FROM THE AAE
Our enduring partnership with industry is a primary reason why the United States Army is the greatest land power on Earth.
programs in this pathway to accelerate select Army moderniza- tion priorities such as Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, Next Generation Squad Weapon, Precision Strike Missile and Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2.
Another important authority provided by Congress is the Soft- ware Acquisition Pathway used to facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of custom software capabilities to users, recognizing that technology development cycles occur more frequently in software systems. (For more about the software development cycle, read “Change is Here,” on Page 44.) Eleven Army programs currently operate on this pathway, including Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense and the Robotic Combat Vehicle.
Te Army also benefits from the expanded use of other-transaction authority (OTA) to streamline the acquisition of basic and advanced research activities, prototype projects and follow-on production efforts. In the 2022 fiscal year, the Army awarded more than 1,700 OTA agreements valued at $6.3 billion.
All these initiatives, when used alone or in combination, allow for better and faster modernization decisions.
WAKE-UP CALL As we look to the future, Ukraine has been our wake-up call. Our industrial base is mobilized in a way we haven’t seen in decades. Key U.S. Army systems committed to Ukraine under the Presi- dential Drawdown Authority alone include:
• Over 40,200 shoulder-fired rockets and missiles. • 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. • Six Patriot launchers. • 274 howitzers with over 1.3 million artillery rounds. • Over 2,400 wheeled and tracked vehicles. • Over 11,100 small arms weapons. • Over 177 million small arms bullets.
Under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative:
• Two National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and six additional NASAMS with an esti- mated delivery in the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year.
• Over 2,500 Humvees, Toyota ambulances and Mine- Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.
• Ongoing deliveries for Switchblade and Puma Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
• Over 35,000 small arms and rocket launchers. • Over 200 million rounds of ammunition.
• Ongoing deliveries for radios, tactical and medical equipment.
• Ongoing deliveries for 2 million rounds of 155 mm am- munition.
• 31 M1A1SA Abrams tanks to be delivered in the fall of 2023.
Te United States also leads a coalition of more than 54 countries—from North America to Europe to the Indo-Pacific— providing additional military assistance to support Ukraine.
RETAINING A STRONG INDUSTRIAL BASE We recognize the need to increase production capacity within our defense industrial base to not only ensure the health of domestic stockpiles, but to also support our allies in rebuilding their stock- piles of materiel sent in support of Ukraine. However, once the fighting stops, we must maintain our sense of urgency. Produc- tion lines must remain warm in order to address ongoing and emerging threats, especially in the Indo-Pacific.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Powerful enemies must be outfought and outproduced.” A strong, secure and resilient defense industrial base is foundational to our continued military strength and our ongoing support to allies and partners.
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