80-4 Alt SLCM Nuclear Warhead  n/a  $10 million 
W87-1 Nuclear Warhead  $541 million  $691 million 
W88 Nuclear Warhead  $257 million  $207 million 
W93 Nuclear Warhead  $53 million  $72 million 
Stockpile Sustainment  $998 million  $1.2 billion 
Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition  $56 million  $51 million 
Plutonium Modernization – Los Alamos National Lab  $837 million  $1 billion 
Plutonium Modernization – Savannah River Site  $442 million  $603 million 
Plutonium Modernization – Total  $1.4 billion  $1.7 billion 

 [Source: Department of Energy, FY 2022 Congressional Budget Request, Volume 1] 

 

Missile Defeat and Defense Funding Request Total and Select Systems 

Program  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
Missile Defense and Defeat – Total  $20.9 billion  $20.4 billion 
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)  $892 million  $562 million 
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense/Next Generation Interceptor  $2.3 billion  $1.7 billion 
SM-2 IIA and SM-3 IB Sea-Based Interceptors  $717 million  $647 million 
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense   $1.1 billion  $1 billion 
Patriot Advanced Capability Missile Segment Enhancement  $678 million  $777 million 

 [Source: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Press Release; Missile Defense Agency, FY 2022 Budget Estimates Overview; Department of Defense, FY 2022 Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System] 

 

Miscellaneous Programs 

Program  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter  $12.9 billion  

(96 planes) 

$12.0 billion  

(85 planes) 

Virginia Class Submarine  $7.2 billion 

(2 submarines) 

$6.9 billion 

(2 submarines) 

Hypersonic Weapon Prototyping (ARRW & HACM)  $386 million  $438 million 
Cooperative Threat Reduction  $360.2 million  $240 million 
Pacific Deterrence Initiative  n/a  $5.1 billion 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund  $3.1 billion  $3.3 billion 
European Deterrence Initiative (includes Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative)  $4.5 billion  $3.7 billion 
Space Force  $15.4 billion  $17.5 billion  
Direct War and Enduring Operations (formerly OCO)  $68.5 billion  $42.1 billion 
DOD Military & Civilian Personnel Pay Raise  3.0%  2.7% 

 [Sources: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Overview; Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Press Release; United States Air Force, FY 2022 Justification Books]  

 

Active Forces End-Strength Request 

Service Branch  FY21 Enacted  FY22 Request 
Army  486,000  485,000 
Navy  348,359  346,200 
Marine Corps  181,204  178,500 
Air Force  329,051  328,300 
Space Force  6,434  8,400 
Total, Active Forces  1,351,048  1,346,400 (-0.3%) 

 [Source: Department of Defense – Military Programs FY 2022, Active Forces] 

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