The US military budget 2022 “the largest budget in history for research and development”

Bayanalysis - In the previous four parts, I mentioned the US military budget 2022 in general and the financial value of US military spending 2022, and dealt with 3 military programs that included US army weapons, the first of which was about US deterrence to China in the Pacific Ocean, in addition to the effects of climate change on the US armed forces and the army's preparation for epidemics and Corona, and in The second military program I talked about the American nuclear weapon and the details of its four programs, which cost it more than 11 billion dollars, while the third program included the American air defense system of missiles and systems, to get to this part of the US military’s budget 2022, in which I will address US military science and technology.
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Military programs in the US military budget 2022
 
d) Science, technology, and advanced capabilities enablers in the US Army's 2022 budget include:
Although the US Department of Defense included this program in the US military budget 2022 for the first time independently of what it did in the US military budget 2021, but it did not mention its total value, and the reason is not because it is a secret or that it hides information that should not be disclosed, but because the technology and science program It is distributed to the branches, forces, and weapons of the United States as a whole. It is the part responsible for technologies, modernization, and science in every tool, means, or method and style. However, we can do this by calculating the value of the subprograms included in the program, which amounted to 130 billion and 272 million dollars, which means that science and technology about 17.3 % of the US national security budget, and even 18.2% of the US military budget for the Ministry of Defense in 2022, a budget that exceeds the gross domestic product of more than 150 countries, including Arab countries, and the program includes:
 

     $112 billion in research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E).
     Science and Technology, $14.7 billion.
     Microelectronics, $2.3 billion.
    Artificial intelligence worth $874 million.
    5G network worth $398 million.
      

1. Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation in the U.S. Army 2022 Budget, or “RDT&E,” $112 billion

The US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, committed, according to the US Army budget 2022, to modernizing and developing the US armed forces, and this translated into the largest budget in the history of the United States for science and technology amounting to 111 billion and 964 million dollars, a growth of 5% over the total research and development in the US Army budget 2021 i.e. A difference of 5 billion and 517 million dollars.

 The aforementioned research, development and testing budget was divided among the various branches of the armed forces as follows:

- US Ground Forces 12 billion and 800 million dollars, which is less than the allocations for research and development for the ground forces in 2021 by one billion and 58 million dollars, or 7.63%.

- The US Naval Forces 22 billion and 639 million dollars, which is greater than the allocations of the Navy for the year 2021 by 2 billion and 585 million dollars, i.e. a growth of 12.89%.

- The US Air Force 50 billion and 451 million dollars, which is greater than the development allocations for the Air Force in 2021 with 3 billion and 802 million dollars, or 8.15%.

 Other defense organizations: 26 billion and 74 million dollars, which is greater than their allocations in 2021 by 189 million dollars, or 0.73%.


 2. Science and Technology in the US Army's 2022 budget, worth $14.7 billion

Science and technology is a long-standing commitment in the US military. The Pentagon has a belief that innovative ideas protect and preserve the United States of America. The US Armed Forces rely on the Science and Technology Foundation to research and develop and demonstrate cost-effective technology solutions to the challenging problems that war combatants face in complex and ever-changing environments against an increasingly diverse set of threats.

The cost of the science and technology program in the US Army’s budget 2022 is more than its counterpart in 2021 by 615 million dollars, a growth rate of 4.18%, while the actual budget that was spent in 2021 was more than 2.7 billion dollars compared to what was requested in the same year and 2.1 billion more dollars of what was requested in 2022.

The budget was split into basic research at $2.3 billion, applied research with $5.5 billion, and advanced technology development with $6.9 billion.

The sciences and research that the US military is interested in

The program budget supports the physical sciences, medicine, and applied mathematics leading to future technologies such as artificial intelligence/machine learning, quantum science, neuroscience, new engineering materials, understanding human and social behavior, engineered biology, and long-term manufacturing science, thus enhancing military capabilities and mitigating surprise. technological.

Among the priority areas of the program are energy demand reduction and management, and advanced energy supply and storage, for which $186 million has been allocated from the budget alone.

The program in the US military budget 2022 also aims to expand the production capabilities of the systems, addressing supply chain weaknesses, examples of these goals are satellite constellations benefiting from the US commercial space, projects between US telecommunications companies and between the US military and 5G applications, and the ability to produce Hypersonic weapons, upgrade depots and support facilities for new and old platforms.


3. Microelectronics in the US Army's 2022 budget, amounting to $2.3 billion

The United States of America recognizes that

A. Its microelectronics is domestically fragile and threatened, so the Pentagon has allocated $2.3 billion to the Microelectronics Program, which includes:

Investing in local design and manufacturing processes for reliable, up-to-date microelectronics.

- Increased options for access to radiation-reinforced parts.

Procurement of sufficient quantities of old microchips to ensure that weapons are fed in the short term.

Previous goals draw attention to the US military's urgent need for self-sufficiency, and even future security, for microelectronic chips.

What is the use of microelectronics militarily in armies?

The development of microelectronics technology with advanced capability directly affects the success in the field of disruptive technologies - disruptive technologies are improved technologies and entirely new technologies that replace and disrupt existing technologies making them obsolete - among which are:

Hypersonic “Hypersonic is a speed that exceeds 5 times the speed of sound and may reach 20 times the speed of sound, or about 1.72 km to 6.86 km in one second” Microelectronics increases the capabilities of the quantity of the army’s hypersonic and long-range “defense missile” batteries (LRHW).

Increased Navy Conventional Quick Strike (CPS) funding to add DDG 1000 class destroyers as launch pads.

Procurement of the Air Force's Advanced Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) begins.

 
4. Artificial intelligence in the US military’s 2022 budget, worth $874 million

Artificial intelligence is gaining increasing importance in the US military and a great speed of growth, which recorded a 50% increase in expenditures compared to the fiscal year, bringing the budget of artificial intelligence in the US military to $ 874 million.

America is interested in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, robotics, and automation that will change the shape of war that we have known over the past century and the beginning of this century, leading to a faster, more lethal and distributed battlefield.

The US Department of Defense did not elaborate on the detailed nature of the program, but indicated that it would benefit from emerging game-changing technologies through targeted investments in artificial intelligence, cyber weapons, unmanned technologies, directed energy, and hypersonic speed.

What is artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is a pattern in itself, not a technology, that is characterized by the system or the machine and adds to them the best features that distinguish humans, which is development, which has caused the improvement of human skills and performance, so artificial intelligence adds to the machine or system automatic development without human intervention, it may reach With these machines and systems, they can develop languages, relationships, and decisions without the knowledge of their owner, whether a person or an institution, so artificial intelligence causes global concern that it will turn human life on Earth into hell or may cause its death from the world.

5. The 5G network is included in the US military’s 2022 budget, at a value of 398 million dollars

The US military is paying attention to the 5G technology in particular and linking it to US national security, which may one day cause the system to collapse in a few seconds. Therefore, the Ministry of Defense not only left the fifth generation technology in the hands of the private sector, but also planned to be stationed inside it.
What is the 5G network?

5G is the latest version of the fourth generation of the cellular network “wireless network” in which most countries around the world and individuals operate in today, the spread of 5G technology through mobile phones all over the world began in 2019 and users of the 5G network may reach 1.7 billion people over the next 4 years.

Before talking about the advantages of the fifth generation 5G and the damages of the fifth generation, I will quickly return to the historical development of network generations, which started with the first generation in 1981, then the second generation, which was introduced in 1992, then the third generation in 2001, and then the fourth generation in 2012, and it is likely That the sixth generation 6G appears at the end of this decade, as it is known that each generation takes about 10 years to develop.
The advantages of the fifth generation 5G

The most important characteristic of the developments of the network generations is the speed. Each generation used to come at much higher speeds than the previous generation, and therefore absolutely new technologies and tools, some of us may have experienced them, and others may not have sought them. Therefore, the most famous impact that the developments of network generations contributed to is the improvement in the quality of video content Real-time audio and video reception and transmission, which improves visual communication and direct gaming between parties. 5G speeds reach 1 gigabyte per second, which is twice the speed of the previous generation, but this time the 5G network will not contribute to entertainment or upgrade our lives with some features, but rather it will become an integral part of us, as it is able to feed the Internet of things and is One of the technologies that will change the world upside down.
What are the disadvantages of the fifth generation 5G? 5G health damage

Scientists in more than 30 countries called on the European Union in 2017 to halt the rollout of 5G, due to concerns about the potential health risks of the 5G network.

In Belgium, the city of Brussels banned 5G network trials due to radiation rules, and for the same reason Geneva in Switzerland took the same approach and stopped the network upgrade that was planned, although the Swiss Telecom Association stated that studies did not show any effect of 5G on health, in One of the California cities, "Mill Valley", prevented the deployment of new cells for the 5G wireless network, while some cities in the United Kingdom took decisions against the implementation of these networks after groups of activists campaigned, although these decisions that were taken have no impact on the plans of 5G deployment.

5G security damages

5G will enable Internet of things technology, self-driving, will support artificial intelligence

With a quick review of the previous terms, the Internet of Things refers to devices communicating together over a large network, for example refrigerator, door locks, warehouses, blinds, windows, traffic lights, and more, and the term autonomous driving refers to driving cars, buses, metros and trains without human intervention. , Or artificial intelligence already explained. So what's the harm in doing all this?

The biggest danger lies in the penetration or control of the 5G network by people, organizations or countries, which means complete control of our daily lives and our security. With a single penetration, traffic lights may be disrupted or the hacker confuses self-driving cars and thus millions of accidents and deaths in seconds. To imagine, on the same scale, your daily life, which in moments may become in the hands of an enemy or those with agendas.
The questions remain
Which is better in the world with artificial intelligence and the fifth generation 5G or without them?
Do these technologies deserve the speed of military intervention in countries to contain them?
Will we experience a war between robots and humans?


See other parts of the US Army's 2022 budget report
The US Army’s 2022 budget in detail: “Weapons budgets and types”
1. The US military budget 2022: “Allocating a budget to deter the Chinese army in the ocean.”

2. The US military budget 2022: “America is developing 4 nuclear weapons programs with a value of 11.2 billion dollars.”
 
3. US Army budget 2022 “US Air Defense at a cost of $20.4 billion”