April 12th, 2024 [link removed] copy and paste this link to read the alert on MDAA's website. Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: The Overall Level of Funding is Inadequate Given Today's Threat Environment FY25 Budget Request for Missile Defense and Missile Defeat Programs on Friday, April 12, 2024. Dear Members and Friends, Today, Mr. John Hill, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Missile Defense for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, LTG Thomas James, Deputy Commander US Space Command, Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, MDA Director, and LTG Sean Gainey, Commanding General, US Army SMDC testified in front of the House Armed Services Committee to discuss missile defense of the homeland, MDA budget cuts, and hypersonic glide defense. "I have a number of concerns just right off the bat here. First, the overall level of funding is inadequate given today's threat environment, the fiscal year 25 budget requests $10.4 billion for the Missile Defense Agency. That's more than $400 million less than last year and almost a billion dollars below the level projected for fiscal year 25 and last year's FYDP. I want to reiterate this point. The fiscal year 25 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency is $960 million, almost a billion dollars below the level planned for in last year's budget. Further, these draconian cuts are not limited to just fiscal year 25. The out year spending projections included in this budget envision continued reductions in missile defense spending compared to the spending plan in the budget submitted last year. This budget forecast cuts over $2.6 billion in missile defense funding between fiscal year 25 and fiscal year 28." Rep. Doug Lamborn, Colorado's 5th District Click here to watch the hearing Respectfully, Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. We are a membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity. Founded in 2002, MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. Visit our website www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org for more information.   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 515 King Street, Suite 330 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 299-0060 Email: [email protected]   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!