We are focused on the future in our request of ＄104 billion – the most ever – in research and development in the next fiscal year, with significant investment in emerging technologies like AI, hypersonics, and directed energy, much of which is aimed at unique operational challenges in this theater.
We have also spent the last two years focused on restoring the readiness of our forces.
We continue to build on these gains with ＄125 billion in operational readiness and sustainment requested for the next fiscal year. This funding will boost the depth and capacity of our armed forces, and also help expand our training—including with allies and partners—to improve mission readiness critical to meeting this region’s challenges.
These funds will enhance our already sizeable and reliable capabilities distributed across the region：
More than 370,000 American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and civilians live, train, and work alongside our allied and partner forces across the region.
U.S. Indo－Pacific Command has four times the assigned forces as any other geographical combatant command.
Across the Indo－Pacific, the United States has more than 2,000 aircraft, providing us the ability to rapidly project power across the vast distance of this region.
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